Message Scripture
MATTHEW 12: 15-21 (NRSV)
15 Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, 16 and he ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18 “Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. 19 He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20 He will not
break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory. 21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
Biblical Wisdom:
ISAIAH 42: VERSE 1A – “HERE IS MY SERVANT,”
• Luke 2:49 “about his Father’s business” from the beginning.
• John 9:4 “to work the work of him that sent him.”
• John 4:34 “his food to do the will of him who sent me.”
• John 17:4 “glorified the Father on earth by finishing the work he had been given to do.”
• Matthew 20:28 says it most explicitly: “...the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve...”
PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8
• Gave up his position of equality,
• Emptied himself,
• Became a servant, the form of a slave
• He humbled himself,
• He was obedient unto death.
EPHESIANS 5:21-25
• Christ was the Savior of the church (verse 23),
• Christ Loved the church, (verse 25) and,
• Christ gave himself up for the church (verse 25)
