Redemption

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He didn't open His mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. From detention and judgment, He was taken away, and who can even think about His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living,
He was stricken for the transgression of my people. Then they made His grave with the wicked and with rich people in His death, although He had committed no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

These verses account for Jesus Christ's sufferings and the design of His sufferings. It was for our sins and in our stead that our Lord Jesus suffered.

Romans 3:23 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

Sinners have their vices, their evil way, of which they love. Our sins deserve all griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. We are saved from ruin, to which by sin we become liable, by laying our sins on Christ. This atonement was to be made for our sins. And this is the only way of salvation. Our sins were the thorns in Christ's head, the nails in His hands and feet, the spear in His side. He was delivered to death for our offenses. Through His sufferings, He obtained for us the Spirit and grace of God to subdue our corruptions, which are the ailments of our souls. We can endure our lighter sufferings if He has taught us to value all things as loss for Him and to love Him who first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

The Prophet Isaiah gives a graphic written portrait of the suffering Savior. He tells us of the glorious work He was to undertake so that the sin question might be settled forever to the perfect satisfaction of God. This prophecy of the Messiah, written seven hundred years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, is referred to many times in the New Testament and is applied directly to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "It was He who took our illnesses away and removed our diseases."

Acts 8:32-35 This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep He was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so He does not open His mouth. In His humiliation, justice was denied Him. Who can describe His descendants? For His life is taken away from the earth." The eunuch asked Philip, "I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself? or someone else?" Then Philip began to speak, and, based on this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.

1 Peter 2:21-25 This is what you were called to do because The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in His steps. He never sinned, and He never told a lie. When He was insulted, He did not retaliate. When He suffered, He did not threaten. It was His habit to commit the matter to the one who judges fairly. He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. By His wounds, you have been healed. You were like sheep that kept going astray, but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.