In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse seven, “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he 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 endured His suffering for us patiently and voluntarily, as in First Peter two, verse twenty-three, John one, verses twenty-nine, thirty-six, and Revelation five, verse six, respectively. The Son of God went through the most intolerable weight of His sufferings, and the most pungent pain and sorrow. God’s justice required satisfaction from us for our sins, for we were incapable of making, and He answered the demand; that is, became our surety, or undertook to pay our debt, or suffer the penalty of the law in our stead.
He neither murmured against God for giving Him up to suffer for other men’s sins, nor reviled men for punishing Him without cause, nor used apologies or endeavours to save His own life; but willingly and quietly accepted the punishment of our iniquity, manifesting, through the whole scene of his unparalleled sufferings, the most exemplary patience and meekness, and the most ready and cheerful compliance with His heavenly Father’s will.
Believers will go through various forms of suffering for the sake of serving Jesus Christ. Why? The Son of God went through them, and those who have salvation through the Saviour will have to experience some degree of it as well. How will it come? Only God knows, and it is unknown to His servants because it is a spiritual matter. Saints are aware of how Jesus went through with His, which began with envy from the religious people of all people. The chief priests, the scribes, and the Pharisees initially caused Jesus to suffer with their constant surveillance.