Isaiah 53:10-11 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed… How is the creature to blame, then, for smiting and bruising of Christ? Or if to blame, how is God clear? 1. For the creatures' blame. They are faulty — (1) Because God s secret thoughts and intents are not their rule. Hidden things belong to God; and it is He that worketh according to the counsel of His own will. (2) They had other ends, though God turned it for good. "With wicked hands ye have taken, and crucified, and slain."(3) God's decrees did not compel them to evil; it implieth things will be, though it doth not affect them. 2. For the justifying of God when He judgeth. His justice cannot be impeached, because He infuseth no evil, enforceth to no evil, only ordaineth what shall be. His goodness cannot be impeached for suffering things which He can turn to such advantage for His own glory and the creature s good. God s decrees are immanent in Himself, working nothing that is evil in the creatures. ( T. Manton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt 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. |
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