Isaiah 65:13-25
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+ God is moving all of human history to a glorious eternal ending
+ Our Eternal Destiny is the Culmination of our Earthly Trajectory
+ If we believe a new world is coming, then we must invest our greatest resources and energies in that world
A Cry for Revival
Isaiah 63:15-64:12.
Heartfelt Prayer
Commitment to Righteousness
Confession and Repentance
Submission to God
Isaiah 55:1-7
God’s grace is all satisfying.
Images of Grand Bazaar in Istanbul
God’s grace is free.
John 6:35 (ESV) — 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
John 7:37–39 (ESV) — 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
God’s Grace is freeing
“...in the past couple of years, I have noticed a happiness pattern that relates to politics. Namely, the people most in the know tend to be unhappier than those who pay less attention. I subjected this observation to a bit of analysis, and sure enough, the numbers bear it out. I analyzed the 2014 data from the General Social Survey collected by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to see how attention to politics is associated with life satisfaction. The results were significant. Even after controlling for income, education, age, gender, race, marital status and political views, being “very interested in politics” drove up the likelihood of reporting being “not too happy” about life by about eight percentage points.” Arthur C Brooks. “Depressed by Politics? Just Let it Go.”
Isaiah 53
The Identity of the Suffering Servant
The Description of His Suffering
The Meaning and Cause of His Suffering.
Substitution
Propitiation
The Outcomes of His Suffering. For us
Justification
Adoption
The Response to His Suffering
Why should we listen to him?
+ He is wise
+ He is Compassionate
+ He is Sacrificial
+ He is Exalted
How shall we listen to him?
+ Daily
+ To Receive and to Give
+ Without reservation
+ Renouncing our Wisdom
SERMON HIGHLIGHTS
+ Mission of the Servant
+ Methods of the Servant
+ Means of the Servant
Isaiah 58:1-12
+ True spirituality is a pursuit of God AND a shared embrace of God’s deepest concerns.
Isaiah 41:1-20
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+ God is Sovereign and is orchestrating the future for the good of His people.
+God enables the weak to overcome every obstacle
+God does the impossible in response to prayer
Isaiah 40:9-31
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Find Comfort in the Mighty Arm of God
Find Comfort in the Incomparable Greatness of God
Find Comfort in the inexhaustible resources of God
Isaiah 40:1-8
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Find Comfort in the Forgiving Grace of God
Find Comfort In the Experienced Presence of God
Find Comfort In the Enduring Promises of God
The Blessing of Crisis
-Our crises create opportunities for a fresh encounter with God.
-Our crises reveal what we really want.
The Threat of Prosperity.
+ God is a God who makes the barren fruitful.
+ God is a God who strengthens the weak and calms the anxious.
+ God is a God who overturns the impossible
+ God is a God of the happy ending
Isaiah 30:18-33
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God wants from us a Life of Faith.
+ The Life of Faith Submits to God’s Discipline
- Discipline of Correction
- Discipline of Perfection
+ The Life of Faith waits for God’s Victory.
Isaiah 30-31
To live a life of faith, what does a life of faith look like ... ?
+The life of Faith Listens to God’s voice
+ A life of faith is a life that submits to God’s voice, his word.
Focus on Intimacy with God
Marinate Your Life in Scripture
Trust That His Word Is Reality and It's Good
Commit To His Will And Do Whatever He Says To Do
Isaiah 30-31
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To live a life of faith, what does a life of faith look like ... ?
+A Life Of Faith Relies On God's Mercy
Isaiah 29:11-14
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+Diminished Affection
+ Neglected Revelation
+Legalistic Tradition
+ Absent Compassion
A new heart
A renewed heart
ISAIAH 13-24
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+ God has a settled, active, opposition to Human Pride.
+ Pride puts us at enmity with God and others.
+ The end of unchecked, unrepentant pride is the active opposition of God.
+ Humility opens us up to the experience of the Grace of God.
+ The consummation of Human History is the exaltation of Jesus.
+ Begin your day renouncing pride and embracing humility.
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