#salvation

April 5, 2026

Daily Notes

## Notes from Isaiah Relevant to Resurrection Sunday Today *Chapters 42 & 43* - A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench. (42:3) - This verse should be uplifting to those of us beaten down in spirit, feeling the weight of sin and the burden of our shortcomings. But before expanding on this, first look at the next verse: - “New things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (42:9) - This is a quote from God himself. The verse strongly points to the coming of Christ and his redemptive mission on Earth, many hundreds of years before it happened. The Gospel was absolutely “new” to the Old Testament dispensation as believed by the Jews. - And it is the Gospel message that restores the bruised reed and fans the flame of the faintly burning wick. - Regarding the Gospel message, check out the following verse in the next chapter, one of the most powerful and direct statements by God as to how and why he saves us: - “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” (43:25) - He does it for his own sake, i.e. because he doesn’t want to remember our shortfalls before him any more than we want to. And in the process of this, though faith, we are made holy. We are sanctified and saved. - This Easter, may my family and friends, all of us, be reminded of the importance and magnitude of what Jesus did on the Cross. This is the ultimate “new thing” spoken of by God in Isaiah.