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Originally Posted by val161A
Just wondered how some of the Elders on here explain Isaiah 53 v 4 & 5 in relation to the posts that have gone before on this subject. Would be pleased to hear your views if you would be kind enough to do so.
Thank you
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You don't need an Elder to explain the Holy Bible, dear. The Holy Ghost will guide the sincere believer (1 Corinthians 2:12)
You ask about the following passage:
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 chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:4-5
You assume the pronoun "we" used here includes all humanity. You assume this based on personal desires and faulty teaching. You will not find anything like this in this idea promoted in the actual Bible. If you would actually read the Holy Bible like we've been encouraging you all this time, you'll find this concept does not exist.
But when you read the Holy Bible, when you see it as one resource of Truth, you'll note that a component of redemption is our personal response to God. The principle that salvation is contingent upon circumcision, i.e., upon repentance. You can read this in Deuteronomy 30:6, "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul [This is the first table of the law of love, is it not?], that thou mayest live." Circumcision is the seal, or mark of genuineness.
Without repentance, there is no salvation. Eternal life depends upon it. The circumcision of the heart, which purges the old sin by the removal of the foreskin of the heart, is necessary for eternal life. It points to the change of heart, that mark in the flesh, which is a change in one's walk of life and attitudes.
You have not undergone circumcision of the heart, dear. This much is painfully obvious - even to you - as you have to look up to people each and every day. You midgets have a lot to repent of, for you continually mock the LORD. Care you explain this little bit of blasphemy?
