Face Like Flint
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Pastor Bob Hiller
4/13/2014
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
1. Jesus' face was set like flint towards ____________ ____________.
2. Jesus' face was set like flint towards ____________ ____________.
3. Jesus was determined to die and rise for ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.
Scripture Readings
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
John 12:12-43
Take It With You!
Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss what we are hearing.
In his kingdom and by his Word Christ not only teaches us that we are poor lost sinners, condemned to death and in the devil's clutches, but also that through his death and blood, he has redeemed us from all sins, from death and the power of the devil, so that by faith in him we are righteous and blessed forever. What wonderfully different teaching, wisdom, and insight this is compared with what is offered by human reason, legal experts, and the wise of this world-namely how to live here and now, managing house and home, acquiring goods, and protecting land and people. Even if we do live here a long, long time, finally and eventually we still have to depart and leave it all behind.
This is the reason why Christ entered Jerusalem as he did, without worldly pomp, meekly riding on a donkey. Thereby he not only wanted to fulfill the words of the prophet, but also to point out the manner and character of his kingdom, so that we may never be deluded into thinking that he came to earth to help us become rich and heap up treasure, when actually he came so that we might be delivered from sin, death, and the devil, and become truly rich in the life beyond. To sum up, this then was the true purpose in coming to earth, his kingdom's real nature and power and fruit, namely, that we may one day escape this wretched, mortal, decaying existence and enter that happy, glorious, eternal life beyond.
Martin Luther