[Pastor Ralph]

Q4. The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?

[Darleen Nelson]

He stood as a subsgtitute in my place and suffered the death my sins deserved. Isaiah 53 clearly states He was punished for our sins. We may not understand this principle but it was clearly stated by Isaiah and repeated many times in the New Testament. One of my favorites is I Peter 2:24. He personally carried our sins in his own body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. You have been healed by his wounds. (New Living Bible Translation)

[Peggie]

Jesus took the punishment for my sins on the cross because He "was wounded for MY trangressions". Something I"m reminded of here is that the consequences for sin are always painful, and Jesus bore more pain than has ever been known to bear my sins.

[Julie]

Jesus bore the separation of God and suffered for me. If there were no crucifixition then I would have been doomed to a life without God's help and direction and to eternal suffering. Praise the Lord.

[nelda huffman]

Jesus died upon the cross and took the punishment for me so that I might have a life with him free of sin because he loved me and wanted me to be able to love and be happy and to know him personally, for without him suffering and dying for my sins and my family we would be living a life of sin and this world would be a very sad place to live all the time.

[Helen Spaulding]

My sin punishment is eternal death! No ifs, ands or buts. God is not
interested in animal sacrifices. How could the blood of a lamb, no matter
how perfect it may be. And, since I am so far from perfect, I cannot save
myself from eternal death. As Paul said, 'Woe is me! Who will save me?"
Paraphrased a bit! Jesus, because of His great love for us was willing to
come to earth, to live a perfect, sinless life, gather a group of disciples and
teach them His precepts to carry on after His death. He willingly went to the
cross, suffered immense rejection, hate, cruel scourging and torture, and
then the shame of the cross, separation from God because of MY sin! Yes,
His sacrifice on the cross truly pays for my sin, and gives me the right to
stand before the judgement seat, totally forgiven for my sin! What a
tremendous message of hope! Praise the Lord and Glory to His name!
I long only to serve Him in love and gratitude!

[Heather Lindwall]

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?

Hello Everyone
Because I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He was crucified as a sacrifice to redeem all mankind, for all time, I am saved from eternal darkness. I believe Jesus rose from the dead, and so shall I, because He promised that it should be so. Jesus became my sacrificial Lamb. He knew of my personal need for redemption because he knew me, knew all my sins. All of Psalm 139 tells of God’s profoundly intimate knowledge of each of us. I have a personal Savior. He took MY place on the cross, and shed His blood for me.

I repeat with faith “The Apostle’s Creed” each week in our church with all the joy and love in my heart, because without Jesus my life would end in death and eternal separation from God. Without Jesus, I would have no hope of glory. With my risen Lord I am led, “along the path of everlasting life.” Psalm 139.

Peace and Love………..Heather

[Laurie]

Isaiah 53: 10
"Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,"

Isaiah 5312
"...because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors."

Jesus Christ paralleled His physical suffering (the process of His death on the cross) and His spiritual suffering (Matthew 27:46) with the spiritual punishment due me because of my rebelling and sinning against God's will and presence in my life; the punishment I deserved, yet, could never endure - eternal separation from God.

[photobug]

The bible tells me Jesus was picersed for our tranegression he was crushed for our iniquites punishment brought us peaceby his wounds we are healed.

[jaunita]

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross? The ultimate punishment for sin is death, in allowing Himself to die in my place, I now have life! Abundent life, at that! Sin, as we all know, keeps us from having fellowship with the Father. In the Death of Jesus, on the cross, we can now, through Him, have open fellowship with God, the Father. Jesus was also called a man of sorrow's...I believe He also carried our sorrows, as He hung upon the cross, so that we can experiance "Joy un-speakable"...through our relationship with Him! I thank & praise Him for this new life. He also "took stripes" upon His body for my healing....Spiritual, emotional, & physical. Thank you Lord!! Love you all!..jaunita

[Linda Stanley]

Pastor Ralph, on Feb 13 2003, 10:15 PM, said:

Q4. The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross? Exposition

The punishment was the cruel death Jesus went through.Jesus took all the punishment I so deserve.Jesus even died and conquered death.Jesus has given me life through His victory.Jesus bore the punishment that was due to me,but through Him I can live eternity in heaven when I leave this earth.Amen.

[leo]

Even though we will still have to undergo the death of our physical bodies one day, the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gave us the hope of being taken up to the heavens with Him on the day of His second coming along with all the other good people who lived on earth during the course of history. The servant gave us this hope when He took upon Himself the sins of mankind. I believe that before the servant's sacrifice, all we would experience at the end of our days was death itself and nothing else. But now that we have Christ who is mediating for us in the heavenly temple, we can rest assured that as long as we obey the Lord's commandments and accept Christ as our savior, we will one day wake up and join Jesus Christ and His angels and all the good people who lived on earth. That for me is more than sufficient.

[Mike Dickinson]

#2 Q4. The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?
When God substituted our lives and our certain death for our sin, with that of His precious son Jesus, He was providing a ‘Vicarious’ sacrifice. It was the only way God could redeem the enormous debt our sins had cost mankind’s relationship with Him. Imagine getting into financial debt so deeply the only way out is to pawn some of your valuables. The pawn shop gives you the cash along with a redemption ticket. Then along comes a wealthy relative, who seeing your predicament, takes pity on you. He goes to the shop and having paid your debt, redeems your valuables and returns them to you. Through the precious blood of Jesus our lives have been redeemed from eternal death and separation from God. Yet again in Isaiah 1:18 we read further prophecy concerning Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool”. He who knew no sin in His life became sin for us. When I think on this fact alone I am awestruck that God would do this for me. How little I feel I give God in return. If I gave my all, it still could never repay the price Jesus paid for me. Bless His Holy name forever.

Listen to how Paul puts it. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
(Eph 1:7-9)

[Glen Bohlander]

The punishment for sin is spiritual death and
physical death.
Spiritual death is separation from God in this
life and eternity.
Physical death seals the fate of the spiritually dead.
Jesus Christ experienced physical death.
Jesus Christ experienced separation from His Father.

[Kris Ann]

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Q4. The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?

I am a sinner. I have knowingly sinned. I have sinned out of naivety. I continue to sin, without knowing what I have done. Because of my sin, I cause myself and others great sorrow and pain. Because of my sin, I deserve the punishment of sorrow, pain, and death. But because I am weak, I cannot overcome my sinful past, I cannot overcome my sorrow and pain, and most of all, I cannot overcome death. Without a saviour, I would suffer for eternity.

With incredible compassion and love, Jesus agreed to suffer my punishment for me. As He suffered my punishment, He showed me his suffering and death on the cross. As mankind, we watched Him shed his blood, we watched Him die. And He not only suffered for me, He was punished with a million and more deaths to save all of mankind. Only Jesus could overcome such pain and punishment. And as He died, Jesus asked God to forgive me! He suffered for my sins to free my soul.

_____Thank you Jesus!! Thank you for the gift of life. _____

[gail m]

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?

Jesus died for me. (Even though I know he died for everyone..) I think that it is the most awesome gift ever given to me or anyone else. I think about his sacrifice and I realize he suffered then for every sin I would commit in my lifetime...and it makes me sad to think even more than about being a sinner. But it makes me happy to know that I have an eternity to love him because of what he did for me...for you..for us all..past..present..and future....Thank you Jesus !

[David Maher]

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross?

This is a tough question. What is the punishment we deserve when we sin? It is to be seperated from God. There are also other consequences as well. Jesus suffered, he was rejected by man, punished for things He never did, He was crucified. I don't really know how to describe what I am thinking. Even though Jesus was God as man, I think he must have felt the seperation from God the Father at some point while he was on the cross, see Mark 15:34. In my opinion, this would be the Jesus bearing the ultimate punishment deserved by sinners. In His case, it would be even worse than we could possible imagine, since we are imperfect and do not have anywhere near the capacity for a relationship with God that Jesus has, how could we possibly imagine how He felt during that time? I don't think we can comprehend the how alone Jesus felt.

Thank you Lord Jesus!

[Helen Williams]

When Jesus died on the cross he indeed bore the punishment so well deserved by us. We are the ones that sin. Blood had to be shed for the remission of sin and because Jesus' blood was shed we are forgiven.
In the old Testament the priest interceded for the people and in the New Testament Jesus Christ intercedes for us. We could not stand the punishment we so rightly deserved. Jesus didn't cry out but took the punishment willingly until death.

[bjcollin]

Pastor Ralph, on Feb 14 2003, 12:15 AM, said:

Q4. The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross? Exposition

I was only 15 when I accepted Jesus Christ as my saviour. In my mind I didn't think I had that much to be forgiven of. I mean I was basically a good churching going kid who hadn't broken any of the 10 commandments as I knew them at the time. Then I realized that I had stolen a few comic books and I had disobeyed by parents numerous times and etc... the list went on. OK, so I had broken a few of the minor commandments, but I hadn't murdered or did drugs or slept around or anything else major. I wasn't that bad, and I did go to church alot so I figured that I was basically ok with God. Wrong again, God said that I deserved the death penalty for my sins right along with the murders sitting on death row. What a shock. Jesus Christ the Servant paid the price for my sins on the Cross at Calvary. I in turn thanked Him for that and accepted Him as my personal saviour. Several years later in college in committed my life to His service and was baptized in the San Marcos river. It has been a wonderful 19 years with Christ so far, and in faith I look forward to a life time of walking with Christ here on earth and an eternity of being with Him in heaven. Jesus definately beared the punishment due me when He died on the cross.

[luray mcclung]

My Lord personally bore my sins in His own being and physical body when he was crucified at Calvary. I am only a sinner saved by God's grace. lmc