The Silent Lamb Who Bore Our Iniquity: From the Servant’s Song to the Upper Room | Isaiah 53

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INTRODUCTION

There is a strange and wonderful thing about the Last Supper. Jesus did not explain His death with a lecture. He explained it with a meal. He took bread, He took a cup, and He said, in effect: this is what Isaiah was talking about.

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That is not a small claim. Seven centuries before Jesus sat down with His disciples, Isaiah had already drawn the portrait of a figure who would be despised, pierced, crushed, and silent and who would bear the sin of many. The early church understood this so deeply that when Philip met the Ethiopian official reading Isaiah 53, he "began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus" (Acts 8:35). The Suffering Servant was not a footnote to the gospel. He *was* the gospel, in advance.

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Before we dig in, here’s my sermon summary:

 

Isaiah 53 paints a striking ______________ of the Servant of the Lord: ordinary in appearance, rejected by people, yet bearing our griefs, pierced for our transgressions, and silent like a lamb led to slaughter, all ___________________ to the will of God. This ancient prophecy finds its _______________ in Jesus, who at the Last Supper took bread and the cup and declared that His body would be given and His blood poured out for the _________________ of sins. The call is clear for every hearer: ______________ the report, ____________ in the substitution, ____________ the silent Lamb in trust, and come to the Table to ________________ the grace purchased by His wounds.

 

I. The ___________________ Servant (53:1-3)

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A. The ______________ report: the Arm of the Lord ___________________ where no one looks (53:1)

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B. The symbols of _____________________ (53:2)

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C. The ___________________ response (53:3)

 

The first response to the Servant is not ________________, but _________________ and ____________________.

 

II. The _______________ Servant: what He __________ was __________ (53:4-6)

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A. The great _____________________ (53:4)

 

B. The ____________ was ____________, the ____________ is _____________- (53:5)

 

C. A just _______________: “All we like sheep” (53:6)

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CONCLUSION

What can we take with us this morning? The Supper and the cross are one event. The bread and cup do not merely *remind* us of the sacrifice; they *proclaim* it. This is why the church has always treated the Table with reverence — not because the elements are magic, but because the One who said "this is My body" is the One Isaiah saw pierced for our transgressions. The Table is where the prophecy becomes food.​

 

Isaiah 53 and the Last Supper together form one unbroken song: the song of the Servant who was ________________ so that we might be desired, __________________ so that we might be healed, ________________ so that we might speak His praise, and ________________ so that we might live forever.​

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Lessons for us all:

 

_______________ the report.

 

 

_______________ in the substitution.

 

 

_______________ the Lamb in quiet trust.

 

 

_______________ until He comes.