The God That Bleeds: God With Us
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of
suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom
people hide their faces he was despised, and we held
him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore
our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:3,4 NIV
He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 ESV
suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom
people hide their faces he was despised, and we held
him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore
our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:3,4 NIV
He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 ESV
The Suffering of Jesus Shows me. . .
1. The world is not the way God wants it.
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole
world is under the control of the evil one.
1 John 5:19 NIV
This, then, is how you should pray: ’Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven.'
Matthew 6:9, 10 NIV
world is under the control of the evil one.
1 John 5:19 NIV
This, then, is how you should pray: ’Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven.'
Matthew 6:9, 10 NIV
2. God is not the one inflicting our suffering.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10 NIV
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 NIV
John 10:10 NIV
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 NIV
3. There is hope even in our suffering.
We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Romans 8:28 NLT
We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
Romans 5:3–5 NIV
Romans 8:28 NLT
We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
Romans 5:3–5 NIV