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You guys don`t have to agree with me, but it is as plain as day, thank you for responding though..
What is plain as day is ALL you desire to see in the “gospel” is election and Limited Atonement and desire to leave out the rest …. You say LOOK, LOOK, LOOK at Isaiah 53 – SEE, SEE, SEE and all you point out is limited atonement. However, even a brief overview, and very brief at that, reveals that Isaiah 53 is about A LOT MORE than just Limited Atonement:

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Faith, vs 1
There is a message, vs 1
The message is revealed by God, vs 1
Jesus is a real man, vs 2
Jesus was rejected, vs 3
Jesus was despised, vs 3
Jesus bore sin, vs 4
Jesus was afflicted for me, vs 4
Jesus brought me to peace with God, vs 5
Jesus took all my sin, not just part of it, vs 6
Jesus suffered and complained not, vs 7
Jesus was stricken for his elect, vs. 8
Jesus truly dies, vs 9
Jesus sufferings were God’s will, vs. 10
God is satisfied by Christ’s sacrifice, vs 11
Jesus bore the sin of many, vs 12
Christ made intercession for the transgressors, vs. 12
Thus my problem is when you say “according to the Scriptures,” and ONLY SEE – Limited Atonement. One wonders why you are willing to “overlook” the rest of Isaiah and just concentrate on one issue?

In 1 Cor 15, Paul looked at Isaiah and warns us what he is about to do. He said he is going to tell us about the gospel, but not all the gospel (1 Cor 15:3). Paul’s intent is not to preach the whole of chapter 53 here, but to emphasize Christ’s death and resurrection. He does this because he is preparing to explain and make a parallel with the final resurrection (1 Cor 15:35f). Again, as Pilgrim already stated, you need to learn to study scripture within the context of what the author of it intends and not what you desire to “always” read upon it (i.e. Sola Quinque Pedal Declamatio … Five Pedal Sermons Alone). <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/coffee2.gif" alt="" />

Reformed and Always Reforming,