Isaiah 53:4-5

Isaiah 53:4-5. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chatisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed.

It is substitution, you see, all through, - Christ suffering instead of us, -the Innocent dying for the guilty, - the Lord of glory bearing the sin of rebellious men. Why do men cavil at this precious truth? It is their only hope of salvation. Why do we still have to say, "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" But those who are enlightened from above, and led to see their own state of ruin, and their absolute need of a Saviour, will rejoice to know that the Lord hath laid help upon One who is mighty, and that he hath anointed his only-begotten Son to stand in our room, and place, and stead.