THE RISEN SAVIOR

by Gloria Phifer

      Isaiah 52 and 53 are Prophetic. Revealing to us what Christ paid for us by His suffering, death and resurrection.

.  He laid down His life for His sheep.  John 10:11, 15-18.

He had the power to lay down His life and the power to take it again. Ps. 16:1-11.

We see Jesus talking to His Father, Oh God…preserve me in vs. 1. In vs. 5 He speaks of His inheritance.

   Beloved, what is His inheritance?  Hebrews 12:2……Who for the "joy" that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame. What are your thoughts when you

realize you are His inheritance…you are His joy?

   I was also thinking about inheritance. What if you were given a ring or watch of value as your inheritance, but someone sold it to a pawn shop? You would go and buy that inheritance back…you would redeem it.

     And that is what Jesus did for us He paid the price to buy us back, "His inheritance": back for Himself. He redeemed us. He is our Redeemer. 1 Peter 1: 18-22.

  Back to Ps. 16: 10-11. His body would not see corruption.  The Father God would show Him the Path of Life…Resurrection.

   PRAISE GOD HE IS RISEN!!! 

  Think of the faith it took for Him to go through all His suffering. To lay His life down, believing He had the power to take it back. Believing His Father would preserve Him and show Him the Path of Life. Believing that it was worth it all so He could have you and me as His sheep…His children.

     (First of all, what faith it took for Him to become a seed in Mary's womb; live a human life; knowing He was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth.)  

   The faith it took for Him to face the enemy in the wilderness: so He could be our faithful High Priest, who understands all our weaknesses and temptation…He showed us how to overcome. (We overcome by faith 1 John 5:4-5.)  

   What faith it took for Him to face the Garden of 

Gethsemane and to yield to the Father's will. What 

faith it took to set His face like a flint toward His 

sufferings.  What faith it took when He cried "It is 

finished." And when He said to His Father "Into Your 

Hands I commit my spirit." No wonder faith pleases 

 Him…He is "Faith"!  He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:2.

Have you ever thought that it took "Christ's faith" for our salvation?

Now I'm going to ask you a way, far out question…

"Does this universe exist because God spoke it into existence "by faith?" Heb. 11:1-3… Rom. 4:17.

In Mark 11:22. Kenneth Copeland says the original interpretation of this is "Have the faith of God."