Isaiah 50

It took me just a couple of minutes to read this passage. How could Jesus stand before those who mocked him and not repond? The same way Isaiah did, as he recorded in this passage. In verses 7 and 8 Isaiah begins each verse with a proclamation of God deliverance. Then in verse 9 he speaks words that will be echoed seven centuries later in Pau's words to the Christians in Rome: "if God is for us, who can be against us?"(Rom 8:31) Isaiah and Jesus put their lives completely in God's control. If he chose to save them then let God be praised. If he chose to use their punishment to bring glory to his name then let God be praised.
Stuart