Jesus Our Savior

Jesus Our Savior

Q: To what is Jesus compared in Isaiah 53?

• a. a priest
• b. a lamb
• c. a servant

In C. S. Lewis’s book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Edmund meets the evil White Witch, who has a profound effect on him. She tricks Edmund into betraying his brother and sisters, along with the talking beavers they are visiting.

The White Witch confronts the great lion, Aslan, son of the Emperor who created Narnia: “You know that every traitor belongs to me as my lawful prey and that for every treachery I have a right to a kill.”

After Edmund realizes what he’s done, the White Witch says Edmund must die for his betrayal. But Aslan steps in and is killed on the Stone Table in Edmund’s place. However, that’s not the end of the story. When Edmund’s sisters, Lucy and Susan, go to the table the next morning, they find it broken in two and Aslan standing before them. Aslan sacrificed himself for Edmund’s treachery and then overcame death. A battle between the good and evil occupants of Narnia follows, and the good side wins.

According to Old Testament law, blood had to be shed for the forgiveness of sin. God sent Jesus to die as the perfect sacrifice for sins. Now we don’t have to offer an animal sacrifice for sins because Jesus’ death was the final sacrifice. John the Baptist said of Jesus, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). We can be forgiven of sin because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us.

For You

You can have forgiveness of sin just by asking. It’s free to you, but it wasn’t free for Jesus. He paid the penalty for sin in order to offer salvation freely to us. Be sure to thank him for that today.

Answer: b

He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.   Isaiah 53:7

(The Whole Story: Isaiah 53)