1159-He Truly Bore Our Iniquities#
1159-He Truly Bore Our Iniquities
(JP Text Group - Life Organized Like an Eagle)
Loving Heavenly Father, we thank and praise You. Today we gather here to celebrate Easter. Jesus truly bore our sorrows and carried our pain. He has delivered us from the curse of the law and brought us into Your abundance. We gather before You to commemorate all that You have done for us.
We pray together in one accord for this time, that each of our hearts may be open to You. Thank You for watching over us and keeping us. We completely surrender this time to You. Holy Spirit, lead us and guide each one who seeks You, so that our hearts may return to You. Thank You, Lord. Bless the following time. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!
Isaiah 53:4-11,
4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9 And they made His grave with the wicked, but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.
Brothers and sisters, peace in the Lord!
The topic we are sharing today is: He Truly Bore Our Iniquities.
Today is Good Friday, and many people at this time will watch "The Passion of the Christ." Some are silently fasting and praying in church, but I know that brothers and sisters in many places around the world are doing the same thing, commemorating what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross, what He has accomplished. Thank the Lord!
"He truly bore our iniquities." I looked up the original text, and the meaning of "truly" is indeed, unexpectedly, really! "He unexpectedly bore our iniquities!" Who would have thought that our sins were actually borne by Jesus? This is indeed God's way of saving us!
Why did Jesus have to suffer such punishment? When we watch "The Passion of the Christ" together in our church, as the whip strikes Jesus again and again, many brothers and sisters cry. But we must understand why Jesus had to suffer such punishment. In fact, He did not need to, because He Himself had no sin and had not committed any sin. Even those who crucified Him could not find any sin in Him. But why did He have to suffer such punishment?
Jesus became the sacrificial lamb for us. He died on the cross for our sins. "For we all like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way." This is why Jesus had to suffer such punishment.
Our first point of sharing is: Why did Jesus have to suffer such punishment?
So far, many people still refuse to come before Jesus. They always think that the path they are walking is correct, just as Proverbs 14 says, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Jesus saw the end of mankind; if they do not go through Him, they will all head towards death, yet we always think this is the right path. Many people say, "This is my life path; I have to take responsibility for myself." But Jesus came to bear the punishment for our transgressions in our place.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Since Adam sinned, the entire world has been under the bondage of sin, falling short of the glory of God. The consequences of sin are often upon people; many are often under distress, under sickness. The result of sin brings unrest, brings disease, brings fear, and brings death.
To solve these problems, to fundamentally and thoroughly resolve the issue of sin, someone must bear the consequences of sin. Either we bear the consequences of sin ourselves, or a sinless person must take our place. Therefore, God chose His Son Jesus to take our punishment, to die in our place. We often say "Good Friday," but that day should be our day, the day we should have been punished. But Jesus bore it for us. Jesus, with His sinless body, took our place. This means we are no longer considered sinners but are justified by God. God did not lower His standards; He simply laid all the sins of mankind upon Jesus.
Jesus knows that we have many hardships and burdens in this world, so He said, "I know you have tribulation in the world, and I also know you lack peace." Therefore, He came to take our punishment, to take our distress, to take our pain, so that we no longer have to bear all of this. By His stripes, we are healed; by His punishment, we have peace!
Jesus did not commit sin; He only bore the punishment for our sins.
Verse 4, "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted."
Many people have this mistaken idea that they have been forsaken by God. Many non-believers watching "The Passion of the Christ" say, "How cruel!" They do not understand that the punishment was not what Jesus deserved; it was what we deserved.
Verse 5 tells us, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities."
All of this is because of our sins, because of our transgressions. Jesus bore the punishment for us. The center of our faith is Jesus Christ. Without Jesus' substitution, we would still be in sin, and everyone would have to bear the consequences of their own sins. The only result is death, and then to face God's judgment.
God does not want us to suffer such pain; therefore, He allowed His Son to bear such pain for us. The fierce anger of God fell entirely upon Jesus. So when He was on the cross, He cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" This was actually Jesus' most painful moment. He had never been separated from the Father; He had always been one with the Father. But at that moment, the Father turned away from Him because He bore the iniquities of all humanity. All the sins were upon Him, and He bore the sin. Jesus was extremely sorrowful because God was leaving Him, turning His face away from Him. When Jesus said "It is finished" on the cross, He had borne all the sins of humanity.
That night, when I watched "The Passion of the Christ" with brothers and sisters, one line deeply moved me. There was a line that I felt was very good: when Jesus was carrying the cross toward Golgotha, He suddenly fell under the heavy cross. At that moment, His mother Mary wanted to go and embrace Him but could not get through. At that moment, Jesus was in front of her, and she immediately remembered how Jesus had fallen when He was little. She went to embrace Him and comfort Him. At that moment, Jesus said to her, "Woman, I am about to renew everything." The meaning is that I am renewing everything right now. The stripes I bear, the heavy cross I carry, I am renewing everything. Until He was on the cross, He renewed everything; everything was completed! That line particularly touched my heart.
Jesus voluntarily bore the stripes, the punishment. He willingly carried the heavy cross, step by step, toward Golgotha because He wanted to renew everything, so that sin and death would no longer have dominion over us, and we would be completely free in Him. He endured such pain; when He was being whipped, He did not complain. When facing death, He had no regrets. Because He willingly took all of this upon Himself, He knew that all He was doing would ultimately change all of humanity and cause the devil to fail completely. Hallelujah!
This is why Jesus had to suffer such punishment; He fulfilled the justice that God required and satisfied the demands of God's law. I hope every brother and sister can reflect on what Jesus accomplished for us on the cross during such a day.
Let us share the second point: Jesus became our salvation.
God does not want us to die, so Jesus became our salvation. In verse 7 it says:
"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth."
Jesus had to save us from these sufferings and punishments, so He had to bear them Himself. Therefore, He willingly bore our debt of sin, and yet when He was suffering, He did not open His mouth. God does not want us to die, so He prepared for us a law that allows us to escape death. This law is that the Lord made Him a sin offering; in the original text, it means He offered Himself as a sin offering.
In verse 10, "Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him," brothers and sisters, do you know what it means that "it pleased" to bruise Him? The original text says the Lord delighted in bruising Him.
Why did the Father delight in bruising His Son? Many times we emphasize that God will not bring calamity upon us, will not bring all kinds of suffering upon us, but here it says the Lord delighted in bruising Him. If you understand the meaning of this sentence, you will know how much God loves you.
Because under the Old Testament law, when the people of Israel sinned and broke the law, God had to uphold the justice of the law. Therefore, He had to bring some diseases and some sufferings upon the people of Israel. Yet it mentions a sentence that says, "The Lord delighted in bruising Him and causing Him to suffer." The reason is that when Jesus completed the law in our place, He would bear all our sufferings upon Himself. He would fulfill the law for us, so God delighted in bruising Him; today we are no longer bruised. Our God delights in His Son's suffering; He does not want such suffering to come upon us again. The Lord made Him a sin offering.
What is a "sin offering"? When we read Leviticus, it is very clear. In the Old Testament, when a person sinned, they would bring a clean animal like a bull, sheep, or dove to the priest. They would lay their hands on the head of the sacrificial animal and say, "All my sins are laid upon this lamb," and then they would kill the lamb. When the lamb was killed, that person's sins would be forgiven. This is the sin offering of the Old Testament. In fact, God did not just prepare a sin offering for us at that time; He had already prepared a sin offering for us in Genesis.
Once, Cain and Abel, after Cain sinned, God said to him, "If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. Its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." In the original text, it has another meaning: the sin offering is right at your door; you can bring it to me, and you will be able to rule over sin. Thank the Lord!
In the Old Testament, people offered bulls, sheep, and doves as sacrifices. When we offered them, all our sins were laid upon the sacrificial animal. But in the New Testament, Jesus Christ came personally; He Himself is the reality of the sin offering of the Old Testament. Today, you do not need to bring bulls, sheep, or doves to offer sacrifices to God anymore because Jesus Christ is the true sin offering that has already been presented before God. All our sins have already been laid upon Jesus.
When you accept Jesus, how do you pray? I acknowledge that I am a sinner. I believe that all my sins have been laid upon Jesus. He shed His blood for my sins on the cross and sacrificed Himself, and three days later He rose from the dead. I have been justified. Did you pray like this when you made your decision?
If so, that is correct because you have taken Jesus as that sin offering. When a person's sins are laid upon that lamb, that lamb must be killed, and that person becomes sinless. Just at the moment you made your decision and prayed, you said, "I believe all my sins are laid upon Jesus. Now I come to receive His righteousness. I have been justified by God. I am called a child of God. I am now in Jesus Christ."
If you believe this way, He has accomplished this for you because the effect of the sin offering is like this. In the Old Testament, the period for the sin offering of bulls and sheep was one year, but in Hebrews, it tells us that the sin offering of Jesus Christ lasts forever. So that one time of confession, all your sins have been laid upon Jesus, and from that moment on, you are forever justified, once and for all. Just like Jesus, He offered Himself once for all, cleansing us of all our sins; you too are justified once and for all, forever. Thank the Lord! Because God loves us, He delights in His Son being bruised and suffering because this is God's way of saving us.
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Brothers and sisters, this is the love of our God. He sent His Son not to condemn us but to save us through Him. He sent His Son into the world to be our sin offering, allowing us to present Him before God so that our iniquities may be forgiven. Jesus has become our salvation. Hallelujah!
Isaiah 53 says:
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
Brothers and sisters, have you noticed that because of Jesus, He has become our salvation? Therefore, His offspring, Jesus saw His offspring as you today (if you have accepted Jesus, you are His offspring). He sees us, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. God has placed all prosperous things in Jesus' hands, so that through Jesus, we now become prosperous.
Verse 11 says, "He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied."
When was Jesus satisfied? It was when He offered Himself on the cross for us. He finally said, "It is finished." In His eyes, He had already seen the labor of His soul; He was satisfied. He found His pillow on the cross.
When Jesus was on earth, He said, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." When He said "It is finished" on the cross, that cross became His pillow because He saw the labor of His soul and was satisfied. He found His satisfaction in us because He knew that through His one offering, those who believe in Him would be accepted by God, no longer under the law, no longer under death, but in the eternal life of God, in the abundant blessings of God. Hallelujah!
Many will be called righteous because they know My righteous Servant. And He will bear their iniquities.
The righteous Servant here refers to Jesus Christ. Many will be called righteous because they know Jesus Christ. This is the reason for Jesus' satisfaction. When Jesus saw this, He was already very joyful because He knew that all He had done would renew the entire history of humanity, allowing all who are willing to know Jesus to be called righteous.
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (or looking unto Jesus, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God).
When Jesus offered Himself for us, He was joyful. He despised the shame and endured the suffering of the cross because He saw the fruit of His labor.
Jesus has become our salvation. He not only saved our lives but is also our salvation in our daily lives. So when you are not at peace, when you are afraid, when you are troubled, you should declare that because of what Jesus accomplished on the cross, because of the punishment He bore, peace is already in my heart. I am a child of peace. When you are sick, lay your hands on your afflicted area and pray, "By His stripes, I am healed." I have already been healed by God. Hallelujah!
1 Peter 2:24 says:
Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
This is a completed action. If you know that Jesus has already borne stripes for you, you should know that when you declare this, healing is already upon you. You are not asking for healing through prayer but believing in what Jesus has done on the cross and receiving the healing He has already completed.
Matthew 8:16-17 says:
When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
The reason Jesus healed so many sick people was to fulfill the words we read today, "By His stripes, we are healed; by His punishment, we have peace." How was this applied in the New Testament? When those sick people came seeking Jesus, He healed them, and the basis for healing them was the scripture we are sharing today. I wish you would often meditate on this scripture and think about what Jesus Christ has accomplished for you, and you will receive healing.
In our church, there is a sister who once returned to her hometown, which is in the countryside. One day she suddenly had a fever, and the hospital was far away. She kept reading Isaiah 53:4-6 at home, reading and reading, and by the time she reached nearly fifty times, all her symptoms disappeared. Hallelujah!
Do you see the power of Jesus Christ's words? When you understand that He has borne your infirmities and taken your sicknesses, you will be healed, and your faith will be released.
Many people always say, "I have been so weak lately." But what does the scripture say? He has already borne our weaknesses. Instead of saying you are weak in front of people, it is better to say before God: Lord, I am weak before You; may Your strength be given to me. So do not often say you are weak in front of people; it may seem very spiritual, but saying such words too much will cause people to lose faith!
He has borne our weaknesses and carried our sicknesses. Because He loves us, God also delights in His Son being bruised and suffering, making Jesus our salvation. Today, when you pray for the sick, you should know that we have a basis: Jesus Christ bore stripes, which can bring healing to that person.
When you see someone with depression, what they lack is actually the peace of Jesus Christ. When peace is in their hearts, depression disappears; when peace is in their hearts, insomnia disappears; when peace is in their hearts, all kinds of irritations disappear. Thank the Lord! When people understand the love of Christ and the salvation of Christ, peace will fill their hearts!
Let us share the third point: Because of the redemption accomplished by Jesus on the cross, the price of sin has been fully paid, and you are blessed.
Isaiah 53:11, He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.
1. God has laid all our iniquities upon Him.
Although we have all gone astray like sheep, each of us has turned to his own way, the Father has laid all our iniquities upon Him. He was despised by men; many times we do not respect Him. You see, in verse 1 of chapter 53, it says, "Who has believed our report?"
But who has believed the gospel that has been preached to us? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? When you meditate on this scripture, you can feel the Father's heart.
The Father's intention is that He hopes people will repent, believe in Jesus, receive life, and obtain salvation. To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? If you believe in the Lord Jesus, the arm of God is open to you; He is willing to protect you and provide for all your needs.
Jesus on the cross also opened His arms, welcoming sinners to come before Him and enjoy His rest. This is the message we should preach. You should tell the world that God has sent Jesus to pay the price for our sins on the cross. We must accept the Lord Jesus and live in God's blessings.
Isaiah 53:2 says: "For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him."
Many people always say, "Jesus was so handsome!" But I actually do not agree with this. The Bible here tells us that He has no form or comeliness; when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. The reason Jesus attracts us is not because He is a handsome man, but because of what He has done, His love for us attracts us to follow Him!
Isaiah 53:2, "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."
When Jesus came to the world to save people, people did not understand Him, did not receive Him, but despised Him and did not believe in Him. Even the people from His hometown looked down on Him. He was often sorrowful for us. Although He had our best interests at heart, it seemed that people were not interested in what Jesus had done. He served people in the form of a servant, but people did not respect Him. These things, when we did not know Jesus, we may have done as well. But God does not remember our transgressions.
Today, when you go to preach the gospel, if you are rejected or misunderstood, please do not be discouraged. Because Jesus was treated this way when He was on earth. This is what the world does not understand about the Lord. God remembers what you have given.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 says:
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Brothers and sisters, this is the correct content of the gospel we preach. We should tell others that you can come before God and accept Him because Christ has reconciled us to God. He does not impute your trespasses to you; they have already been laid upon Jesus.
The sins you have committed have all been borne by Jesus, so He no longer imputes your transgressions to you. He no longer gets angry with you. You can come boldly to the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Jesus Christ is our ever-present help. You can receive God's love and God's help.
If you know how much God loves you, you will no longer be afraid to seek God! If you know how willing God is to help you, you will be eager to call upon Him in everything, and He will give you! Many people are afraid of God when they hear about Him and do not want to come before Him because they have not been told the gospel correctly. God sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved.
2. Because of the redemption accomplished by Jesus on the cross, you have been justified.
Romans 3:24 says: Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
You have become a child of God; you have received grace and all kinds of mercy. Let God be your ever-present help, not because of what you have done, not because your behavior is good, but because of God's grace, because of the redemption of Jesus Christ, what He has done for us on the cross, today you can be justified freely.
Romans 4:25 also says, "He was delivered up because of our offenses."
Brothers and sisters, do you see? When Jesus Christ was delivered up, beaten, and punished, it was because of our offenses. He rose again for our justification. Thank the Lord, Jesus Christ has paid the price for our offenses and is for our justification. He rose again, so this Sunday in our church, we will talk about some things regarding the resurrection. Jesus Christ rose again for us. Thank the Lord!
Romans 5:8-9
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Now we are justified by His blood, and we shall be saved from the wrath of God through the salvation accomplished by Him on the cross. Do not believe what some people say to you, that if you are disobedient, God will be angry with you, He will turn His face away from you, He will punish you, and make you lose your arms and legs to teach you a lesson. Such teachings do not conform to the Bible.
1 Corinthians 6:11 tells us, And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Many people teach that you can be saved by believing in Jesus Christ, but you cannot be sanctified. You must continue to be sanctified until you die after the day of salvation. But let us see what the Bible says! But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. Hallelujah! Brothers and sisters, do not think that there is still a little bit of sin in you that has not been cleansed; that means Jesus' work is not enough. You have been completely cleansed by the blood of Jesus, sanctified, and justified. Thank and praise the Lord! Please hold on to your identity as a righteous person; no one can take that identity away from you.
3. Through the redemption accomplished by Jesus on the cross, you are now a member of God's household, and that will never change.
Do you know how many people are still believing in ambiguous 'gospels'? They say you are justified by faith, but if you do not strive to live a good life, you may be cast away by God. As a result, people are uncertain about whether they are saved.
Brothers and sisters, if you hear such a 'gospel', do not believe it anymore. The promises God gives us in the Bible are certain and will not easily change. Believe and you will be saved.
Romans 10:9-11
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
As long as you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you are saved. There are no other conditions. We should take the words of the Bible as the standard of our faith. If what anyone says does not conform to the Bible, we do not need to believe it. As long as a person believes in their heart, they can be justified. Confession with the mouth is for those who are saved. God's word does not change.
Ephesians 2:18-19 says:
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
When you accept Jesus Christ, you are now a member of God's household. This identity will never change. Through His death and resurrection, this matter has been settled. You are not striving to become holy; you are already holy. You are not striving to be justified; you have already been justified. You are a member of God's household.
Besides believing in Jesus, there is another way to be saved, which is to keep all the laws. The Jews under the law continuously try to keep the law but find it impossible. What comes upon them is punishment and judgment. But God loves us and does not want us to suffer like this. He hopes we will receive eternal life. Therefore, He sent His Son into this world. Jesus fulfilled all the laws and received all the blessings recorded in the law, but He gives this as a gift to those who believe in Him. As long as you accept Jesus as the sin offering He has become for you, you will receive His righteousness and His blessings.
Thus, you can be accepted by God without any effort, receiving His righteousness and His grace. This is the gospel for the whole world. Anyone who is willing to accept what Jesus has accomplished can receive this salvation, for He truly bore our iniquities.
God indeed bore our iniquities, bringing us into His kingdom. This is our God, who loves us so much. Therefore, those who have accepted Jesus should not keep doubting whether they are accepted by God. Do not doubt anymore. God is pleased with you because of what Jesus has done, and He is willing to bless you! You are already a member of God's household. You are no longer under the law; Jesus has brought you into grace.
He has freely given you all the blessings of the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, as you live in this world, no matter what problems you encounter, you can seek the Lord. Wherever you are, you can pray to Him because He is your Father, your God, and your ever-present help. Because of Jesus, we have been completely reconciled to the Father!
All our blessings come from Jesus Christ. You need to have a correct understanding of Jesus. I hope that we brothers and sisters can once again reflect on what Jesus Christ has done for us on this day, for He truly bore our iniquities and restored our relationship with the Father. You are no longer called a sinner by God but are called a righteous person by God.
Do not be deceived by the devil; God no longer condemns you. Because of Jesus, He has shown you His love and blessings. May we come before the Father every day to receive His love and live.
Let us pray together:
Loving Heavenly Father, we thank and praise You! Today, we commemorate Jesus' suffering and death on the cross for us, so that we can be forgiven and justified. It is because of our iniquities that Jesus bore such punishment to save us from sin, from death, and from the control of the devil, so that we can legally escape the dominion of sin.
Lord, I am now very certain that in Jesus Christ, I am forever justified. Thank the Lord, and I also thank Jesus for paying everything for me on the cross. You bore stripes for me so that I can overcome sickness in this world. Because of the stripes You bore, we receive Your health.
Because of the punishment You bore, I have peace. Generations change, but we need Your peace at all times. As the new week begins, I wish to meditate on what You have done for me. I receive Your love and peace and live joyfully. I believe that this week, I will experience Your presence and Your love in my life.
Lord! Grant me wisdom to spread the gospel to more people. You desire everyone to repent and do not wish for anyone to perish. May You raise up more soldiers of the gospel so that more people can hear the gospel, accept the gospel, and enter into Your blessings. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus, Amen!
If you have not yet believed in Jesus, at this moment, I wish for you to accept Him in your heart. You can silently pray this prayer in your heart:
I acknowledge that I am a sinner! Heavenly Father, I thank You for giving me Jesus, allowing Him to shed His blood and sacrifice for my sins, and rise from the dead three days later. I know that Jesus has borne all my iniquities on the cross, past, present, and future, and they are all forgiven. I know I have been justified by God, and my identity as a member of God's household will never change. May the Holy Spirit enter my heart and guide my future life. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen!
Song "He Truly Bore" Lyrics
He truly bore our griefs
And carried our sorrows
Yet we esteemed Him stricken
Smitten by God and afflicted
But He was wounded for our transgressions
He was bruised for our iniquities
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him
And by His stripes we are healed
All we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned, every one, to his own way
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all
All we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned, every one, to his own way
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all
But He was wounded for our transgressions
He was bruised for our iniquities
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him
And by His stripes we are healed
All we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned, every one, to his own way
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all
All we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned, every one, to his own way
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all