GOOD NEWS Report
Weekend
Gospel message to follow for All Hands (20-22DEC19)
Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in SO GREAT SALVATION by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace -God's unmerited favor- from their sins and from Hell:
CHRIST
DID NOT TRAVAIL IN VAIN
Travail
is a commonly used word describing the birth pains of a woman; it
includes that time from the onset of labor to the birth of a child.
Many a woman has experienced great travail only to give birth to a
still-born infant. All the travail, pain, and labor ended with
unparalleled grief and bitter disappointment.
The word travail is also used with reference to our Lord’s sufferings and death upon the cross. “He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied” (Isaiah 53:11), but His labor was not in vain. He did not endure untold agonies, only to be grieved and disappointed with the outcome. If one for whom He died would finally perish in their sins, He would not have been “satisfied.” Christ saw the fruit of His labor - the redemption of His people, the putting away of our sins - and was “satisfied.” He looked beyond the humiliation and degradation, beyond the sorrows and sufferings, beyond the pangs of labor, beyond being forsaken by the Father, beyond His “obedience unto death” and saw the accomplishment of redemption and He was “satisfied.” “Satisfied” means filled with pleasure and delight. Actually, the original word “satisfied” is sometimes translated “filled,” as in Exodus 16:12, “in the morning ye shall be filled with bread.”
When a man is filled, he can eat no more; the appetite is satisfied. Christ Jesus died in the stead of His people. He paid the price of our redemption and justice can demand no more. The result of His “travail” filled Him with satisfaction. The same word is also rendered “enough” in 2 Chronicles 31:10, “we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty.” Our Lord Jesus gazed past His toil and labor and saw that His substitutionary sacrifice was “enough.” Those who insist something must be added to the death of Christ to make redemption complete, speak contrary to the Scriptures. The Savior declared that His travail was enough! His blood was enough! Nothing can be added to that which is “enough.” “It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.” The death of the Son of God was enough for His own righteous demands and He was “satisfied.” Another way this word is used is found in Proverbs 28:19, “He that tilleth His land shall have plenty.” Our bleeding Substitute knew His sacrifice was more than sufficient to cancel our indebtedness and bring in everlasting righteousness. “With the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption” (Psalm 130:7). Christ saw the results of His redemptive work; He saw the effects of His travail; He saw grace reigning through righteousness; He saw His people being brought to glory and He was “satisfied.” His “travail” was not in vain.
The word travail is also used with reference to our Lord’s sufferings and death upon the cross. “He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied” (Isaiah 53:11), but His labor was not in vain. He did not endure untold agonies, only to be grieved and disappointed with the outcome. If one for whom He died would finally perish in their sins, He would not have been “satisfied.” Christ saw the fruit of His labor - the redemption of His people, the putting away of our sins - and was “satisfied.” He looked beyond the humiliation and degradation, beyond the sorrows and sufferings, beyond the pangs of labor, beyond being forsaken by the Father, beyond His “obedience unto death” and saw the accomplishment of redemption and He was “satisfied.” “Satisfied” means filled with pleasure and delight. Actually, the original word “satisfied” is sometimes translated “filled,” as in Exodus 16:12, “in the morning ye shall be filled with bread.”
When a man is filled, he can eat no more; the appetite is satisfied. Christ Jesus died in the stead of His people. He paid the price of our redemption and justice can demand no more. The result of His “travail” filled Him with satisfaction. The same word is also rendered “enough” in 2 Chronicles 31:10, “we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty.” Our Lord Jesus gazed past His toil and labor and saw that His substitutionary sacrifice was “enough.” Those who insist something must be added to the death of Christ to make redemption complete, speak contrary to the Scriptures. The Savior declared that His travail was enough! His blood was enough! Nothing can be added to that which is “enough.” “It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.” The death of the Son of God was enough for His own righteous demands and He was “satisfied.” Another way this word is used is found in Proverbs 28:19, “He that tilleth His land shall have plenty.” Our bleeding Substitute knew His sacrifice was more than sufficient to cancel our indebtedness and bring in everlasting righteousness. “With the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption” (Psalm 130:7). Christ saw the results of His redemptive work; He saw the effects of His travail; He saw grace reigning through righteousness; He saw His people being brought to glory and He was “satisfied.” His “travail” was not in vain.
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
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