CVBC Isaiah 50:4-11

This sermon from Isaiah 50, the 3rd Servant Song of Isaiah. We are invited into the heart of what it means to follow the Servant—Jesus Christ—who was completely dependent on God's Word. We discover that the Servant wasn't just familiar with Scripture; it was the very foundation of His ministry and identity. Morning by morning, His ear was awakened to hear God's voice, and from that overflow, He spoke words that sustained the weary. This challenges us profoundly: Are we daily digging the deep well of God's Word in our lives, or are we waiting until we're thirsty to start digging? The sermon reveals that Jesus demonstrated perfect obedience even through brutal suffering—giving His back to those who struck Him, His cheeks to those who pulled out His beard—because He trusted God's plan completely. His face was set like flint toward the cross, unmovable in His mission to secure our salvation. The beautiful truth emerges that when we walk through seasons of darkness, we're called to trust in the name of the Lord, knowing that what feels dark to us is never dark to Him. We're reminded that self-dependency—kindling our own fires and walking by our own light—leads only to torment, but trusting in the Servant's finished work brings eternal peace. This is why Advent matters: we celebrate the One who succeeded where Adam failed, who was obedient in every way we could never be.