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July 12
Friday


THAT'S JESUS!

READ:
Isaiah 53:4-12
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He was wounded
for our transgressions,
He was bruised for
our iniquities.
__Isaiah 53:5
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As a Jewish kid growing up in New York, Michael Brown had no interest in spiritual things. His life revolved around being a drummer for a band, and he got mixed up with drugs. But then some friends invited him to church, where he found the love and prayers of the people to be irresistible. After a short spiritual struggle, Michael trusted Jesus as Savior.

This was a monumental change for a wayward Jewish teen. One day he told his dad he had heard about Old Testament texts describing Jesus. His dad, incredulous, asked, "Where?" When Michael opened his Bible, it fell to Isaiah 53. They read it, and Michael exclaimed, "That's Him! That's Jesus!"

Indeed, it IS Jesus. Through the help of Christians and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Brown (today a Bible scholar and an author) came to recognize the Messiah of Isaiah 53. He experienced the salvation that changes lives, forgives sin, and gives abundant life to all who trust the "Man of sorrows" (v.3). Jesus is the One who was "wounded for our transgressions" and who died for us on the cross (v.5).

The Bible reveals Jesus, who alone has the power to change lives. __Dave Branon

``````````God, I struggle with this idea of Jesus as Savior. I know`````````````
````````````He's a good man, but I need to see that He is more```````````````
``````````than that. Please show me__through others or through`````````````
```````````the Bible__how I can know for sure who Jesus is.`````````````````
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The Spirit of God uses the Word of God
to change hearts

***********************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 53:4-12****************************

4 Surely He has borne
our griefs and carried our
sorrows; yet we esteemed
Him stricken, smitten by
God, and afflicted. 5 But
He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our
peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are
healed. 6 All we like sheep
have gone astray; we have
turned, every one, to his
own way; and the LORD has
laid on Him the iniquity of
us all.

7 He was oppressed and
He was afflicted, yet He
opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to
the slaugher, and as a
sheep before its shearers
is silent, so He opened
not His mouth. 8 He was
taken from prison and from
judgment, and who will
declare His generation? For
He was cut off from the
land of the living; for the
transgressions of My people
He was stricken. 9 And
they made His grave with
the wicked__but with the
rich at His death, because
He had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in His
mouth.

10 yet it pleased the LORD
to bruise Him; He has put
Him to grief. When You
make His soul 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. 11 He shall
see the labor of His soul,
and be satisfied. By His
knowledge My righteous
Servant shall justify many,
for He shall bear their
iniquities. 12 Therefore I
will divide Him a portion
with the great, and He shall
divide the spoil with the
strong, because He poured
out His soul unto death,
and he was numbered with
the transgressors, and He
bore the sin of many, and
made intercession for the
transgressors.