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Isaiah 53 was written centuries before the time of Jesus, around 712 BC. Several verses speak of the significance of Jesus' death for us personally: our gifts, our sorrows, our crimes, our sins, our well-being, our healing.

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Though we can, and often do, suffer (poverty, war, alienation) for the sins of our ancestors, we are JUDGED for our own sins. We are not slaves to our History. We can make our own choices and we can choose righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus Christ.

To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!

Jesus taught that if our eye, or the way we see things, is healthy, then our life can be filled with happiness. But if the way we see things, if our outlook or mindset is messed up, there is no end to how dark our life can be.

Laugh, and the LORD laughs with you;Weep, for you're not alone.For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,But you can have the joy from God's throne.

…the Believer who is completing his course of suffering for Christ's sake is completing the process of ceasing from sin. In other words, suffering for Christ's sake transforms the Believer from sin-FULL to sin-LESS; suffering for Christ's sake perfects Believers.