Pierced for Our Transgressions

“Surely our griefs He Himself bore,

And our sorrows He carried;

Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

And by His scourging we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,

Each of us has turned to his own way;

But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all

To fall on Him.” (Isaiah 53:4-6 NASB1995)

This is talking about Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He always existed with God but then he left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and humbled himself to the point of being born as a baby to a human mother, but conceived of the Holy Spirit, so without sin. So, when he lived on the earth he was fully human (man) and fully God (God incarnate). 

Deity of Christ [John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]

As a grown man Jesus began his earthly ministry, calling 12 men alongside him to be his disciples and to minister alongside him. And he preached repentance (death to sin and change of heart, mind, and behavior) for the forgiveness of sins. He taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow him in obedience to his commands, in his power. For this is what faith looks like.

But he was hated by the religious rulers in the temple and by people of influence who wanted him dead. So they plotted out his crucifixion on a tree (cross), which was carried out by the Romans. But it was God’s will that Jesus should suffer and die, for in his death he took our sins upon him, putting them to death with him, so that by faith in him we will die to sin and live for God in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living.

For we all are born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, separate from God, and unable within ourselves to be approved by God. And not one of us can even come to God unless God draws us to Christ. And even the faith to believe in Jesus is not of our own doing, but it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God. So by faith in Jesus we now surrender our lives to God to do his will, to live holy lives which are pleasing to Him.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; Acts 26:18; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]   

Praise Be Told!  

Based off Various Scriptures 

An Original Work / December 28, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

He was pierced for our transgressions.

He was crushed for all our sin.

Our chastisement was upon Him.

By His stripes, we now are healed.

He has witnessed all our trials,

And the sins we choose to wear.

Yet, while we were dead in our sin,

Jesus died, our sins to bear.

He himself bore all of our sins

In His body on a cross,

So that we might die to our sin,

And live for His righteousness.

By faith in the pow’r of Jesus

And His blood shed for our sins,

We can be forgiven our sin,

And have life with God in heav’n.

He will lead us and He’ll guide us

In the way that we should go.

He will comfort and protect us,

Because Jesus, we do know.

Though He disciplines for our good,

He will heal us – Praise be told!

Do not fear, your Lord is with you.

Just have faith in Christ your Lord.

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Video Talk on the Same Subject

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Pierced for Our Transgressions

An Original Work / March 30, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love