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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hi there and welcome to Proverbs 31 Wannabe, where we
discuss Biblical womanhood andare constantly busy and
sometimes crazy daily life.
I'm Alexis Heaslip and, as awife and mom of two, I am always
striving and praying to be aProverbs 31 woman of faith.
Today we are continuing ourdiscussion into connecting the
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dots Messianic prophecy from Oldto New Testament.
The series has been so fun sofar and really great, and today
we're going to be diving in onto the characteristics of
Messiah, some of his notphysical characteristics, but
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the way he acts.
I hope you're excited tocontinue the study with me.
Let's dive on in guys.
Also, on a quick side note,forgive me for the sound of my
voice.
I have been fighting a cold andsinus drainage, so if my voice
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sounds foggy and aggravating,that's why.
So let's get back to what we'retalking about, though Messianic
prophecy.
There's so much, and that's whywe're taking week after week
after week to really dive intothis, and today's podcast
episode is really interestingbecause it's about the character
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of Messiah, and what reallystood out to me when doing my
research is that our Messiah, inorder for Messiah to be Messiah
, must be someone who is meekand non-onstantitious, and meek
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is the complete opposite of whatyou would think of someone
who's supposed to be a savior.
So we're going to see how ourMessiah is supposed to be humble
, meek and kind, and there's alot of scripture to cover, which
is really exciting.
I always love how the Biblejust gives us so much
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information about any topic.
So the first passage that wereally see, this prophecy of a
Messiah who is meek and meeknessis this quality of a gentle
spirit, and we see this in thebook of Isaiah, to start,
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starting at chapter 42, verses 1through 5.
We read this powerful passageof the qualities and
characteristics of what ourMessiah is.
So let's start at verse 1together.
Behold my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul
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delights.
I have put my spirit, my Ruach,on him.
He will bring justice to thenations.
Notice specifically what verse2 is going to say.
He will not cry out or raisehis voice or make his voice
heard in the street A bruisedreed.
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He will not break A smolderingwick.
He will not snuff out.
He will faithfully bring forthjustice.
He will not be disheartened orcrushed.
Until he establishes justice onearth, the islands will wait
for his Torah.
Thus says God atonai, whocreated the heavens and
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stretched them out, who spreadout the earths and what comes
from it, who gives breath to thepeople on it and the Ruach to
those who walk in it.
You see, my friends, I justthink it's really interesting
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that in this passage it's likethe complete opposite of what we
think of a Messiah, because Ifeel like a lot of us get this
idea that a Messiah is someonewho is going to be bold, who is
going to be like a fiercewarrior, who makes a fuss, who
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makes bold statements, who's onthe news, who is in the media,
who is on the spotlight.
But instead we hear in Isaiahhow a Messiah is going to be
someone who is gentle in spirit,who is not trying to just look
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good in the public, but begentle and follow the will of
the Father, which doesn'tnecessarily mean being in the
limelight.
And we see how Jesus reallyexemplifies this characteristic
of humility and of a gentlespirit.
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If you'll turn with me to thebook of Matthew, matthew chapter
12.
We really see how Jesus hasthis gentle spirit about him,
and we're going to read Matthew12, 1-21 together.
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At the time, yeshua went throughthe grain fields on Shabbat.
His disciples became hungry andbegan to pluck heads of grain
and eat them.
But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to him Look, your
disciples are doing what is notpermitted on Shabbat.
But he said to them Haven't youread what David did when he
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became hungry and those with him, how he entered into the house
of God and they ate theshowbread which was not
permitted for him to eat, norfor those with him, but only for
the priest, the Kohanim.
Or have you not read in theTorah that on Shabbat, the
Kohanim, the priest in thetemple, breaks Shabbat and yet
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are innocent?
But I tell you that somethinggreater than the temple is the
here.
If you had known what thismeans I desire mercy, not
sacrifice you wouldn't havecondemned the innocent, for the
Son of man is the Lord ofShabbat.
Leaving from here, he went intothe synagogue and a man with a
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withered hand was there.
And so that they might accusehim, they question him saying Is
it permitted to heal on Shabbat?
He said to them what man amongyou will not grab his sheep and
lift it out if it falls into apit on Shabbat?
How much more valuable than isa man than a sheep?
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Therefore, it's permitted to dogood on Shabbat.
Then he said to the man Stretchout your hand.
And he stretched it out and wasrestored as healthy as the
other.
But the Pharisees went out andplotted against him how they
might destroy him.
Now we will keep going on, but Iwant to pause really quick,
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because these verses show usthat although Jesus does make
bold statements and he proclaimsthe truth with love, he doesn't
always do it in a way like somePharisees or some preachers of
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today might do it, where they'reshouting it from the rooftops.
Instead, jesus is not lookingfor the limelight and is
responding to those who areasking him questions, but he's
doing it so in a way that givesthe glory to the Father and does
not put the limelight onhimself.
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I want us to keep going so wecan see again how Jesus is meek
with this gentle spirit.
So let's continue with verse 15.
Knowing this, yeshua went awayfrom there and large crowds
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followed him and he healed themall and he sternly warned them
not to make him known.
Notice that he was tellingpeople to not put himself in the
limelight and put him on apedestal, but to be hush-hush
about his ministry.
This was to fulfill what wasspoken through Isaiah, the
prophet, saying here is myservant, who I chose, the one I
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love and whom my soul takesdelight.
I will put my Ruach, my spiriton him and he'll proclaim
justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out,nor will anyone hear his voice
in the streets.
A crushed reed he will notbreak and a smoldering wick he
will not snuff out until hebrings forth justice and victory
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, and in his name the nationswill have hope.
And it is through thisgentleness of subtlety that
Jesus had, where he did not wantto live in the limelight and be
looked at like a celebrity,like the Pharisees or the Roman
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officials, where we can trulyhear this gentleness from our
Lord and Savior.
Now, like we saw, though, hedoes say things boldly and
proclaims them boldly, but notfor fame or status, but for
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clarity for people.
And we also see how, throughoutscripture, how, yes, jesus
spoke in the physical, but theLord, our God, adonai, the
Father, has also spoken topeople, in a gentle whisper in
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some ways, and we see this withElijah, how the Lord, instead of
coming down, like he could ifhe wanted to, with a loud,
booming voice, like many thinkof when they think of God
speaking to people as we've seenin like multiple movies and
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stuff.
Instead, what we see in FirstKings is how the Lord can use
this gentleness and meekness anduse a voice of a whisper To
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give some context.
Elijah is on the run, he hasspoken out boldly against
Jezebel and she is ready to killhim.
So Elijah in verse three we seeof First Kings 19,.
He was frightened and ran forhis life.
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And he went into the wildernessand sat under a broom, bush,
and he prayed that he might die.
And he turned to God and saidit is too much, adonai, take my
life because I'm no better thanmy father's.
And in verse five he laid downand slept underneath the brush.
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Then, behold, an angel touchedhim and said get up and eat.
So he looked by surprise andthere was a hot cakes and on the
stones and a jar of water.
Then again the angel came asecond time get up and eat,
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because this journey is too muchfor you.
So he arose and drank and ate,and the strength of the meal got
him for 40 days and 40 nightsto to horrible mountain of God.
When he arrived at the cave, hespent the night there and,
behold, the word of Adonai cameto him and he asked him what are
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you doing here, elijah?
What's going on?
And Elijah said Lord, I've beenvery zealous for you because
the children of Israel haveforsaken your covenant and
they've torn down your altarsand slain the prophets.
I alone am left and they'reseeking my life.
They want to kill me.
But the Lord tells him come outand stand on the mountain
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before Adonai.
And behold, adonai was passingby.
Now, listen, this is wherethings get interesting, in verse
11.
A great and mighty wind wastearing out the mountains and
shattering the cliffs beforeAdonai, but Adonai was not in
that great and mighty wind.
After the wind, there was anearthquake, but Adonai was not
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in the earthquake.
After the earthquake of fire,but Adonai was not in the fire.
And after the fire listen tothis there was a soft whisper of
a voice in the wind, and assoon as Elijah heard it, he
wrapped his face in his mantle,went out and stood at the
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entrance of the cave and all ofa sudden, a voice addressed him
saying what are you doing here,elijah?
And then the Lord tells him togo in return and do the will of
Adonai, and that he will be safe.
And we can see that it wasn'tin the wind or the rain or the
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storm or an earthquake or a firethat the voice of the Lord was
found, but he came in the gentlevoice of the wind, a gentle
whisper, and that's where theLord was present.
And that is this meek andgentle spirit that is also found
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in our Messiah.
And we see again throughoutscripture how our Messiah is to
come by humble means.
And one aspect of this is foundin the book of Zechariah, in
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chapter 9.
And we are told how the king ofZion will come.
So let's read Zechariah 9,start at verse 9.
Rejoice greatly, daughter ofZion.
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem.
Behold, your king is coming toyou.
A righteous one bringssalvation.
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Listen, he is lowly riding on adonkey, on a colt the full of a
donkey.
I will banish chariots fromEphraim and horses from
Jerusalem, and the war bow willbe broken.
He will speak shalom to thenations.
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His rule will be extended fromsea to sea, from the river to
the ends of the earth.
As we hear, this Old Testamentprophet tells us that our
Messiah will come humbly on adonkey, and a donkey is a mount
of princes.
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You can read about that in thebook of Judges and 2 Samuel.
But it's still a lowly donkey.
You see, at the time,especially when Jesus comes
riding in as king, as we'regoing to read in Matthew 21,
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donkeys were not something thatpeople would have thought a king
would have rode on, because,think about it the ancient
Romans, the Caesar's, the rulersof the day would have been on
chariots and on horses, and thatwas what people thought of when
they thought of a king or awarrior.
But instead Jesus comes in on adonkey to fulfill the scripture
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that our Messiah humbly comeswith a gentle spirit, and we see
this in Matthew 21.
Let's read this together,starting at verse 1.
Now they drew near to Jerusalemand came to Bethpage, to the
mountain of Olives.
Then Yeshua sent two disciplessaying to them Go into the
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village before you.
Right away You'll find a donkeytied up in a cult with her.
Untie them and bring them to me.
If anyone says anything to you,you will say the master needs
them and right away he'll sendthem.
This happened to fulfill whatwas spoken through the prophet
saying Say to your daughter ofZion See, your king is coming to
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you, humble and sitting on adonkey, a cult the full of a
donkey.
The disciples went and did asYeshua had directed them, and
they brought the donkey and cultand put their clothing on them
and he sat on the clothing.
Most of the crowds spread theirclothes on the road and others
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began cutting branches from thetrees and spreading them on the
road, and the crowds before themshouted Hosanna, hosanna.
Blessed is he who comes in thename of the Lord Hosanna and the
highest Hosanna, to Ben David,baruch, habba B'shem, adonai.
Blessed is he.
And he entered Jerusalem and,as you can see, our Lord,
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instead of coming into Jerusalemas a military conqueror or as
the opponent to this Romanoccupation, he humbly comes into
the city as a prince on adonkey.
And what is so wonderful andbrilliant is that this spirit of
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meekness, this gentle spiritthat Jesus or Messiah embodies,
it's not just something that'sonly meant for Messiah to do,
but instead, rather, we can lookat Jesus and see this example
of love and humility andgentleness, and we should be
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emulating this meekness, thisgentleness, as believers in
Messiah.
Just like Jesus said on theSermon of the Mount, we are told
blessed are the meek, forthey'll inherit the earth.
So we, as believers in ourMessiah, who had a meek, gentle
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heart.
We too should be emulating thismeekness.
Colossians, chapter 3, verses 12and 14 tell us this as to why
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we should be doing this.
Paul wrote therefore as God'schosen people, holy and dearly
lovid, clothe yourselves andtend their compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness andpatience, bearing with one
another and forgiving each other.
If anyone has a grievanceagainst another, just as the
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Lord pardon you, so also youmust pardon others.
But above all, these things puton love, which is the bond of
perfect harmony.
And again, this is a big themeabout living out this meekness
we see in 1 Timothy, chapter 6,and verses 11 through 12 again.
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But you, o man of God, fleefrom these things and pursue
righteousness, godliness,faithfulness, love, perseverance
and gentleness.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Take hold of eternal life.
You were called into it and youmade the good confession for it
in the presence of manywitnesses.
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And to really helm this pointhelm about why we need to be
emulating this meekness it's afruit of the Holy Spirit, as we
see in Galatians.
It is a fruit of the Spirit,and I actually did a whole
series on the fruit of theSpirit and I'll link it in the
show notes, the episode of,specifically of what it means to
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be gentle and meek.
I'll link that episode in theshow notes for you guys.
And, like I've said in thatepisode, it's important for us
to realize that meek does notmean weak.
Meekness is actually somethingthat is a powerful, powerful
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force where we can take what theenemy uses for evil and turn it
for good, because a gentletongue, instead of a tongue of a
viper with nasty words, agentle tongue is something that
is persuasive.
We can use our gentleness tochange people's minds and to
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bring them to learn about andpotentially know the gospel and
that that can change people'shearts.
And we see this in the book ofProverbs, proverbs 25, verse 15.
We're told through patience, aruler may be persuaded and a
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soft tongue can break a bone.
There is power in being gentle,and being gentle it can change
the hardest of hearts.
And not only can it changesomeone's heart, it can also
turn away anger.
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And Proverbs 15 one tells usthis a gentle answer turns away
wrath, but harsh words stir upanger.
So it's okay that we havedisagreements with people, but
especially in this culture wherepeople get so wound up, bound
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up and angry and people getcanceled right and left, whether
it be on Instagram or Facebookor TikTok, where people get
canceled and people get so woundup and angry that they can't
use logic.
Be that voice of gentleness,because it could turn away their
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anger.
And I recently had an incidentwith my son where, thank the
Lord, I remembered thesepassages and that I had recently
been studying this to sharewith you guys, because my son
he's in kindergarten and youknow, kindergarten's a time to
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learn what behavior isappropriate at school and not
and he's been having some issuesat school just being silly, you
know, horsing around when heshouldn't and misbehaving.
But he misbehaved a little bittoo much and got sent to the
principal's office two days in arow and he had an attitude
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about it because he didn'trealize or didn't think that
what he was doing was wrong.
But instead of having a momfreak out and losing it on my
child instead, I gotta say Ireally took it to God first and
I prayed about it before talkingto him and I was able to calmly
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and thoughtfully explain to himthat what he did was wrong and
punish him, not in a way thatcreated more chaos and anger and
wrath, but we were able todiscipline him in a way that he
really understood that what hedid was wrong.
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And it was such a greatparenting moment for my husband
and I that we really, reallywant to keep this gentle spirit
about the way we parent and notget so easily wound up when
things get a little, a littlewonky in life, and it was such a
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really cool experience.
Let me know, I would love tohear what type of experiences
you've had with parenting wheresometimes you do have this
gentle spirit or other times youlose your cool and you can see
where this anger just buildsinstead of dissipates.
And you know, this really doestranslate to this next point
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that we have is that our Lordwas meek and gentle because of
the fact that he must be sinlessand without guile, and only he
can be sinless without guile,and that's why we do things like
parenting so imperfectly.
And we see this in the mostfamous, one of the most famous
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messianic prophecies, in Isaiah53.
Now, I'm not going to go superin depth on Isaiah 53, because I
have written a Bible study, anin depth Bible study on Isaiah
53.
And you can find it on Amazonand do it with a group or by
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yourself and it's wonderful.
I hope you guys check it out.
I'll link it in the show notesmy Amazon for where to buy it.
But I really go in depth intoIsaiah and how our Lord was
sinless.
But it's Isaiah 53, verse 9.
His grave was given with thewicked and by a rich man and his
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death though he had done noviolence nor was there any
deceit in his mouth.
And we also see in first Peter,chapter 2, verses 21 and 25,
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how this is reinforced.
For you were called to thisbecause Messiah also suffered
for you, leaving you an exampleso that you might follow in his
footsteps.
He committed no sin, nor wasany deceit found in his mouth.
When he was abused, he did notreturn the abuse.
While suffering, he made nothreats.
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Instead he kept entrustinghimself to the one who judges
righteously.
He himself bore our sins andthe body on a tree so that we,
removed from sins, might livefor righteousness.
By his wounds we are healed.
For you, like sheep were goingastray, but now you've returned
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to the shepherd and guardian ofyour souls.
You see, if you want to learneven more about how he was
sinless and without guile, checkout my study.
But to really emphasis, it'sChrist alone who was without sin
and that's why he had to die inthe cross for our sins.
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And there are multiple passagesof scripture that truly
reinforces this concept, andI'll just throw a few out there.
Second, corinthians 521 is agreat one, and we just read in 1
Peter, chapter 2, verse 22.
The book of Hebrews gives a lotof examples.
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For example, hebrews 415 tellsus that for we do not have a
high priest who is unable tosympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who has been tempted inall the same ways, yet without
sin.
And another example in the bookof Hebrews because I just love
the book of Hebrews Hebrews 726tells us for such the high
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priest was fitting for us holy,guileless, guiltless, undefiled,
separated from sinners andexalted above the heavens.
So only Christ, only our Messiah, is without sins.
And not only was he sinless andmeek and humble and with a
gentle spirit, but he bore thereproaches that were due to
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others.
And we see this again in Isaiah53.
Verses 11 and 12, which tell usthis as a result of the anguish
of his soul, he will see and besatisfied by his knowledge.
The righteous one, my servant,will make many righteous and he
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will bear their iniquities.
Therefore, I will give him aportion with the great and he
will divide the spoil with themighty.
Because he poured out his soulto death and was counted with
transgressors, for he bore thesin of many and interceded for
transgressors.
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And Romans 5,8 just really sumsit up While we were sinners,
christ died for us.
We didn't deserve it, but whilewe were still sinners he died
for us.
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And again, the book of Romanshas a lot of beautiful
references to this point that hetook on our sins.
Romans 8,3 told us this forwhat was impossible for the
Torah, since it was weakened onaccount of the flesh, god has
done sending his own son in thelikeness of a sinful flesh and
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as a sin offering.
He condemned sin in the fleshso that the requirement of the
Torah might be fulfilled.
And us who do not walkaccording to the flesh but
according to the spirit.
And John 3,16,.
For God so loved the world thathe gave his one and only son so
that whoever believed in himwould not perish but have
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eternal life.
You see, we deserve death, butbecause of his love we can have
this hope of eternal life,because he bore our sins upon
himself.
And if you want to learn evenmore about how our Jesus
suffered and died and saved usfrom our sins.
Please check out my study onIsaiah 53.
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And to wrap this all up, thisall goes back to Shema and how
we need to live out our faithwith our kids so that they can
see what it means to live with agentle spirit and that they can
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choose to believe in Messiahthemselves.
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Messianic prophecies of theMessiah and how it connects the
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dots between the old and newTestament.
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great rest of your day.
God bless.
Hi there and welcome to Proverbs 31 Wannabe, where we
discuss Biblical womanhood andare constantly busy and
sometimes crazy daily life.
I'm Alexis Heaslip and, as awife and mom of two, I am always
striving and praying to be aProverbs 31 woman of faith.
Today we are continuing ourdiscussion into connecting the
(00:28):
dots Messianic prophecy from Oldto New Testament.
The series has been so fun sofar and really great, and today
we're going to be diving in onto the characteristics of
Messiah, some of his notphysical characteristics, but
(00:53):
the way he acts.
I hope you're excited tocontinue the study with me.
Let's dive on in guys.
Also, on a quick side note,forgive me for the sound of my
voice.
I have been fighting a cold andsinus drainage, so if my voice
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sounds foggy and aggravating,that's why.
So let's get back to what we'retalking about, though Messianic
prophecy.
There's so much, and that's whywe're taking week after week
after week to really dive intothis, and today's podcast
episode is really interestingbecause it's about the character
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of Messiah, and what reallystood out to me when doing my
research is that our Messiah, inorder for Messiah to be Messiah
, must be someone who is meekand non-onstantitious, and meek
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is the complete opposite of whatyou would think of someone
who's supposed to be a savior.
So we're going to see how ourMessiah is supposed to be humble
, meek and kind, and there's alot of scripture to cover, which
is really exciting.
I always love how the Biblejust gives us so much
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information about any topic.
So the first passage that wereally see, this prophecy of a
Messiah who is meek and meeknessis this quality of a gentle
spirit, and we see this in thebook of Isaiah, to start,
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starting at chapter 42, verses 1through 5.
We read this powerful passageof the qualities and
characteristics of what ourMessiah is.
So let's start at verse 1together.
Behold my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul
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delights.
I have put my spirit, my Ruach,on him.
He will bring justice to thenations.
Notice specifically what verse2 is going to say.
He will not cry out or raisehis voice or make his voice
heard in the street A bruisedreed.
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He will not break A smolderingwick.
He will not snuff out.
He will faithfully bring forthjustice.
He will not be disheartened orcrushed.
Until he establishes justice onearth, the islands will wait
for his Torah.
Thus says God atonai, whocreated the heavens and
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stretched them out, who spreadout the earths and what comes
from it, who gives breath to thepeople on it and the Ruach to
those who walk in it.
You see, my friends, I justthink it's really interesting
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that in this passage it's likethe complete opposite of what we
think of a Messiah, because Ifeel like a lot of us get this
idea that a Messiah is someonewho is going to be bold, who is
going to be like a fiercewarrior, who makes a fuss, who
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makes bold statements, who's onthe news, who is in the media,
who is on the spotlight.
But instead we hear in Isaiahhow a Messiah is going to be
someone who is gentle in spirit,who is not trying to just look
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good in the public, but begentle and follow the will of
the Father, which doesn'tnecessarily mean being in the
limelight.
And we see how Jesus reallyexemplifies this characteristic
of humility and of a gentlespirit.
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If you'll turn with me to thebook of Matthew, matthew chapter
12.
We really see how Jesus hasthis gentle spirit about him,
and we're going to read Matthew12, 1-21 together.
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At the time, yeshua went throughthe grain fields on Shabbat.
His disciples became hungry andbegan to pluck heads of grain
and eat them.
But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to him Look, your
disciples are doing what is notpermitted on Shabbat.
But he said to them Haven't youread what David did when he
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became hungry and those with him, how he entered into the house
of God and they ate theshowbread which was not
permitted for him to eat, norfor those with him, but only for
the priest, the Kohanim.
Or have you not read in theTorah that on Shabbat, the
Kohanim, the priest in thetemple, breaks Shabbat and yet
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are innocent?
But I tell you that somethinggreater than the temple is the
here.
If you had known what thismeans I desire mercy, not
sacrifice you wouldn't havecondemned the innocent, for the
Son of man is the Lord ofShabbat.
Leaving from here, he went intothe synagogue and a man with a
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withered hand was there.
And so that they might accusehim, they question him saying Is
it permitted to heal on Shabbat?
He said to them what man amongyou will not grab his sheep and
lift it out if it falls into apit on Shabbat?
How much more valuable than isa man than a sheep?
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Therefore, it's permitted to dogood on Shabbat.
Then he said to the man Stretchout your hand.
And he stretched it out and wasrestored as healthy as the
other.
But the Pharisees went out andplotted against him how they
might destroy him.
Now we will keep going on, but Iwant to pause really quick,
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because these verses show usthat although Jesus does make
bold statements and he proclaimsthe truth with love, he doesn't
always do it in a way like somePharisees or some preachers of
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today might do it, where they'reshouting it from the rooftops.
Instead, jesus is not lookingfor the limelight and is
responding to those who areasking him questions, but he's
doing it so in a way that givesthe glory to the Father and does
not put the limelight onhimself.
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I want us to keep going so wecan see again how Jesus is meek
with this gentle spirit.
So let's continue with verse 15.
Knowing this, yeshua went awayfrom there and large crowds
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followed him and he healed themall and he sternly warned them
not to make him known.
Notice that he was tellingpeople to not put himself in the
limelight and put him on apedestal, but to be hush-hush
about his ministry.
This was to fulfill what wasspoken through Isaiah, the
prophet, saying here is myservant, who I chose, the one I
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love and whom my soul takesdelight.
I will put my Ruach, my spiriton him and he'll proclaim
justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out,nor will anyone hear his voice
in the streets.
A crushed reed he will notbreak and a smoldering wick he
will not snuff out until hebrings forth justice and victory
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, and in his name the nationswill have hope.
And it is through thisgentleness of subtlety that
Jesus had, where he did not wantto live in the limelight and be
looked at like a celebrity,like the Pharisees or the Roman
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officials, where we can trulyhear this gentleness from our
Lord and Savior.
Now, like we saw, though, hedoes say things boldly and
proclaims them boldly, but notfor fame or status, but for
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clarity for people.
And we also see how, throughoutscripture, how, yes, jesus
spoke in the physical, but theLord, our God, adonai, the
Father, has also spoken topeople, in a gentle whisper in
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some ways, and we see this withElijah, how the Lord, instead of
coming down, like he could ifhe wanted to, with a loud,
booming voice, like many thinkof when they think of God
speaking to people as we've seenin like multiple movies and
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stuff.
Instead, what we see in FirstKings is how the Lord can use
this gentleness and meekness anduse a voice of a whisper To
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give some context.
Elijah is on the run, he hasspoken out boldly against
Jezebel and she is ready to killhim.
So Elijah in verse three we seeof First Kings 19,.
He was frightened and ran forhis life.
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And he went into the wildernessand sat under a broom, bush,
and he prayed that he might die.
And he turned to God and saidit is too much, adonai, take my
life because I'm no better thanmy father's.
And in verse five he laid downand slept underneath the brush.
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Then, behold, an angel touchedhim and said get up and eat.
So he looked by surprise andthere was a hot cakes and on the
stones and a jar of water.
Then again the angel came asecond time get up and eat,
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because this journey is too muchfor you.
So he arose and drank and ate,and the strength of the meal got
him for 40 days and 40 nightsto to horrible mountain of God.
When he arrived at the cave, hespent the night there and,
behold, the word of Adonai cameto him and he asked him what are
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you doing here, elijah?
What's going on?
And Elijah said Lord, I've beenvery zealous for you because
the children of Israel haveforsaken your covenant and
they've torn down your altarsand slain the prophets.
I alone am left and they'reseeking my life.
They want to kill me.
But the Lord tells him come outand stand on the mountain
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before Adonai.
And behold, adonai was passingby.
Now, listen, this is wherethings get interesting, in verse
11.
A great and mighty wind wastearing out the mountains and
shattering the cliffs beforeAdonai, but Adonai was not in
that great and mighty wind.
After the wind, there was anearthquake, but Adonai was not
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in the earthquake.
After the earthquake of fire,but Adonai was not in the fire.
And after the fire listen tothis there was a soft whisper of
a voice in the wind, and assoon as Elijah heard it, he
wrapped his face in his mantle,went out and stood at the
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entrance of the cave and all ofa sudden, a voice addressed him
saying what are you doing here,elijah?
And then the Lord tells him togo in return and do the will of
Adonai, and that he will be safe.
And we can see that it wasn'tin the wind or the rain or the
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storm or an earthquake or a firethat the voice of the Lord was
found, but he came in the gentlevoice of the wind, a gentle
whisper, and that's where theLord was present.
And that is this meek andgentle spirit that is also found
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in our Messiah.
And we see again throughoutscripture how our Messiah is to
come by humble means.
And one aspect of this is foundin the book of Zechariah, in
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chapter 9.
And we are told how the king ofZion will come.
So let's read Zechariah 9,start at verse 9.
Rejoice greatly, daughter ofZion.
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem.
Behold, your king is coming toyou.
A righteous one bringssalvation.
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Listen, he is lowly riding on adonkey, on a colt the full of a
donkey.
I will banish chariots fromEphraim and horses from
Jerusalem, and the war bow willbe broken.
He will speak shalom to thenations.
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His rule will be extended fromsea to sea, from the river to
the ends of the earth.
As we hear, this Old Testamentprophet tells us that our
Messiah will come humbly on adonkey, and a donkey is a mount
of princes.
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You can read about that in thebook of Judges and 2 Samuel.
But it's still a lowly donkey.
You see, at the time,especially when Jesus comes
riding in as king, as we'regoing to read in Matthew 21,
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donkeys were not something thatpeople would have thought a king
would have rode on, because,think about it the ancient
Romans, the Caesar's, the rulersof the day would have been on
chariots and on horses, and thatwas what people thought of when
they thought of a king or awarrior.
But instead Jesus comes in on adonkey to fulfill the scripture
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that our Messiah humbly comeswith a gentle spirit, and we see
this in Matthew 21.
Let's read this together,starting at verse 1.
Now they drew near to Jerusalemand came to Bethpage, to the
mountain of Olives.
Then Yeshua sent two disciplessaying to them Go into the
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village before you.
Right away You'll find a donkeytied up in a cult with her.
Untie them and bring them to me.
If anyone says anything to you,you will say the master needs
them and right away he'll sendthem.
This happened to fulfill whatwas spoken through the prophet
saying Say to your daughter ofZion See, your king is coming to
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you, humble and sitting on adonkey, a cult the full of a
donkey.
The disciples went and did asYeshua had directed them, and
they brought the donkey and cultand put their clothing on them
and he sat on the clothing.
Most of the crowds spread theirclothes on the road and others
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began cutting branches from thetrees and spreading them on the
road, and the crowds before themshouted Hosanna, hosanna.
Blessed is he who comes in thename of the Lord Hosanna and the
highest Hosanna, to Ben David,baruch, habba B'shem, adonai.
Blessed is he.
And he entered Jerusalem and,as you can see, our Lord,
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instead of coming into Jerusalemas a military conqueror or as
the opponent to this Romanoccupation, he humbly comes into
the city as a prince on adonkey.
And what is so wonderful andbrilliant is that this spirit of
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meekness, this gentle spiritthat Jesus or Messiah embodies,
it's not just something that'sonly meant for Messiah to do,
but instead, rather, we can lookat Jesus and see this example
of love and humility andgentleness, and we should be
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emulating this meekness, thisgentleness, as believers in
Messiah.
Just like Jesus said on theSermon of the Mount, we are told
blessed are the meek, forthey'll inherit the earth.
So we, as believers in ourMessiah, who had a meek, gentle
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heart.
We too should be emulating thismeekness.
Colossians, chapter 3, verses 12and 14 tell us this as to why
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we should be doing this.
Paul wrote therefore as God'schosen people, holy and dearly
lovid, clothe yourselves andtend their compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness andpatience, bearing with one
another and forgiving each other.
If anyone has a grievanceagainst another, just as the
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Lord pardon you, so also youmust pardon others.
But above all, these things puton love, which is the bond of
perfect harmony.
And again, this is a big themeabout living out this meekness
we see in 1 Timothy, chapter 6,and verses 11 through 12 again.
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But you, o man of God, fleefrom these things and pursue
righteousness, godliness,faithfulness, love, perseverance
and gentleness.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Take hold of eternal life.
You were called into it and youmade the good confession for it
in the presence of manywitnesses.
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And to really helm this pointhelm about why we need to be
emulating this meekness it's afruit of the Holy Spirit, as we
see in Galatians.
It is a fruit of the Spirit,and I actually did a whole
series on the fruit of theSpirit and I'll link it in the
show notes, the episode of,specifically of what it means to
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be gentle and meek.
I'll link that episode in theshow notes for you guys.
And, like I've said in thatepisode, it's important for us
to realize that meek does notmean weak.
Meekness is actually somethingthat is a powerful, powerful
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force where we can take what theenemy uses for evil and turn it
for good, because a gentletongue, instead of a tongue of a
viper with nasty words, agentle tongue is something that
is persuasive.
We can use our gentleness tochange people's minds and to
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bring them to learn about andpotentially know the gospel and
that that can change people'shearts.
And we see this in the book ofProverbs, proverbs 25, verse 15.
We're told through patience, aruler may be persuaded and a
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soft tongue can break a bone.
There is power in being gentle,and being gentle it can change
the hardest of hearts.
And not only can it changesomeone's heart, it can also
turn away anger.
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And Proverbs 15 one tells usthis a gentle answer turns away
wrath, but harsh words stir upanger.
So it's okay that we havedisagreements with people, but
especially in this culture wherepeople get so wound up, bound
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up and angry and people getcanceled right and left, whether
it be on Instagram or Facebookor TikTok, where people get
canceled and people get so woundup and angry that they can't
use logic.
Be that voice of gentleness,because it could turn away their
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anger.
And I recently had an incidentwith my son where, thank the
Lord, I remembered thesepassages and that I had recently
been studying this to sharewith you guys, because my son
he's in kindergarten and youknow, kindergarten's a time to
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learn what behavior isappropriate at school and not
and he's been having some issuesat school just being silly, you
know, horsing around when heshouldn't and misbehaving.
But he misbehaved a little bittoo much and got sent to the
principal's office two days in arow and he had an attitude
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about it because he didn'trealize or didn't think that
what he was doing was wrong.
But instead of having a momfreak out and losing it on my
child instead, I gotta say Ireally took it to God first and
I prayed about it before talkingto him and I was able to calmly
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and thoughtfully explain to himthat what he did was wrong and
punish him, not in a way thatcreated more chaos and anger and
wrath, but we were able todiscipline him in a way that he
really understood that what hedid was wrong.
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And it was such a greatparenting moment for my husband
and I that we really, reallywant to keep this gentle spirit
about the way we parent and notget so easily wound up when
things get a little, a littlewonky in life, and it was such a
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really cool experience.
Let me know, I would love tohear what type of experiences
you've had with parenting wheresometimes you do have this
gentle spirit or other times youlose your cool and you can see
where this anger just buildsinstead of dissipates.
And you know, this really doestranslate to this next point
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that we have is that our Lordwas meek and gentle because of
the fact that he must be sinlessand without guile, and only he
can be sinless without guile,and that's why we do things like
parenting so imperfectly.
And we see this in the mostfamous, one of the most famous
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messianic prophecies, in Isaiah53.
Now, I'm not going to go superin depth on Isaiah 53, because I
have written a Bible study, anin depth Bible study on Isaiah
53.
And you can find it on Amazonand do it with a group or by
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yourself and it's wonderful.
I hope you guys check it out.
I'll link it in the show notesmy Amazon for where to buy it.
But I really go in depth intoIsaiah and how our Lord was
sinless.
But it's Isaiah 53, verse 9.
His grave was given with thewicked and by a rich man and his
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death though he had done noviolence nor was there any
deceit in his mouth.
And we also see in first Peter,chapter 2, verses 21 and 25,
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how this is reinforced.
For you were called to thisbecause Messiah also suffered
for you, leaving you an exampleso that you might follow in his
footsteps.
He committed no sin, nor wasany deceit found in his mouth.
When he was abused, he did notreturn the abuse.
While suffering, he made nothreats.
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Instead he kept entrustinghimself to the one who judges
righteously.
He himself bore our sins andthe body on a tree so that we,
removed from sins, might livefor righteousness.
By his wounds we are healed.
For you, like sheep were goingastray, but now you've returned
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to the shepherd and guardian ofyour souls.
You see, if you want to learneven more about how he was
sinless and without guile, checkout my study.
But to really emphasis, it'sChrist alone who was without sin
and that's why he had to die inthe cross for our sins.
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And there are multiple passagesof scripture that truly
reinforces this concept, andI'll just throw a few out there.
Second, corinthians 521 is agreat one, and we just read in 1
Peter, chapter 2, verse 22.
The book of Hebrews gives a lotof examples.
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For example, hebrews 415 tellsus that for we do not have a
high priest who is unable tosympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who has been tempted inall the same ways, yet without
sin.
And another example in the bookof Hebrews because I just love
the book of Hebrews Hebrews 726tells us for such the high
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priest was fitting for us holy,guileless, guiltless, undefiled,
separated from sinners andexalted above the heavens.
So only Christ, only our Messiah, is without sins.
And not only was he sinless andmeek and humble and with a
gentle spirit, but he bore thereproaches that were due to
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others.
And we see this again in Isaiah53.
Verses 11 and 12, which tell usthis as a result of the anguish
of his soul, he will see and besatisfied by his knowledge.
The righteous one, my servant,will make many righteous and he
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will bear their iniquities.
Therefore, I will give him aportion with the great and he
will divide the spoil with themighty.
Because he poured out his soulto death and was counted with
transgressors, for he bore thesin of many and interceded for
transgressors.
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And Romans 5,8 just really sumsit up While we were sinners,
christ died for us.
We didn't deserve it, but whilewe were still sinners he died
for us.
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And again, the book of Romanshas a lot of beautiful
references to this point that hetook on our sins.
Romans 8,3 told us this forwhat was impossible for the
Torah, since it was weakened onaccount of the flesh, god has
done sending his own son in thelikeness of a sinful flesh and
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as a sin offering.
He condemned sin in the fleshso that the requirement of the
Torah might be fulfilled.
And us who do not walkaccording to the flesh but
according to the spirit.
And John 3,16,.
For God so loved the world thathe gave his one and only son so
that whoever believed in himwould not perish but have
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eternal life.
You see, we deserve death, butbecause of his love we can have
this hope of eternal life,because he bore our sins upon
himself.
And if you want to learn evenmore about how our Jesus
suffered and died and saved usfrom our sins.
Please check out my study onIsaiah 53.
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And to wrap this all up, thisall goes back to Shema and how
we need to live out our faithwith our kids so that they can
see what it means to live with agentle spirit and that they can
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choose to believe in Messiahthemselves.
Thank you for listening toProverbs 31 Wannabe.
We hope you enjoyed the program.
If you enjoy our show, pleaserate and review us.
Anywhere you listen to podcasts, find us on all of our social
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the day, scripture readingtogether and all sorts of things
like that, and check out ourwebsite at wwwproverbs31, 1bcom.
We would love to hear from you,especially in the comments.
Be sure to come back next weekas we continue our discussion on
Messianic prophecies of theMessiah and how it connects the
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dots between the old and newTestament.
Until then, this is AlexisHeaslip and I hope you have a
great rest of your day.
God bless.
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