Jesus Paid The Price

“Jesus Paid The Price”
Isaiah 53:5
He was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah uses two words for sin in verse 5: transgressions and iniquities!
Jesus did not only feel the effect of sin; he felt sin itself. A transgression is a willful violation of God’s law. Merriam Webster defines willful as deliberate or intentional. so a transgression is when you know you do wrong but do it anyway. Iniquities are the “pervertness” of the human nature.
Verse 5 says he was wounded for our transgressions; and bruised for our iniquities. Jesus suffered a brutal and painful death for “our” sins! Pay attention to the word "our". It doesnt say his iniquities because Jesus had never sinned! He was an innocent man. And with his stripes we are healed!! On the cross Jesus was pierced and crushed. In verse 4 the picture of what happened on Calvary is painted. Jesus was weighed down by our grief’s and sorrows. It was am unbearable weight. Our transgressions crushed him to death. Just like a spear or an arrow shot from a hunters bow our iniquities pierced him to death. Our transgressions are the nails and our iniquities are the spear. But that’s not it. Jesus didn’t just endure all of this for our sins; he endured this so that we can also be healed. John 19:34 it tells us that after Jesus died one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear and blood and water come out. The blood and water was for wholeness and healing. Jesus gives us peace or wholeness. If you understand what Christ has done for you on the cross it gives you the knowledge that you can draw near to God.
You may say that Jesus just doesn’t know what it is like to be a human. When Jesus died he had the same feelings, the same sorrows, the same fears, and Jesus experienced pain just like we do. He knows what it is like to live a human life. You cant say that Jesus don’t know what it is like to live as a human because he does. The dread, the fear, the sorrow, the mocking, the humiliation, the spitting, and the crucifixcion were all dreaded by Jesus. Jesus was the innocent dying for us, the guilty. Crucifiction on the cross is the crulest form of torture ever done by man. Jesus hung there in pain and agony in a slow death, enduring punishment, so that God can be just in forgiving us for our sins.
Psalm 147:3 says heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. If you understand God’s love for you it makes you want to be close to him. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins he did it willingly. Since Jesus is God he could have escaped from his executioners. But if Jesus would have done that we would still be lost in our sins.
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Sheep stray away from the flock without thinking about it. They are following their own instinct to wander away. So sheep stray away from the flock one blade of grass at a time; one step at a time. Were just like this. Our sinful nature causes us to chase after our own desires and to go our own way. But there is only one way! And that is God’s way. Sin comes to us naturally; we don’t have to practice at being a sinner. Once we stray away from the flock, or once we stray away from god there is something that can get us to where we need to be. That is the awesome power of God.
I can’t help but to think about how the Shepard protects over his sheep. In John 10:4 it tells us that Jesus said that he is the good Shepard; the Shepard lays down his life for the sheep. Jesus is an awesome Shepard. He suffered so that we can have peace. When Jesus layed down his life for us he went to the meeting that we should have went to. But now we can go to a different meeting. That is the meeting with our father: who waits on us with open arms!!!!