All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; *and the* Lord hath laid on him the *iniquity of us all*. *He was oppressed, and he was afflicted* yet no opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (*Jesus Christ was surely a man of, affliction.*) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: *for the transgression of my people was he stricken*. (Christ bore our sins in His body.) And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (This is a beautiful picture of Christ.) *Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him*; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make *his soul an offering for sin*, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.) He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; *for he shall bear their iniquities*. (That’s what Christ did.) Scriptures, The. *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* THESE things have I written unto you that *believe upon* the *name* of the *Son* of *God*; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have *eternal life*. _I John 5:13._ Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may *know we are saved* because God says so. SEARCH the *scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. _John 5:39._ No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour. FOR *whatsover* is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the victory that *overcometh* the *world*, even our faith. _I John 5:4._ He who has *God’s life* in him, is the one who *has victory.* IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is BORN OF HIM. _I John 2:29._ WHOSOEVER is *born* of God *doth not commit sin*; for his seed remaineth in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God. _I John 3:9._ This means that the *new nature* “His seed” *cannot sin*, though the old nature does. WE know that we have passed from death unto life, *because we love the brethren*. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. _I John 3:14-15._