Faith In The Right Person
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors” (Mark 15:28).
The
progressive fulfillment of this passage from Isaiah 53 is the amazing
story of our Lord’s three baptisms. First, this prophecy must be applied
to our Lord’s incarnation. Born a babe at Bethlehem, He was baptized
into the human race, becoming, not merely one with us, but one of us, a
true human being, though still also “very God.” This is how He was first
“numbered with the transgressors.”
Later
the Lord was baptized again, this time with water, by John the Baptist.
John’s baptism was unto “repentance for the remission of sins” and
those who responded came to his baptism “confessing their sins” (Mark
1:4,5). Little wonder that John at first refused to baptize this sinless
One, saying: “I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to
me?” But the Lord insisted, saying: “Thus it becometh us to fulfill all
righteousness” (Matt. 3:13-15). Thus our Lord joined repentant sinners
in baptism and was, in this practical way, “numbered with the
transgressors.”
But
after His baptism into the human race and His subsequent baptism with
water, our Lord spoke of a third baptism, saying: “I have a baptism to
be baptized with, and how am I straitened [Lit., “What a spot I am in”]
till it be accomplished!” (Luke 12:50). This third baptism was, of
course, His death at Calvary, where He was baptized into God’s judgment
upon sin in order that He might save us from it.
Finally, then, Isaiah 53:12 was fulfilled, for it is in connection with His death at Calvary that Mark 15:27,28 says:
“And with Him they crucify two thieves; the one on His right hand, and the other on His left. And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors.”
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