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Scripture: Isaiah 66 I. You must choose between the glory of God and the disgrace of an idol. A. Isaiah 66 opens with the greatness of God and His creation: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me? He reminds us in vs. 2…
Scripture: Isaiah 58 Good works are unacceptable to God and unattractive to others when they are self-centered and hypocritical. “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure.” (v3) “We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.”(Isaiah 64:6) “When you fast,…
Scripture: Isaiah 55 I. You should come to God’s party because you will be satisfied. A. The people of Israel that Isaiah prophesied among were not satisfied. They’re spending their money on that which is not bread (vs. 2). They’re laboring for that which does not satisfy. God gives His dissatisfied people a strange invitation.…
Scripture: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Acts 8:34-35: “‘About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.” I. God saves through Jesus. A. Jesus confirms that He is the prophesied servant of God who would bring…
Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-11 I. Jesus is your example of listening to and speaking God’s Word A. Who interrupts God’s conversation with Israel in vs. 4? We wait until verse 10 to find out. There we read, “Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant?” This is the servant of the…
Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-13 I. God’s Servant will bring good news for Israel A. God announces some good news for Israel in Isaiah 48:20: Israel would leave exile inBabylon and come back home. But even when Israel came back home physically, theywould still be in exile from God spiritually. So the servant’s mission in Isa. 49:5…
Scripture: Isaiah 42 The Servant is the chosen, loved and Spirit-anointed Messiah “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; Ihave put my Spirit upon him. . .” (v1) “When Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, andbehold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw…
Scripture: Isaiah 40 I. God is comforter. A. The comfort (vs. 1) God wants to bring to Jerusalem is to breathe new life and strength intoHis defeated and demoralized people. God still calls Jerusalem “my people.” So, God says in vs.2, “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” Some translators say this means, “Speak to the heart.” Oneword…
Scripture: Isaiah 38 & 39 I. You trust God alone in both personal crisis and national crisis A. The personal crisis for King Hezekiah is that he is going to die (vs. 1). He was one of the best kings in the nation of Judah’s history. 2 Chronicles 29:2: “And (Hezekiah) did what was right in…
Scripture: Isaiah 36 & 37 I . You need to respond to a challenge with dependence on the LORD. A. We see the challenge King Hezekiah and Jerusalem faced in vs. 1 and 2 of chapter 36in 701 BC. The king of Assyria told Hezekiah and Jerusalem to surrender now. At thisexact spot in 735…
