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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Isaiah 42:1-9: The Chosen and Beloved Servant of the LORD
Description: The LORD brings forth His chosen and beloved servant. Although Israel and others have been called the LORD’s servants, the Servant described here is finally Jesus. St. Matthew and the other evangelists quote from this text and allude to it so that we might see Jesus fulfilling it in His Baptism, in His ministry of healing and preaching, in His crucifixion, and in His resurrection. As the One who bears the Spirit, Jesus serves us by sustaining us under the weariness of our sin in order to bring the justice of His justification. The LORD gives this to us...