仆人的态度
以赛亚书五十三章7至12节
7他被欺压，在受苦的时候却不开口（或译：他受欺压，却自卑不开口）；他像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地，又像羊在剪毛的人手下无声，他也是这样不开口。
8因受欺压和审判，他被夺去，至于他同世的人，谁想他受鞭打、从活人之地被剪除，是因我百姓的罪过呢？
9他虽然未行强暴，口中也没有诡诈，人还使他与恶人同埋；谁知死的时候与财主同葬。
10耶和华却定意（或译：喜悦）将他压伤，使他受痛苦。耶和华以他为赎罪祭（或译：他献本身为赎罪祭）。他必看见后裔，并且延长年日。耶和华所喜悦的事必在他手中亨通。
11他必看见自己劳苦的功效，便心满意足。有许多人因认识我的义仆得称为义；并且他要担当他们的罪孽。
12所以，我要使他与位大的同份，与强盛的均分掳物。因为他将命倾倒，以致于死；他也被列在罪犯之中。他却担当多人的罪，又为罪犯代求。
信息分享
祂要逃避痛苦其实并不困难，祂甚至可以在黑夜之中从客西马利园溜走。那些前来捉拿祂的人，以致祂的门徒，对于祂的默然就范都显然感到很难理解。
然而，基督是神的羔羊。正如羔羊不会反抗主人，基督也是在没有呼救和抱怨的情况下面对死亡。祂是甘心乐意地被人带走。
这章经文提供了许多有关祂受死的细节。第8 节告诉我们，祂所接受的审讯是何等不公。第9节指出，判祂死刑的人，原本打算将祂与其他一同钉十架的囚犯同葬，但最终，却有一位有钱人将祂埋葬在他本人的墓穴中。事实亦一如预言所说的那样发生。
第10和11节显然是要表明祂要从死里复活。留意第11节说，祂必看见自己劳苦的功效；唯有祂从死里复活，祂才可以看见。
第12节指出，神必为祂的工作而赏赐祂。如果祂没有复活，神又怎能赏赐祂呢？
这一章描述耶稣基督受死和复活的经文，是在事情发生前的600年，先知在圣灵的默示下写成的。神的能力实在令人敬畏。
试用你的名字来代替经文中的「我们」，默想基督是何等爱你，甘愿为你受苦和受死。
THE SERVANT'S ATTITUDE
Isaiah 53:7-12
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Message
He could easily have avoided being arrested. He could have slipped away in the darkness in the Garden of Gethsemane. Those who came to arrest him and even his disciples seemed to find it difficult to understand his quiet surrender.
His judges could not understand him either. Pilate could not believe that Jesus had nothing to say for himself. Herod was very disappointed in his silence.
But Christ was the Lamb of God. Just as a Iamb does not fight back so he quietly faced death without any cry or complaint. He said he was laying down his life. It was not being taken from him against his will.
There are many other details of his death given here in this chapter. Verse 8 tells us how wrong his trial would be. Verse 9 says his executioners would plan to bury him in a common grave with others who would be crucified at the same time. But this would not happen. Instead of being flung into a pit with others, a rich person would come and bury him in his own prepared grave. That is exactly what happened.
It is obvious from verses 10 and 11 that he would be alive after his death-in other words resurrection! Notice verse 11 says he would actually see the results of his own work. He could only do that if he were alive again.
In verse 12 God says he will give him great rewards for his work. How could this be true if he were not alive again after his death?
The whole chapter is a marvellous picture of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ written under the inspiration of the Spirit of God 600 years before it all happened. How wonderful is the power of God.
Put your own name into some of these verses and see for yourself the wonder of Christ's suffering and death for you.