Isa Msg 53

Truth:
1. God promised that the very Christ, who would come out of David's descendants, would be the sure mercies of God toward the royal family of David.
2. The last king of the royal family of David will be Jesus Christ, the embodiment of God's sure mercies.
3. Why did Paul not exhort the saints through the great love of God? This is because the great love of God is too far away from us in our pitiful condition and situation.
4. If I am so poor, I am not on the level to match God's love.
5. Mercies are somewhat like kindness and compassion. God's mercies, as the initiation of God's grace in His love, reach us the farthest. Mercy is the initiation for God's grace to come in with God's love.
6. God needed to exercise His mercy. Without mercy, He could not have reached His people.
7. These mercies were covenanted. A covenant is not just a promised but a contract, and this covenant is Christ.
8. The holy things of David, the faithful things, are the sure mercies of David. The Holy One is Christ, the Son of David, in whom God's mercies are centered and conveyed. Christ is the sure mercies, and He is also the One who is holy. This shows that these sure mercies will do a work to sanctify all the enjoyers.
9. The Father's compassion sanctifies the returning son, makes him holy, separating him entirely unto the Father.
10. Sanctification needs a based, and the base of sanctification is justification. Based upon such a justification in Christ's resurrection, we are enjoying Christ as the mercies which sanctify us.
11. Without being God's mercies, Christ could never be a Redeemer to the rotten, corrupted children of Israel.

Life experience/Application:
1. Lord, give us a heart that is seeking after You, and give us the eyes that we could see You.
2. Peace means that all the problems are solved. When I say that I am a saint, this implies that I have no problems.
3. Because we believers have Christ within us, we are rising up. Today Christ is our divine mercies; He is our Redeemer; and He is our light. Based upon Him, we are rising.