======================================================================== JESUS WAS SMITTEN BY GOD FOR US by John Piper ======================================================================== Summary: This sermon focuses on the suffering and death of Jesus, highlighting how he was stricken, smitten, afflicted, pierced, crushed, chastised, and wounded. It emphasizes that Jesus poured out his soul to death, emphasizing the sacrifice he made. The sermon also delves into the aspect that it was God who struck him and put him to death, as it was the will of the Lord to crush him. Topics: "The Suffering of Christ", "The Sacrificial Love of God" Scripture References: Isaiah 53:4, Isaiah 53:5, Isaiah 53:12, Isaiah 53:10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This sermon focuses on the suffering and death of Jesus, highlighting how he was stricken, smitten, afflicted, pierced, crushed, chastised, and wounded. It emphasizes that Jesus poured out his soul to death, emphasizing the sacrifice he made. The sermon also delves into the aspect that it was God who struck him and put him to death, as it was the will of the Lord to crush him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Second, he suffered and he died. Verse four, stricken, smitten, afflicted. Verse five, pierced, crushed, chastised, wounded. Verse 12, at the end of the verse, he poured out his soul to death. He died, suffered and died. Third, it was God who struck him and put him to death. Verse four, smitten by God. Verse 10, it was the will of the Lord to crush him. ======================================================================== Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/dQtRk5HzYkM.mp4 Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-piper/jesus-was-smitten-by-god-for-us/ ========================================================================