The Wounds of Jesus

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Message by Darrell
Pickle

Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom
is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a
tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should
desire him. 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. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,

and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. 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. 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.

Seven hundred years before Christ we see a detailed account of
the crucifixion of Jesus. Isaiah is the one who tells us Jesus would be born of
a virgin. You might say Isaiah is the gospel of the Old Testament. Notice these
words starting in verse 4—stricken, smitten, afflicted, wounded, bruised, chastised,

and stripes. Humans have suffered throughout history but none were for
salvation; none were to satisfy God. These wounds and this death are what save
us. God allowed Jesus to be wounded. They were all for a purpose.

The
purpose was to shed his blood. The New Testament says blood is necessary
for the remission of sins. The blood of Jesus was not spilled; it was
shed. Hebrews 9: 22 says
and almost all things
are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission. Life is in the blood. The shedding of his blood began with
bruising; this happened due to the buffeting. He was slapped by the crowd
leaving bruises. This is blood under the skin. It was so bad that Isaiah
says we would not have wanted to look at him.
He had
wounds of laceration or torn skin. Pilate had him scourged. He was tied to
a post by his arms and legs and beaten with a whip that had pieces of glass
and stone on the end. This tore his skin. First bruising under his skin,

now we see torn skin.
He had
wounds of penetration or piercing when the crown of thorns was placed on
his head. It was pushed down onto his skull. Bruised, torn, and pierced.
He had
wounds of perforation or an object that goes into and comes out of. He was
nailed to the cross. His skin, his back, his head and now his hands and
feet were affected by wounds. Bruises, torn skin, piercing and
perforation.
He had
a wound of incision—a slice. The Jewish law said no one could be on a
cross on the Sabbath. The Romans needed to make sure the criminals were
dead. They would break their knees so they could not lift themselves up
for air. Death was sure to come. Jesus didn’t die because he bled to
death. People who are crucified smother to death. Jesus was already dead,
but to make sure a soldier put a spear into his body. Out came blood and
water signifying that all his blood had indeed been shed.

It was finished. It was all done. There was no other way. We
should be ashamed when we backslide. We should be ashamed when we sin. God
provides a way. John says if we confess our sins God is faithful to forgive
us. The wounds he suffered were for each
of us.

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