Humanity, We Have a Problem! | Dr. Carl Rees | 09-02-18

September 9, 2018

Dr. Carl Rees

"Humanity, We Have a Problem!"

Isaiah 53

Isaiah 53 presents Jesus as a Suffering Servant:

1) A  Suffering Servant who is dispised and rejected

2) A Suffering Servant who submits as a substitute

3) A Suffering Servant who is exalted and victorious

 

Three Types of Suffering:

1) All sufferers are sinners - because you are a sinner, you suffer

2) Innocent people suffer - because we live in a fallen world

3) Some suffer vicariously - the innocent in place of the guilty

 

Characteristics of Sin:

1) Sin is universal - we all are sinners

2) Sin is stupid - it leads us away from God, it breaks our relationship with God, and it takes us away from God's heart

3) Sin separates us from God

4) Sin is selfish - we go our own way, trust in our own weakness

 

God's response to the problem was to lay it on Jesus - the problem was solved (vs 12).