you my but turn in your Bible Isaiah chapter 53 Isaiah chapter number 53 and I may read all 12 verses of this and a man just been a Meditate and ponder on this all week. The Bible says, Who hath believed thy report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness, and when we shall see him, There is no beauty that we should desire him his despise and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid as if it were our faces from him. He was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he had borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. A chastisement of our peace was upon him. And with his stripes we're healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way. And the Lord have laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers. is done, so he opened up not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment. And who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people was he stricken and he made his grave with a wicked and with a rich in his death because he had no he had done no violence neither was in deceit in his mouth yet he pleased the Lord to bruise him and he had put him to grief which or when thou shalt make his soul, an offering for sin. He shall see his seed, and he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him, a portion of the great, and he shall divide the small with the strong, because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the transgressors, and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Amen, brother Randy, will you pray for us? Dear God, you'd help us tonight, I pray. Lord, you'd give us unction, power, and liberty to preach what you put on our hearts tonight, I pray. Dear God, you'd touch tonight, Lord. God, you'd give strength. God, you'd preach empire and demonstration of the Holy Ghost of God tonight, I pray. Lord, touch. Oh, God. Help Lord. Yes. Oh God. Yes. Oh God. Yes. Oh Lord help tonight. all go up all all go a month Here in this passage of scripture, we see there's two things. There's actually two verses that have been on my heart. There's one word in these two verses. Now, skip down to verse number four. said, surely upon our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we did not exteem him, stricken smitten of God and afflicted, but he was wounded for our transgressions, and he was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed now. Back up here to verse number three, it said, He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid as if it were our faces from Him. He was despised and we esteemed Him not. Now, in the verses three and four there, amen, verse one with all words. It's been on my mind ever since Sunday evening. That one word is sorrow. Hey man, you know, tonight we can get a picture. mental picture of Christ as He was hanging there, as He was despised, as He was rejected, amen? We see Him struggling all the way from Gethsemane to the cross. All the way from Gethsemane to the top of the hill. Amen? Because He bore our sorrows. I want to preach on this thought for just a little while. Getting back to the basics. Amen? We need the basics. Amen? Paul said over in Galatians, chapter number 6. Amen? If I can get over here. Yeah, man. Paul said this. He said in verse number 14, But God forbid that I should walk, saving the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world. Amen, we know that Paul said, hey, I got nothing to glory about other than the cross. Amen. We know tonight that the only thing we got to glory about is the hope, amen, that we've got. Which is, amen, in Christ. Now, we know that there is many different Old Testament accounts of the crucifixion of Christ. And I don't know how many there are, but I do know this. Over in the book of Exodus, he talks about the lamb. And man, he said to take that lamb, now watch this, he said, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Now, I got to thinking just a few minutes ago about this. That bitter herb she was talking about was this. The sorrow. Amen? Because you know it was bitter. And amen, he becomes sorrowful. Amen? For us, in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Bible says his heart was heavy. Amen? Glory to God, on the cross it was heavy. because he said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. I'm telling you, friend, God's been so good to us. What are you going to do tonight with this man that is called to Christ? Even the woman at the well said, come, see a man. which told me all things, ever I did. Is this not the Christ? Amen, I'm telling you, thank God. And then them men in the city, they said, well, thank God, we ain't gonna believe you. Amen, we've heard Him for ourselves. Amen, glory to God, one day, thank God, I heard Him for myself. Amen, all because His sorrow on the cross at Calvary was for me. That's all His sorrow was about. For me and you. So be it. Amen. The way could be made. That we could have eternal life. Amen. Paul says here in Galatians 6 and 14, I'm going to read it again. But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world. You may now listen. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, neither uncircumcision, but a new creature. You know why I said that? Because we trust in what Christ done on the cross. We trust that because He sorrowed for us, we can thank God we have a way. It ain't just a way. It's the way. Amen. The way was made. Now, what are you talking about, preacher? I'm saying this. He sorrowed, amen, so that we could have a way. Amen. They said, He said, I thirst. They just made a mockery of Him. Amen. But thank God He drank the cup in the Garden of Gethsemane. Hey, He drank all the sorrow from in you. He became that sorrow. So that we can be free. Amen. And you say, what are you saying? The Gospel, that's the death, the burial and the resurrection of Christ. Amen. That's all that we know how to preach. Amen. That's all that we should preach. Paul said, I don't come to you with enticing words of man's wisdom. But amen, except Christ and Him crucified. I got to thinking, it's time we get back to the basics. Amen? You hear all this? preaching, amen, which is well and good for the Christian. But amen, our main focus should be for the lost so that they could see themselves as a sinner, amen, and trust in the work that Christ done on the cross. But they will not know it unless we tell them. By the Holy Spirit of God, we've got a duty to do. Amen. It's to tell them. And when God put this thought on my mind, I thought, Lord God, you're going to help somebody. Amen. I began to think this Word of God, it helps you. We may think that it, amen, that it's a little bit rough. Amen. But over in Psalms 22 is another account of the crucifixion of Christ. But now I ain't going to read all that. I'm going to just tell you. I'm going to just paraphrase this. He said that he was unrecognizable. Amen. He said his bowels become his wax. Amen. There was things in that scripture, amen, that we hadn't of known unless David hadn't of penned this down. Amen. We know that what Christ was, He said there in the first verse of Psalm 22, He said, My God, My God, why has the Alpha taken me? You know why He said that? Because it's Father. turned his back. He couldn't look upon the sin that Christ has made. He was made to perpetuation for our sin. He had to endure affliction. He had to endure sorrow so that we could be free. Amen? There's a lot of people who say, well, preacher, that's elementary. Hey, God made this Bible, amen, as simple as He could. Amen, because He knew that us, being feebly minded as we are, couldn't comprehend nothing complex. Amen. You know why He said that over Isaiah 53? He wanted you to know. Amen. So you will know. That's all we ever do. But we can know the love of Christ. Amen. You say, Perkins, what are you talking about? He had to endure sorrow. He had to be acquainted with grief so that we can know the love of Christ. Amen. No greater man or a man, no. Go to God with me. Get over here. Amen. And read it. Amen. John chapter number 15. Amen. Amen. Greater of hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend. You say, Perch, what are you talking about? God loved us so much that he called me and you friend. Amen. Those that rejected him, he still called friend. Amen. Cause he wanted us to know his love. Amen. Now, you say, well, Bridger, I didn't come to hear this. Amen. I don't know what you may need tonight. You don't know what you need either. God knows. You may just need to be encouraged. It would do us a lot of good to go back and look in the Word of God at the times Christ suffered. You know why? Because our old pride gets in the way. Amen? A lot of times it gets in the way and says, oh, you don't need God. You can make it yourself. Hey, pride goes before the structure. A holy spirit before a fall. It humbles us when we go back here and look at the sufferings that Christ, the sin that he become so that we could live. Amen? I think about the times I'm like, my goodness, why'd you die for an old wretched sinner like me? Because he knew I was foul. But amen, let me say this, even in his sorrow, Amen. That dying thief on the right side, he looked over. I believe it's on the right side. Because, amen, what the Bible says, he put the sheep on the right and the whip. And, amen, the goats on the left. Amen. And that thief looked over at him. He said, Lord, remember me when thou comest into my kingdom. Oh, before he said that, he said this. He said, for we indeed justly for our deeds, but this man had done nothing amiss. Even in his sorrow, he, amen, was so beautiful to look upon. Amen. An old sinner could be saved. You say, Perch, what are you talking about? We've got to see us as we have seen in our life. We've got to get to the point to where we're so low that we look on His sorrow We look on His grief as a way to escape from this old world. It's a way to escape bondage. Amen. You might write this in your Bible over here in Isaiah 53. Amen. Between verses 3 and 4. Amen. His sorrow gave us freedom. Amen. You say, Kirk, what are you talking about? We were in bondage. The blood. Amen. If it wasn't placed on the door, we couldn't be saved. Amen. You know, back over there in Exodus chapter number 14 he said, or I believe it was 12. He said, take that lamb, kill it. Amen. He said, eat it all. Amen. Even his antlers. Amen. You say, what are you talking about? If you want Christ, you've got to see Him for who He is. All of Him matters. I don't care how graphic, how violent this may look to you in the Word of God, but we've got to see Him for who He is. He was a lamb. But he didn't open his mouth because he knew what his plan was. What God the Father set forth. Amen. He wanted another way out of his flesh. Oh, he knew that he'd have to drink the cup of sorrow and become As a man of sorrow, told that I could be born again. Told that I could live. That's the only way. There was no other way for us to come. But by the way of the cross. Amen. You think about that for a minute. What's our focus? What's our goal? Amen. I know I'm not preaching nothing new. Because, hey, Coy Jastic said there's nothing new under the sun. Amen. You probably heard this a million times, amen, down through the years. But, amen, we need a fresh look at Calvary, amen. I remember I preached the title of that some time back. It's probably been two or three years now, amen. Brother Josh Hick, if you listen to this preacher, I just want you to know I enjoyed preaching that message up down there in Bama for them folks. Amen. Because it showed us. And we need to stop and think on that. We need to look. What did Moses do? Amen. Glory to God. There's a scripture floating in my mind. You better hang on. Amen. Moses said, God told him, he said, hey, take a brazen serpent and put it on a pole one time. Amen. And those that look on it shall live, and those that don't will die. Amen. Christ said, or God the Father said the same thing. Amen. For his son. He said in the New Testament, God said, Lord Jesus said this. Amen. Oh, glory. He said, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. You say, Preacher, what's he talking about? The cross. Amen. His main focus was the cross. Amen. So, you see that throughout the scripture. That he had one goal. He set his face as a flint rock toward Jerusalem. He said, I'm going because I've got a duty to do. I'm going because I've got people to thank. I'm going just to tell the world I love them. Amen. I know I preached this back a few weeks ago here, but I can't get it off my mind over in John 17. He said, I pray for them that are far off. Amen. He prayed for us even before we knew that he prayed for us. I'm telling you, friend, there's a lot of times when we think that we're alone. We're never alone with Christ, amen. Oh, my. I'm telling you, the Lord is good. You would stand to your feet just a minute. It's the mind of the Lord. Always a great place to go back to, amen. Go back to Calvary. Sad, amen, and Christ had to do what he did, amen, but he did it because he loved us. Amen. He was beat and abused. And we don't even, we don't even, we don't even realize what all he went through for us. But you know, the Bible says that God commended his love toward us and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. You know, I was yet to be born again, amen, when Christ died on that cross, amen. But he commended his love toward me anyway, amen. That's that unconditional love, amen. God loves you. Amen. He loves everybody. The Bible said, for God so loved the world. For God so loved the world. We know He loves us, His children, but God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I'm glad it's everlasting tonight, amen. Amen. Praise God, it ain't partial life, it's everlasting life. Amen. I'm glad we're saved of the uttermost tonight, amen. Maybe you just want to come down here tonight and just thank God for saving your soul. We don't always have to come to God and ask him for something, amen. We can kneel down before our holy and almighty God and just give him praise and give him thanks, amen, for saving our soul. Give him thanks, amen, for putting clothes on her back, shoes on her feet, amen, a roof over her head, food in her cupboard, amen. I mean, we could be one of these folks, amen, tonight, praise God, washed down the river. We could be one of these folks, amen, up here tonight, amen, but ain't got nothing. God's blessed us, we got everything in the Lord Jesus Christ. No matter what happens tonight, amen, we're winners anyway, amen. Thank the Lord now. Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Dear God, I want to thank you. Get back to the basics. Oh, God. If you're brought out there fresh, look at Calvary. God, I pray tonight, dear God, help us never to let it get done. Oh, thank you. It's not an old story. It's new every day. God help us, Lord Jesus, never to forget, amen, what you did for us on the cross at Calvary. Help us, dear God, tonight, to be thankful, Lord Jesus, and give you thanks every day. God, I pray tonight, dear God, that you just help us, Lord God, to just realize how thankful we ought to be and how grateful we ought to be, thank God, for what you did on the cross at Calvary. Lord, you just beat and you spat upon, dear God, you bare bread was plucked out. Dear God, you had a crown of thorns put on your head. Lord, you pierced the side with a spear. Big spikes drove them through your hands and through your feet. But yet when that thief on the right side of the cross said, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. She said, thou shalt be with me in paradise today. And all that grief, agony, and sorrow, Jesus still loved him. Still love me. As Christopher mentioned, dear God, Christ prayed for those that are far off. Lord God, we ought to be happy, dear God. He's talking to us. He's praying for us. What a God. But Lord God, I'm sorry. Lord God, help us, dear God, from day to day to love you more. help us, dear God, to share the good news of a glorious gospel. Thankful, dear God, that you took our place. Shed your blood. I'm glad to thank God the blood's still there. Amen. God, I pray, dear God, tonight people would receive you all over this world. They get in, dear God. Save them, dear God. Be at these prayer requests that have been made a few minutes ago. God, touch each and every one. Move upon each and every need. God, I pray tonight, Lord Jesus, you touch and be with these folks out here, dear God, closest to hell. God, please touch them, dear God. Open their eyes up to see the goodness of the Lord. He said, the goodness of the Lord leadeth thee to repentance. God, we repent, dear God, and we see how good you are. God, you're good. You're good. Anything good we've got, it's come from you. Lord God, we wanna praise you tonight, and thank you, dear God, for your goodness, your graces, mercy, your love. God, we wanna give you thanks tonight. We even had an opportunity to be able to get here and worship you together. God help us, Lord, to give you thanks. Let's sacrifice a praise out of our lips. Thank you for the message you sent. Remind us, dear God, that sweet blessedness, that sacrifice that you give for us. God, we love you tonight. We appreciate you. Be with us, Lord Jesus, as we go out. Keep us safe. Help us to help other people. Be with those tonight, dear God, in dire need. Touch them, comfort them, help them. Lord God, give them direction tonight as they try to repair and fix and help people, Lord Jesus, that they'd work good together. Dear God, we praise you and we thank you, dear God, for your provision. We ask these things in Jesus' name, amen. Amen. I was there.