Righteous At Christ’s Expense

Send us a note!A gift card feels free until you remember someone else paid for it. We use that everyday moment to get at a bigger truth from Isaiah 53: God’s grace doesn’t cost us, but it costs Jesus everything. Pastor Carl walks through the Suffering Servant prophecy and shows why the cross looks shocking to human eyes and yet is the clearest picture of God’s love, God’s justice, and the righteousness of God offered to sinners at Christ’s expense. We slow down on “by His stripes we are healed” and unpack healed as mended, cured, repaired, made whole. That includes the deepest problem beneath every symptom, sin and death, and it also speaks to the real fractures we carry in body, mind, and spirit. We also face Isaiah’s blunt diagnosis: we are sheep who go astray, and “iniquity” is more than mistakes, it is a twisted drift that resists God’s design. Against that backdrop, Jesus stands silent before His accusers and goes willingly to the cross to make the great exchange possible. Then Isaiah 54 turns the corner toward restoration: sing again, enlarge your tent, and trust the mercy of God even after shame and loss. The message lands with a clear invitation to stop chasing self-made righteousness and receive the new covenant through faith in Jesus Christ, then live outward with expanded influence for the good of others. Subscribe for more teaching through Isaiah, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review. What line from Isaiah 53 or 54 do you keep thinking about after listening?What makes a Calvary Chapel a Calvary Chapel. Join Pastor Carl as he goes through one of the Calvary Chapel Distinctives on The Mountain Cross Minute. The 20th anniversary of Facing the Giants, Monday September 14 - 6:30PM at the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville.Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.