The Servant Songs of Isaiah

Servant Song #3 | Isaiah 50:4-11

By Nate Baum, December 22, 2024

Main Idea: Jesus, God’s servant, perfectly obeys God

  1. …By Committing Himself as a Faithful Disciple of God (v. 4-6)
  2. …By Confidently Trusting in God’s Vindication (v. 7-9)
  3. …Our Response: Fear the LORD and Obey Jesus (v. 10-11)

Jesus, God’s servant, perfectly obeys God By committing Himself as A faithful Disciple of God (v. 4-6)

    • Jesus Readily receives the word and instruction of God
    • Jesus takes God’s instruction to other people

Isaiah 49:2

    • Jesus did not resist the instruction he received

Philippians 2:1-8

“But how could a nation that could not find its own way to God, a blind deaf, rebellious nation, show anyone else that way? This is the dilemma that the Servant has come to solve. He will be for Israel, and the world, what Israel could not be” (Oswalt, p. 291)

    • Jesus humbly submits to God’s instruction even though it means unjust opposition

See also: Matthew 26:66, 27:30; Mark 15:16-20; Luke 22:63-65, John 19:1-3

Jesus Perfectly obeys God by confidently trusting in God’s Vindication (v. 7-9)

Jesus perfectly obeys God… and our response is to Fear the LORD and obey Jesus (v. 10-11)

Hebrews 12:28-29; See also: Proverbs 1-2, Deuteronomy 10

- “To obey the servant is to fear God, and to fear God is to obey the servant” (Oswalt, NICOT, p. 329)

Passage for next time: Isaiah 52:13-53:12