Oakwood Church
The Suffering Servant
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Philippians 2:6-8
Philippians 2:6-8
↘ Incarnation: follow the downwardly mobile pattern of Jesus’ life
• Enter: move into a dark place
“He grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground.”
Isaiah 53:2
• Enter: move into a dark place
“He grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground.”
Isaiah 53:2
↘ Incarnation: follow the downwardly mobile pattern of Jesus’ life
• Enter: move into a dark place
“He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.”
Isaiah 53:2
• Enter: move into a dark place
“He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.”
Isaiah 53:2
↘ Incarnation: follow the downwardly mobile pattern of Jesus’ life
• Engage: lovingly connect with people
“He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.”
Isaiah 53:4
• Engage: lovingly connect with people
“He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.”
Isaiah 53:4
↘ Incarnation: follow the downwardly mobile pattern of Jesus’ life
• Endure: expect resistance and opposition
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.”
Isaiah 53:3
• Endure: expect resistance and opposition
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.”
Isaiah 53:3
♰ Redemption: follow the self-less example of Jesus’ death
• Serve: humbly address real needs
“His appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance.”
Isaiah 52:14
• Serve: humbly address real needs
“His appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance.”
Isaiah 52:14
♰ Redemption: follow the self-less example of Jesus’ death
• Suffer: surrender your Security and comfort
“We esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:4
• Suffer: surrender your Security and comfort
“We esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:4
♰ Redemption: follow the self-less example of Jesus’ death
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities.”
Isaiah 53:5
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities.”
Isaiah 53:5
♰ Redemption: follow the self-less example of Jesus’ death
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“He was oppressed, he was afflicted… like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.”
Isaiah 53:6
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“He was oppressed, he was afflicted… like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.”
Isaiah 53:6
♰ Redemption: follow the self-less example of Jesus’ death
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“He was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people… it was the will of the LORD to crush him.”
Isaiah 53:8,10
• Sacrifice: lay down your life
“He was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people… it was the will of the LORD to crush him.”
Isaiah 53:8,10
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Rest: rely completely on Jesus
“When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring.”
Isaiah 53:10
• Rest: rely completely on Jesus
“When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring.”
Isaiah 53:10
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Rest: rely completely on Jesus
“Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.”
Isaiah 53:5
• Rest: rely completely on Jesus
“Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.”
Isaiah 53:5
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Renew: experience His Healing grace
“Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
• Renew: experience His Healing grace
“Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Renew: experience His Healing grace
“By his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous.”
Isaiah 53:12
• Renew: experience His Healing grace
“By his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous.”
Isaiah 53:12
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Rejoice: celebrate your eternal inheritance
“Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong.”
Isaiah 53:13
• Rejoice: celebrate your eternal inheritance
“Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong.”
Isaiah 53:13
↗ Resurrection: trust in the results of Jesus’ victory, now and forever
• Rejoice: celebrate your eternal inheritance
“Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.”
Isaiah 52:13
• Rejoice: celebrate your eternal inheritance
“Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.”
Isaiah 52:13
