We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

1
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Proud men often think they can know everything.
  (Rom 1133-35)

2
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Romans 1133-35 (NKJV) - Oh, the depth of the
  riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
  How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways
  past finding out! 34 For who has known the mind
  of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor? 35
  Or who has first given to Him And it shall be
  repaid to him?

3
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Every time they do this God will show them their
  folly.

4
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Every time they do this God will show them their
  folly.
• When Jesus was put to death by proud rulers they
  never conceived that Jesus was indeed God with
  us. (1 Cor 27-8)

5
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• 1 Corinthians 27-8 (NKJV) - But we speak the
  wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom
  which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
  8 which none of the rulers of this age knew for
  had they known, they would not have crucified the
  Lord of glory.

6
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• We do not know what God can do for us right now!
  (1 Cor 29)

7
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• 1 Corinthians 29 (NKJV) - But as it is written
  Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have
  entered into the heart of man The things which
  God has prepared for those who love Him.

8
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Who could have known in advance the plan of God?
  (Gal 44)

9
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Galatians 44 - But when the fullness of the
  time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
  woman, born under the law,

10
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• This servant was for a time in the shadow of
  Gods hand. (Isa 491-2)

11
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• Isaiah 492 (NKJV) - And He has made My mouth
  like a sharp sword In the shadow of His hand He
  has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft In
  His quiver He has hidden Me.

12
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• If you were looking for this servant, what would
  you be looking for?

13
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• If you were looking for this servant, what would
  you be looking for?
• God tells us in advance that we would not figure
  it out.

14
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• How many would be looking for a suffering,
  rejected man who had no worldly appearances of
  acceptance? (Jn 111)

15
We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

• John 111 - He came to His own, and His own did
  not receive Him.

16
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Isaiah 5213-15 (NKJV) - Behold, My Servant
  shall deal prudently He shall be exalted and
  extolled and be very high. 14 Just as many were
  astonished at you, So His visage was marred more
  than any man, And His form more than the sons of
  men 15 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings
  shall shut their mouths at Him For what had not
  been told them they shall see, And what they had
  not heard they shall consider.

17
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The Servant would be beaten and bruised to an
  extreme.

18
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The Servant would be beaten and bruised to an
  extreme.
• The Servant would be almost unidentifiable as a
  man. (5214 Psa 226)

19
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Psalm 226 (NKJV) - But I am a worm, and no man
  A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

20
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Consider the bloody pulp that Pilate presented to
  the crowd. (Jn 191-3, 5)

21
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• John 191-3, 5 (NKJV) - So then Pilate took
  Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers
  twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head,
  and they put on Him a purple robe. 3 Then they
  said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they struck
  Him with their hands.

22
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• 5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of
  thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to
  them, "Behold the Man!"

23
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• What would you think of such a person? Imagine
  the thought of this being God!

24
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• What would you think of such a person? Imagine
  the thought of this being God!
• The Servant would be exalted to the very highest
  place. (5213)

25
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Can you imagine the exaltation scene from heaven?
  (Ps 247-10)

26
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Psalm 247-10 (NKJV) - Lift up your heads, O you
  gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
  And the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is
  this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty,
  The Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads,
  O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And
  the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this
  King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King
  of glory. Selah

27
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• He was received to sit at the right hand of God.
  (Mk 1619)

28
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Mark 1619 (NKJV) - So then, after the Lord had
  spoken to them, He was received up into heaven,
  and sat down at the right hand of God.

29
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Jesus understands what it means to be crushed and
  ignored.

30
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• He also knows what God can do for us if we will
  let Him. (Eph 24-6)

31
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• Ephesians 24-6 (NKJV) - But God, who is rich in
  mercy, because of His great love with which He
  loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses,
  made us alive together with Christ (by grace you
  have been saved), 6 and raised us up together,
  and made us sit together in the heavenly places
  in Christ Jesus,

32
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The account of the Servant will bring extreme
  reactions in all men.

33
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The account of the Servant will bring extreme
  reactions in all men.
• They will hear of that which before was
  inconceivable.

34
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The account of the Servant will bring extreme
  reactions in all men.
• They will hear of that which before was
  inconceivable.
• Even the proud will close their mouths and marvel.

35
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him (5213-15)

• The account of the Servant will bring extreme
  reactions in all men.
• They will hear of that which before was
  inconceivable.
• Even the proud will close their mouths and
  marvel.
• Who will actually believe this report?

36
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Isaiah 531-3 (NKJV) - Who has believed our
  report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been
  revealed? 2 For He shall grow up before Him as a
  tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He
  has no form or comeliness And when we see Him,
  There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

37
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of
  sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as
  it were, our faces from Him He was despised, and
  we did not esteem Him.

38
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Servant in fact had the arm of the Lord
  with Him. (Isa 531)

39
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Servant in fact had the arm of the Lord
  with Him. (Isa 531)
• Too many people assume they know where the arm
  of the Lord is working.

40
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• God reminds us it has to be revealed.

41
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Where does Gods power work today? (Rom 836-37
  2 Cor 129-10)

42
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Romans 836-37 (NKJV) - As it is written For
  Your sake we are killed all day long We are
  accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Yet in
  all these things we are more than conquerors
  through Him who loved us.

43
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• 2 Corinthians 129-10 (NKJV) - And He said to
  me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My
  strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore
  most gladly I will rather boast in my
  infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest
  upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in
  infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in
  persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake.
  For when I am weak, then I am strong.

44
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Servant would be a root out of dry ground.
  (532)

45
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Servant would be a root out of dry ground.
  (532)
• This was a distinctive description of the
  Messiah. (Isa 111, 10)

46
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Isaiah 111 (NKJV) - There shall come forth a
  Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall
  grow out of his roots.

47
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Isaiah 1110 (NKJV) - And in that day there
  shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a
  banner to the people For the Gentiles shall seek
  Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.

48
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Romans would also struggle at this Messiah
  from the Jewish nation.

49
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• The Romans would also struggle at this Messiah
  from the Jewish nation.
• Men wrote off the Servant because of His
  suffering. (533-4)

50
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• We all tend to judge men by appearance. What
  would Jesus look like if He came today?

51
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• We all tend to judge men by appearance. What
  would Jesus look like if He came today?
• Jesus made it very clear that His followers would
  not be caught up in the things
  that men find to great. (Mk 1042-44)

52
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Mark 1042-44 (NKJV) - But Jesus called them to
  Himself and said to them, You know that those
  who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord
  it over them, and their great ones exercise
  authority over them. 43 Yet it shall not be so
  among you but whoever desires to become great
  among you shall be your servant. 44 And whoever
  of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.

53
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• Are we kidding ourselves when we claim to be his
  follower? Are we judging others by the same
  standards men judged the Lord? (Jas 21-7)

54
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• James 21-7 (NKJV) - My brethren, do not hold
  the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of
  glory, with partiality. 2 For if there should
  come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in
  fine apparel, and there should also come in a
  poor man in filthy clothes,

55
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing the
  fine clothes and say to him, You sit here in a
  good place, and say to the poor man, You stand
  there, or, Sit here at my footstool, 4 have
  you not shown partiality among yourselves, and
  become judges with evil thoughts?

56
He Was Despised, and We Did Not Esteem Him.
(531-3)

• 5 Listen, my beloved brethren Has God not chosen
  the poor of this world to be rich in faith and
  heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those
  who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor
  man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you
  into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that
  noble name by which you are called?

57
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• Isaiah 534-6 (NKJV) - 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.

58
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 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.

59
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• His mind was focused on taking care of us. (Jn
  1127-34)

60
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• John 1127-34 (NKJV) - She said to Him, Yes,
  Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son
  of God, who is to come into the world. 28 And
  when she had said these things, she went her way
  and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, The
  Teacher has come and is calling for you. 29 As
  soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and
  came to Him.

61
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but
  was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then
  the Jews who were with her in the house, and
  comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up
  quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She
  is going to the tomb to weep there.

62
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw
  Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him,
  Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not
  have died. 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her
  weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping,
  He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34
  Jesus wept.

63
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• The day would come where we can know Him and come
  to Him.

64
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• Does Jesus carry your sorrows and our griefs? (Mt
  1128-29)

65
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• Matthew 1128-29 (NKJV) - Come to Me, all you
  who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
  you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from
  Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you
  will find rest for your souls.

66
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• The Lord placed our sins upon Him.

67
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• He paid a price that I could not pay. (2 Cor
  521)

68
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 2 Corinthians 521 (NKJV) - For He made Him who
  knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might
  become the righteousness of God in Him.

69
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• If you become a follower of the Lord the issue of
  forgiveness is your focus.

70
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• If you become a follower of the Lord the issue of
  forgiveness is your focus.
• Have you forgotten this forgiveness? (2 Pt 19)

71
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 2 Peter 19 (NKJV) - For he who lacks these
  things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and
  has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old
  sins.

72
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• His suffering led to our blessing.

73
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• His suffering led to our blessing.
• How do stripes heal? How does chastisement bring
  peace? (Rom 51)

74
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• Romans 51 (NKJV) - Therefore, having been
  justified by faith, we have peace with God
  through our Lord Jesus Christ,

75
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• We must never forget the price that was paid for
  our peace with God. (2 Cor 514-15)

76
The Lord Has Laid on Him the Iniquity of Us
All. (534-6)

• 2 Corinthians 514-15 (NKJV) - For the love of
  Christ compels us, because we judge thus that if
  One died for all, then all died 15 and He died
  for all, that those who live should live no
  longer for themselves, but for Him who died for
  them and rose again.

77
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• Isaiah 537-9 (NKJV) - He was oppressed and He
  was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth He
  was led as a lamb to the slaughter, 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.

78
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• 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.

79
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• It is hard to imagine the unrelenting evil Jesus
  faced.

80
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• It is hard to imagine the unrelenting evil Jesus
  faced.
• The face of it appeared on the men holding the
  highest position that God gave under the Old
  Testament, the high priest.

81
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• It is hard to imagine the unrelenting evil Jesus
  faced.
• The face of it appeared on the men holding the
  highest position that God gave under the Old
  Testament, the high priest.
• They denied Him justice.

82
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• They placed known criminals around Him.

83
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• They placed known criminals around Him.
• They struck and cursed Him.

84
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• They placed known criminals around Him.
• They struck and cursed Him.
• He never once struck back. (1 Pt 221-25)

85
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• 1 Peter 221-25 (NKJV) - For to this you were
  called, because Christ also suffered for us,
  leaving us an example, that you should follow His
  steps 22 Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit
  found in His mouth 23 who, when He was reviled,
  did not revile in return when He suffered, He
  did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him
  who judges righteously

86
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on
  the tree, that we, having died to sins, might
  live for righteousnessby whose stripes you were
  healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray,
  but have now returned to the Shepherd and
  Overseer of your souls.

87
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• Are we really His followers?

88
As a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (537-9)

• Are we really His followers?
• Do we really believe in God?

89
The pleasure of the Lord Shall prosper in His
Hand (5310-12)

• Isaiah 5310-12 (NKJV) - 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.

90
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• 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.

91
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• God raised Him from the dead. (5310)

92
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• God raised Him from the dead. (5310)
• How could He be buried and also God prolong his
  days?

93
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• The resurrection is Gods way of proclaiming His
  identity. (Rom 14)

94
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Romans 14 (NKJV) - and declared to be the Son of
  God with power according to the Spirit of
  holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

95
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• How did Jesus end up going to the cross?

96
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• How did Jesus end up going to the cross?
• He was committed to the pleasure of the Lord?
  What does that mean?

97
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• How did Jesus end up going to the cross?
• He was committed to the pleasure of the Lord?
  What does that mean?
• Jesus would only follow the direction given to
  Him by God. (Jn 828-29)

98
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• John 828-29 - Then Jesus said to them, "When you
  lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I
  am He, and that I do nothing of Myself but as My
  Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 "And
  He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not
  left Me alone, for I always do those things that
  please Him."

99
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• When Jesus was lifted up then all men could see
  that the pleasure of the Lord would prosper in
  His hand. (Jn 314-15 1232-33)

100
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• John 314-15 - "And as Moses lifted up the
  serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son
  of Man be lifted up, 15 "that whoever believes
  in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

101
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• John 1232-33 - "And I, if I am lifted up from
  the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself." 33
  This He said, signifying by what death He would
  die.

102
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• We as His followers would also have this
  identifying attitude! (Col 317 1 Pt 411)

103
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Colossians 317 - And whatever you do in word or
  deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
  giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

104
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• 1 Peter 411 - If anyone speaks, let him speak
  as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let
  him do it as with the ability which God supplies,
  that in all things God may be glorified through
  Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the
  dominion forever and ever. Amen

105
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Our desire to give book, chapter and verse is a
  result of our imitating Jesus.

106
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• The Servant finds great pleasure in seeing men
  find His healing and peace.

107
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• The Servant finds great pleasure in seeing men
  find His healing and peace.
• Have you ever thought in gratitude about how you
  will respond to this Servant?

108
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Today I have the power to make my Lord rejoice!

109
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Today I have the power to make my Lord rejoice!
• Do you know what is in the mind of the Lord for
  you? (1 Cor 29)

110
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Our stand to be Christians only is a stand to
  follow the rejected Jesus.

111
The pleasure of the Lord prospered in the
Servants hand (5310-12)

• Our stand to be Christians only is a stand to
  follow the rejected Jesus.
• Will you yield every inch of your heart to Him
  today?