Wed Nov 18

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the words He and our.

Reading

Isaiah 53:1-12—Jesus Had to Suffer

Optional Reading

Lk 9:21-22, 43-45

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

God the Father was willing to crush God the Son.
Jesus was willing to die.
Jesus had to suffer—and die—so that we can live!

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

Why was Jesus punished for the sins of others?
How do we know that Jesus died willingly?
What was the result of Jesus’s suffering and death?

Catechism

WSC #94

What is Baptism?

Baptism is a Sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.

(Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; Galatians 3:27)

Children's Catechism 122-123

How many sacraments are there? Two. What are they? Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

Jesus regularly told His disciples that He had to suffer. But why? Because it was the Father’s will, agreed to by the Son, that Jesus would suffer for our sins so that we can be saved. Our passage today tells about Him suffering way before it happened.

He was struck down for our sins. We wandered like silly sheep, but God punished Jesus for that. Not only is he punished for us, but he is also afflicted for us. In all of this he didn’t fight back or even speak back. Sometimes someone might have nothing to say if they are guilty of what they are charged with, but Jesus—this servant—had no guilt of his own. Jesus had to suffer, but He went willingly and knowingly to die.

God the Father was willing to crush God the Son. Many Bible translations actually read that the Lord will be pleased to crush this servant. It’s hard to understand Christ willingly going to the cross. It’s also hard to understand the Father willingly sending him to the cross. If that were the end of the story it would be impossible to understand. Yet the Father was also willing to prosper his servant. Death was not victorious over him. And the clear result of his death and resurrection was that many are counted righteous—declared righteous with a righteousness that is by faith, not by works.

Jesus had to suffer—and die—so that we can live!

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 22b, 22c

Prayer

Praise God that Jesus was willing to suffer so that you can be saved.
Pray for change in you from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.