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Man of Sorrows, What a Savior: Why Jesus Had to Suffer Before You Could Have Joy
Have you ever wondered why an old hymn calls Jesus man of sorrows and hallelujah, what a savior, in the very same breath? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson reads verses from the classic hymn Man of Sorrows, tracing its arc from Isaiah 53:3, where Jesus is called a man of sorrows acquainted with deepest grief, all the way through the cross to Christ's glorious return. The suffering had to come before the joy: Hebrews 12 says Jesus endured the cross for the joy set before Him, and that joy was you. Pastor Dickerson applies this to our own revival journey, where drawing closer to…
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