MISPLACED FAITH
“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, Who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.”
1 Timothy 4:10 (NKJV)
*** Remember – Jesus died for all, especially them that believe …
Jesus conquered His will in the Garden of Gethsemane and became obedient to the will of His Father. Every step towards Calvary’s hill got harder, but sweeter. Think of all that pain He endured from the whippings and beatings, the loss of blood, coupled with the weight of the cross that He bore for us. Jesus has His promised victory in sight – redemption for mankind! … His glorious mission on Earth almost completed. Hell and Death just hours away from being conquered forever. A way for lost mankind, back to the father through His sufferings, death, and powerful resurrection.
Jesus came & conquered every major and minor disease … Jesus conquered every sickness and infirmity … Jesus conquered every oppression, depression, bondage, addiction or habit. Every single ailment known to mankind was defeated at the Cross, by the Blood of Jesus. Adam brought death, but Jesus brought life. The devil introduced sin & sickness, which causes bondage – misery, pain, unhappiness & death. But Jesus brought freedom from sin & sickness – He brought joy, peace, health, and a new life in Him on Earth & Heaven for those who accept Him.
OK Folks – Please try Jesus! Please don’t get cheated by the devil, out of what God did for us through Jesus Christ. Jesus came to save or deliver us – Soul, Mind, and Body … not just our Soul, but Soul, Mind & Body! We try everything else, now turn all that energy Jesus’ way and trust totally in Him: the Creator, the Deliverer, the Mighty God, our Friend, our Healer … He’s God with Us (Matthew 1: 23) … the Prince of Peace in our souls!
Put your Faith in Jesus’ Word … believe in His Gospel – it is the power of God – it is God’s power … if you put your faith in God’s power – it will fix you, it will heal you, it will deliver you! Believe in His name … believe in His power and you will be healed … you will be saved … you will be delivered … you – will – be – set – free!
When you receive Jesus, you receive all that He is and has!
Nothing can stand up to or against Jesus Christ … all power in Heaven and Earth is given unto Him (Matthew 28:18)
Hebrews 12: 2
“Looking unto Jesus – the author and finisher of our Faith: Who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Romans 5: 8
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 3: 16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
– Sin makes you perish … sickness can make you perish. That’s the devil’s will and plan, not God’s. God’s plan through Jesus Christ is Life and that more abundantly.”
John 10: 9-10
“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Isaiah 53: 1-12
1) “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed?
– believed: accepted as the truth
– report: spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard,
done, or investigated (1 John 1: 1-3)
– revealed: made (something) known to humans by divine or supernatural
means; cause or allow (something) to be seen
2) “For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness: and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.”
– comeliness: quality of being good-looking or attractive
– beauty: a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses (concerned with beauty), especially the sight
– desire: a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something
to happen
3) “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; he was despised, and we
esteemed Him not.”
– despised: regarded as worthless, hated, loathed, distasteful, seriously disliked or detested; looked down on with contempt (lack of respect or reverence) or aversion (avoid or turn away, ignore)
– rejected: not wanted, dismissed as inadequate, inappropriate, or unlikeable;
refuse to accept, consider, submit to, hear, receive, or admit
– sorrows: feelings of deep distress/sadness/misery/depression caused by loss,
disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others – sickness
– acquainted: made (someone) aware of or familiar with something
– grief: reaction to a major loss; deep sorrow, pain, agony – especially that caused by someone’s death
– despised: regarded as worthless; hated, loathed, distasteful, seriously disliked or detested; looked down on with contempt (lack of respect or reverence) or aversion (avoid or turn away, ignore)
– esteemed: considered, deemed or regarded
4) “Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”
– borne: carried or transported
– griefs: reactions to major losses; deep sorrows, pains, agony – especially that
caused by someone’s death
– carried: supported and moved (someone or something) from one place to another
– sorrows: feelings of deep distress/sadness/misery/depression caused by loss,
disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others – sickness
– esteem: regard or deem (to hold in high regard or honor)
– stricken: affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or
painful emotion – our sins; incapacitated or disabled; the feeling of being hit
or wounded as if by a missile
– smitten: struck by a heavy blow of a hand or weapon … God’s hand
– afflicted: suffering and pain caused by something or someone; trouble
5) “But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him: and with His stripes
we are healed.”
– wounded: an injury to the body, especially one in which the skin or another
external surface is torn, pierced, cut, punctured, or otherwise broken by
external force
– transgressions: acts that go against laws (God’s Laws), rules, or codes of
conduct; (so whether we disobey God’s teachings, or cheat on a test, on your
taxes, or in a marriage, for example – we are committing transgressions
– bruised: to injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body)
without breaking the skin; caused by a blow or strike to the skin’s surface,
breaking blood vessels, allowing a small amount of blood to leak into the
tissues under the skin; the trapped blood under the skin appears as a black &
blue mark
– iniquities: immoral or grossly unfair (wicked) behavior; sins & wickedness
– chastisement: to punish, as by beating; to inflict punishment on as by whipping;
harsh scolding or rebuke
– peace: freedom from conflict, violence, disturbance and fear; quiet and
tranquility; harmony with God–inwardly, only obtained of course through
Jesus Christ
– stripes: beatings; striking with repeated blows so as to injure or damage
– healed: to make sound or whole again (we were once whole before Adam
sinned); to restore to perfect health; to cause an undesirable condition to be
overcome or ended
6) “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
– astray: away from the correct path, route, or direction; enter into error or
morally questionable behavior
– iniquity: immoral or grossly unfair (wicked) behavior; sin & wickedness
7) “He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.”
– oppressed: subjected to harsh and authoritarian treatment (by the government of the Romans and the Jews); crushed and burdened by abuse of power or authority
– afflicted: suffering and pain caused by something or someone; trouble
– slaughter: where animals are killed for food or skins
– dumb: silent or quiet
8) “He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His
generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of My people was He stricken.”
– prison: a place (building or vessel) in which people are legally held as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial
– judgment: a misfortune or calamity viewed as a divine punishment
– declare: broadcast, proclaim, voice, or announce
– generation: a group of people born and living during the same time … or the people in a family born and living during the same time; (whoever hears and
receives the Gospel is part of His generation)
– transgression: an act that goes against a law (God’s Laws), rule, or code of
conduct
– stricken: affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or
painful emotion – our sins; incapacitated or disabled; the feeling of being hit
or wounded as if by a missile
9) “And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death;
because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.”
– wicked: evil or morally wrong; sinful, bad, corrupt, mean, nasty, troublesome,
irritating, vile, foul, disagreeable, hateful
– rich: having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy
– violence: behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something; strength of emotion or an unpleasant or destructive
natural force
– deceit: the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth; lying, double-dealing, fraud, trickery, guile
10) “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when thou
shalt make an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.”
– pleased: feeling or showing pleasure and satisfaction
– bruise: to injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body)
without breaking the skin; caused by a blow or strike to the skin’s surface,
breaking blood vessels, allowing a small amount of blood to leak into the
tissues under the skin; the trapped blood under the skin appears as a black &
blue mark
– grief: reaction to a major loss; deep sorrow, pain, agony – especially that
caused by someone’s death
– offering: sin offering or sacrifice to satisfy a wrong or wrongs
– prolong: extend the length of something (Jesus is alive forevermore–Rev 1: 5-8)
– pleasure: delight; joy; feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
– prosper: to cause to succeed (turn out well) or thrive (to grow vigorously; to gain wealth or possessions; to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances); to become strong and flourishing … (we have become more than conquerors through Jesus Christ–Romans 8: 37)
11)”He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His
knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities.”
– travail: work that is painful or labor intensive; great physical or mental exertion
– satisfied: contented or pleased
– knowledge: awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation
– righteous: morally right, virtuous, very good, upright, justifiable, holy
– servant: slave; a person who performs duties for others; a person who is
devoted to or guided by something … (Jesus was devoted to God’s Will-
Hebrews 10: 7)
– justify: show or prove to be right … (Jesus justified us by His Blood-Romans 5: 9)
– bear: carry or take on
– iniquities: immoral or grossly unfair (wicked) behaviors; sins & wickedness
12)”Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and
He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.”
– divide: split up or separate into parts
– portion: divide something into shares to be distributed among two or more
– great: above normal, distinguished, prominent, important, illustrious, famous, notable
– divide: split up or separate into parts
– spoil: goods of considerable or great value taken (or stolen) forcibly from a person or place (a plunder) … (Jesus spoiled the principalities and powers of darkness through the Cross-Colossians 2: 13-15)
– strong: able to withstand great force or pressure; powerful; indestructible
– poured: flowed rapidly in a steady stream … (Jesus didn’t fight death, He laid
down His life for us-John 10: 16-17)
– numbered: counted or grouped with (Mark 15: 28)
– bare: bore – carried or took on
– intercession: the action of intervening on behalf of another, through prayer or
physical action
– transgressors: people who violate laws or commands
Bishop BC Bethelmy
Scripture References
Isaiah 53: 1-5
Isaiah 40: 28-31
Mark 5: 21-43
Mark 1: 35-42
Psalm 103: 1-3
Matthew 8: 16-17
Romans 10: 8-17
Romans 8: 31, 32, 37
Romans 1: 15-17
Romans 5: 8
Romans 3: 21-26
2 Corinthians 1: 19-20
2 Corinthians 5: 7
1 Peter 2: 21-25
Hebrews 7:23-27
Hebrews 9: 11-15, 22, 24-28
Hebrews 12: 2
Hebrews 10: 7
Ephesians 3: 20-21
Luke 1: 37-38
Habakkuk 2: 4
1 John 5: 4
1 John 1: 5-10
1 John 2: 1-2
Philippians 2: 5-11
Revelations 1: 5-8
1 Timothy 4: 10
John 3: 16
Colossians 2: 13-15