The Suffering Servant – Part 1
Psalms 69
April 19, 2020
Tonight we come to the 69th Psalm and I must say that
I find it very fitting for where we walk in our day.
I have certainly felt the Lord working
His sanctifying work on me over the past few weeks.
One of the things that I have become keenly aware of is that
I still have a long way to go in the “death to self” department.
In a sermon John MacArthur preached called “God’s Pattern for Husbands” he gave a brief monologue about dying to self.
I suppose death to self, is the real issue. Somewhere along your pilgrimage as a Christian, you need to learn to die to yourself regularly. It saves you from being defensive, revengeful, retaliatory, [and] hostile, accumulating the list of things against you.
When you are forgotten or neglected or purposely set aside and you sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy and you count it a privilege to suffer for Christ; that is dying to self.
When your good is evil spoken of, when [others] misunderstand you, when your desires are not interesting to [others] when your advice is disregarded and your opinions are ridiculed, and when you are abused, when you are mistreated, or misunderstood, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself; that is dying to self.
When you lovingly, patiently bear any disruption; any irregularity; any annoyance; when you can stand face to face with folly and waste and extravagance and insensitivity and endure it as Jesus endured it; that is dying to self.
When you are content with any food, any clothes, any climate, any society, any interruption, or any solitude; that is dying to self.
When you never care to refer to yourself in a conversation or to record and recite your own good works, or to pursue commendation; when you can truly love to be unrecognized for something good; that is dying to self.
When you see someone else prosper, someone else reach goals that you desire, and you can honestly rejoice with that other person in spirit; feel no envy and not question God while your needs are far greater and [you are] in desperate circumstances; that is dying to self.
-John MacArthur, from sermon “God’s Pattern for Husbands – Part 1”
https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/1946/gods-pattern-for-husbands-part-1 quoted at: 34:00 minutes.
I often include that quote as part of our training for our mission teams as we prepare because
• I am acutely aware that at some point the mission trip is going to push the boundaries of our personal sense of right and wrong.
• If the backward culture, unfamiliar diet, or fluid schedule don’t get you then the airlines certainly will.
• I remind our mission teams that if we are going to go and be representatives of Christ in the world then we are going to have to die to self.
I stumbled across that paper this week and realized that
God is continuing that process in my life because inwardly
I have not always handled this quarantine very well.
In fact, there have been a couple of days
Where I have been extremely angry about it.
And while I would like to just pass it off as righteous indignation
It is more likely that it has simply exposed that
My flesh is still very much alive and must be killed.
And you know that this is necessary.
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”
Colossians 3:5-10 “Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him”
Death to self is necessary and honestly there are few things
That accomplish that better than a little SUFFERING.
Tonight’s Psalm is good for me.
It is a Psalm all about suffering, but more than that
It is a Psalm that reminds us HOW TO SUFFER CORRECTLY.
And you know that we could have a full sermon-length introduction just on the topic of suffering correctly.
• 1 Peter speaks all about suffering like Christ.
• James deals with the issue of suffering right out of the gate.
• Paul actually told the Philippians that suffering had been “granted” to them.
We could say a lot about it just by way of introduction,
But because it is a lengthy Psalm we really don’t have time to do that.
But tonight, let’s just examine this 69th Psalm and hear David’s heart
As he walks through this time of hardship.
We actually see 7 aspects to David’s suffering in this Psalm.
#1 UNJUST SUFFERING
Psalms 69:1-4
Now we certainly point out the first words of the Psalm
Because they are important.
“Save me”
• We are aware that James tells us to “count it all joy when you face trials of various kinds”
• We know that the writer of Hebrews assures us that “God disciplines those whom He loves”
• We’ve heard Peter tells us that if we suffer as a Christian we should “glorify God in this name”
We understand the Bible’s mandate to suffer the correct way,
But that does NOT MEAN that
In our suffering we cannot pray for deliverance.
David is about to outline his suffering,
But it is not lost on us that his first words are “Save me, O God”
This is the legitimate response of the believer in his trials.
Of all the different avenues a man can seek to escape his suffering,
None are as important or as powerful as praying to God about it.
Indeed this was the whole point of what Jesus taught us this morning.
• Be like the persistent widow.
• Pray night and day to God for justice.
• And Jesus promised that God will give it.
That is where David begins.
From there we learn that it is most certainly because David needs saving.
(1b-3) “For the waters have threatened my life. I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.”
It is poetic language but it is not hard to understand.
David is drowning, and he can’t swim.
• The horror of being in the water is that there is not handhold to grab hold of.
• There is not foot rest to support your weight.
• All you can grab is water and it does not allow you pull yourself up.
David is there.
He can’t escape.
All he can do is cry out for help,
But that cry has gone on so long that he is ABOUT TO LOSE HIS VOICE.
“I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail wile I wait for my God.”
He is just speaking of a lengthy time of suffering
That he has not been able to escape.
And adding to the struggle is the fact that
Thus far God has allowed it to continue.
I would venture to guess that most people here
• Have been in that boat at one time or another,
• Where suffering is intense
• And it has already gone on longer than you ever thought possible.
Let me just point out to you that
It is when suffering extends our limits that death to self occurs.
It is when the suffering moves beyond what we can handle
And we come to the end of ourselves
That we actually come into the place where God works on us.
I feel certain you have been there.
That is where David is.
But to make matters even worse for David.
His suffering is unjust.
(4) “Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.”
David’s suffering isn’t a quarantine or an illness or anything abstract.
David’s suffering is persecution.
• He is hated, but the problem is that he is hated “without a cause”
• And his enemies are many.
• David says they are “more than the hairs of my head”
• Not only that, but they “are powerful”
We just simply point out that
David is suffering and he is suffering unjustly.
Now we get to see how he handles it.
How do you suffer when you are suffering unjustly?
#2 HOLY SUFFERING
Psalms 69:5-12
When we read verse 5, it is NOT so much an admission of guilt
As it is an acknowledgement that God is his judge.
There is no hiding his true character from God.
There is no hiding his actions from God.
God knows everything about him.
In this incident David has already proclaimed that
His suffering is undeserved
And now he appeals to the God who knows that.
“O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.”
If David was guilty, God would know it.
But instead of being guilty, David actually has pure motives.
His goal is to suffer well as an example
And an encouragement to those who are watching.
(6) “May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,”
It is David’s hope that in his suffering that he can suffer in such a way
As to encourage the brethren.
Have you ever considered that in your suffering?
• It is very easy to get self-absorbed.
• It is very easy to get angry.
Have you thought about your suffering
As a tool for the encouragement of the body?
We remember Paul while jailed, writing to the Philippians.
Philippians 1:13-14 “so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.”
Paul saw his suffering as an opportunity to encourage the brethren.
• He even wrote to the Philippians regarding how they should follow his lead and
suffer like him.
Philippians 1:27-30 “Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; in no way alarmed by your opponents — which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.”
His hope was to be an encouragement.
That is what David says here.
• There are those who are hurting who are waiting on God,
• I hope I don’t let them down.
• I hope I can be a model of strength and encouragement to them.
• There are also those who are counting on me to do the right thing.
• I hope I do not dishonor them.
You see that proper mindset from David.
He is suffering unjustly, but he still wants to suffer well.
Beyond that, we also get a picture of WHY he is suffering.
(7-9) “Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons. For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.”
David actually says why he is suffering.
• It is “for Your sake”
David’s desire to obey and follow God has caused him suffering, even in the midst of his own household.
• “I have become estranged from my brothers and an alien to my mother’s sons.”
Why?
• “For zeal for Your house has consumed me.”
They hate me because I am so passionate about You.
What that really means is that they hate God,
And since David is passionate about God
The hatred they have for God has spilled over to him.
And there is so much there regarding suffering for Christ that is echoed in the New Testament.
• Jesus Himself told us that He would cause division even among our families.
• Jesus said they would hate us because they hate Him.
Paul said:
Colossians 1:24 “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.”
That doesn’t mean that Christ’s suffering was insufficient, rather it means that the world wasn’t finished persecuting Christ when He left.
And now their animosity falls to His church; His body.
And Paul said, I feel that animosity.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT DAVID IS SAYING.
We remember the lament of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 15:16-17 “Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.”
Jeremiah 20:8-9 “For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In reproach and derision all day long. But if I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it.”
And his suffering even came from his own home.
Jeremiah 12:6 “For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.”
YOU GET IT.
It is suffering, not for stupidity, but because of holiness.
Peter said:
1 Peter 4:15-16 “Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.”
Well that’s how David is suffering.
(10-12) “When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.”
He is a scorned and hated and rejected man because he is righteous.
Let me remind you that this is the highest calling of the believer.
To suffer reproach because of the name of Christ.
Peter said:
1 Peter 4:14 “If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”
Jesus said:
Matthew 5:11-12 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
In short, we are not just called to be sufferers, but holy sufferers.
We are called to suffer like Christ
And we are called to suffer because of Christ.
DAVID DID.
Unjust Suffering, Holy Suffering
#3 FAITHFUL SUFFERING
Psalms 69:13-19
We call this faithful suffering because in his pain
David does not turn on God.
Rather, in his pain David draws nearer to God.
He remains faithful so that the suffering can accomplish its perfect work.
• Now you still see David crying for an answer.
• You still see David crying for deliverance.
• BUT YOU ALSO SEE DAVID’S FAITH in God’s sovereign control, God’s loyalty, God’s compassion, and God’s omniscience.
He is trusting God in the midst of the suffering.
SOVEREIGNTY
(13a) “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time;”
• He doesn’t run to another.
• He doesn’t pray to another.
• God remains his only hope.
And David even acknowledges that all times are in God’s hands.
While he prays for deliverance, he also trusts the timing of God.
That is faithful suffering when your God is sovereign.
LOYALTY
(13b-15) “O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth. Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.”
You are well acquainted now that “lovingkindness” is CHECED
(God’s loyal covenantal love)
David doesn’t question God’s loyalty in suffering, he counts on it.
It is because of God’s loyalty that David can cry for deliverance.
He is trusting God.
COMPASSION
(16-18) “Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me, And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!”
His suffering doesn’t cause him to question God’s compassion.
It is his belief in God’s compassion that causes him to pray for help
And to even pray for redemption.
Do you see the difference between suffering in faith
And suffering without faith?
OMNISCIENCE
(19) “You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.”
He also trusts that God knows what is going on.
• Reminiscent of Hezekiah spreading the Assyrian letter out before God, David is well aware that God knows what is going on.
That’s faith isn’t it?
That is faithful suffering and the way we are called to do it.
To trust God in the storm even when we can’t see.
#4 SOLITARY SUFFERING
Psalms 69:20-21
It escalates the degree of David’s suffering.
• Not only is he suffering unjustly…
• Not only is he suffering for doing right…
• Not only is he maintain faith while suffering…
• BUT HE IS SUFFERING ALONE
• David says that he has no sympathy.
• David says that he has no comforters.
• Instead of food he is given gall.
• Instead of water he is given vinegar.
This is certainly a stinging and difficult suffering,
But it has not changed David’s faith or trust in God.
David still has not turned on God.
David still cries out to God.
It is certainly a difficult day when all of our other nets are removed.
When truly our only source of deliverance is God.
It is there that we find out the degree of our faith
And also the greatness of God’s power.
Unjust Suffering, Holy Suffering, Faithful Suffering, Solitary Suffering
#5 PATIENT SUFFERING
Psalms 69:22-28
This is the stanza of the Psalm that causes most people confusion.
• Again, it is a failure to understand the role and importance of the imprecatory Psalms.
If you only determine to pass them off as “unchristian”
Not only do you render a large portion of the Psalms incomprehensible,
But you also rob yourself of a rich treasure God has for you.
As I have told you, we do not reject the imprecatory Psalms.
• They are God’s Psalms.
• They are inspired by God’s Spirit.
• They are not now irrelevant (that cannot happen to God’s word)
• They are not now put on the “does not apply today” shelf.
We sing these songs!
We pray these prayers!
Instead of taking our own revenge (of which we are strictly forbidden)
We go into our closet and we lay our cause out to God
And ask Him for vengeance for vengeance is His.
• We are not ok with the oppression of the righteous.
• We are not ok with blasphemy of God’s name.
• We are not ok with the slaughter of the innocent.
• We are not ok with the mocking of the arrogant.
So we take our requests to God.
• We pray for His return (as we learned this morning)
• We pray for His righteous reign.
• We pray for His vindication.
The judgement of the wicked is as much the work of God
As the salvation of the humble is.
And we pray for that.
• While we turn our other cheek…
• While we go our extra mile…
• While we respond with a blessing…
• We lay our justice at the feet of God and ask Him to deliver.
That is what David is praying here.
It is an imprecatory prayer.
In the New Testament we see them most often in the book of the Revelation.
• The saints below the altar crying out “How Long?”
• Or the elders singing “Hallelujah! As the great harlot is destroyed”
But this is also part of the model prayer.
• When Jesus taught us to pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
• When Jesus taught us to pray “deliver us from the evil one.”
These are certainly references to our Lord’s coming
And His judgment on the wicked.
And David does that.
He pours his frustration out to God.
(22-25) “May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.”
That is harsh poetic language of judgment that David asks for.
BUT WHY?
(26) “For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, and they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.”
Remember the book of Obadiah?
It is a judgment on Edom.
Why?
Because when God judged Jerusalem, t
Hey stood at the crossroads and cut down the survivors.
Obadiah 10-11,14 “Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever. “On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem — You too were as one of them…Do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.”
They had no right to persecute God’s people, but they did.
And God judged them for it.
The same is what David prays here.
He cannot seek his own revenge,
But he can most certainly patiently wait for the wrath of the Lord.
(27-28) “Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.”
It is a simple prayer for the justice of God.
• We are thankful God is merciful and gracious and compassionate,
• But we are also thankful He is holy and just.
We do not take our own revenge in our suffering,
But we do patiently wait for God’s vindication;
Which He will surely bring.
Luke 18:7-8 “now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
David is patiently suffering.
#6 HOPEFUL SUFFERING
Psalms 69:29-33
Here David is still suffering. Here David is still in pain.
But he is looking to the day of salvation and deliverance
When that suffering is over.
(29) “But I am afflicted and in pain; may Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.”
He is looking with hope to the day when it is over.
But even in the midst, he worships
And he understands that this is the desire of God.
(30-31) “I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.”
God loves a sufferer’s song more than a rich man’s dollar.
God loves a sufferer’s gratitude more than a priests offering.
David sings songs of salvation even while suffering
Because he is suffering with hope.
Romans 5:3-5 “And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
This worship, this gratitude, this hope even while suffering
Is evidence that the Holy Spirit dwells within us.
Worship while suffering is what Paul calls “proven character”.
IT PROVES WHOSE WE ARE.
DAVID WORSHIPS WITH HOPE.
And do you remember how EARLIER he was concerned about being an encouragement?
Well, because he sang while suffering, HE WAS an encouragement.
(32-33) “The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners.”
David’s song in the night was precisely what other humble believers needed to hear.
• It is the song of Paul and Silas while in jail in Philippi…
• It is the worship of Job while burying his children…
• It is the celebration of Peter and John after a flogging…
It is suffering with hope, and it encourages the weak.
Unjust Suffering, Holy Suffering, Faithful Suffering, Solitary Suffering, Patient Suffering, Hopeful Suffering
#7 VICTORIOUS SUFFERING
Psalms 69:34-36
With eyes to eternity.
David moves from earth to heaven where the victory is won
And recounts the total praise that will be God’s forever.
(34) “Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.”
WHY?
(35-36) “For God WILL save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.”
With eyes of faith David looks to the victory of the city
Where there will be no more crying or pain or death
And already begins to sing the song of the victorious.
This is how we must suffer as well.
• No matter how difficult, unjust, or solitary.
• We must suffer holiness, faith, patience, hope, and victory.
That is the example David lays out.
And you see that.
BUT I’M BETTER YOU’VE SEEN MORE THAN THAT
AS WE WORKED THROUGH THIS PSALM.
Perhaps you read verse 4 about “those who hate me without a cause” and it sparked a memory in your mind.
John 15:24-25 “If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. “But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.’
Perhaps you read verse 9 “For zeal for Your house has consumed me” and it sparked a memory.
John 2:15-17 “And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.” His disciples remembered that it was written, “ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.”
Perhaps you read also in verse 9, “the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me” and it sparked a memory.
Romans 15:3 “For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME.”
Perhaps you read verse 21, “They also gave me gall for my food and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” And it sparked yet another memory.
Matthew 27:34 “they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.”
No doubt some of you already picked up on this.
But while David wrote the Psalm, this Psalm is really about
The true Suffering Servant, who is Christ.
What I want you to do now is jot down this outline,
• Perhaps even in your margin
• And then you can go home and look at Christ in this Psalm
• And rejoice in His victorious suffering.
(1-4) THE SUFFERING SERVANT
• See Christ hated without a cause (4)
• See Christ surrounded by His foes (4)
• See Christ having to pay for what He did not do. (4)
(5-12) THE SANCTIFIED SERVANT
• See Christ examined by God (5)
• See Christ as the only hope of His brethren (6)
• See Christ suffering because He was righteous (7-8)
• See Christ zealous for God (9)
• See Christ mocked for and cursed and slandered (10-12)
(13-19) THE SUBMISSIVE SERVANT
• See Christ in the garden praying, “not My will, but Yours” (13)
• See Christ praying for this cup to pass (14-15)
• See Christ suffering in agony yet enduring (17-18)
• See Christ contemplating the shame and reproach that is coming (19)
(20-21) THE SLAUGHTEED SERVANT
• See Christ hanging on the cross (20)
• See His heart broken (20)
• See everyone mocking and scoring (20)
• See Him suffering alone (20)
• See them give Him gall and vinegar to drink (21)
(22-28) THE SUPREME SERVANT
• See Christ as the exclusive Savior (26)
• See Christ as the exalted King
• See Christ as the sure and certain Judge of His accusers
• See Christ’s life mean death for those who hate Him
• See that acceptance or rejection of Christ is the most important decision this world ever makes.
(29-33) THE SATISFYING SERVANT
• See the salvation Christ purchased (29)
• See that His sacrifice was more pleasing that goats or bulls (31)
• See that the humble love what He did (32)
• See that the needy are revived through His offering (32)
• See how the prisoners are released through His suffering (33)
(34-36) THE SAVING SERVANT
• See Christ exalted in heaven (34)
• See every tongue confessing and every knee bowing (34)
• See the host of heaven crying worthy is the Lamb (34)
• See the redeemed in the new Zion (35)
• See the redeemed dwelling there with Him (35)
• See those who love His name dwelling with Him in heaven (36)
That is your homework for the week.
(these notes will be on the website with the sermon post if you want a guide)
And then next week,
• We’re going to come back and we will study this Psalm again.
• Next time we will look to the glorified Savior who was the true example and suffering Servant.
