SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 52 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Just as there were many who were appalled at him — his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness– so will he sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see,…
don’t drink that cup!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 51 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine. This is what your Sovereign Lord says, your God, who defends his people: “See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again….
silence the accuser!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 50 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week: Is the virgin birth for real, does it really matter? (Check out previous questions here)
free indeed!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 49 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives rescued from the fierce ? But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. [Isaiah 49:24-25] This chapter describes…
peace like a river
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 48 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My idols did them; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ [Isaiah 48:5] God uses Isaiah to prepare His people for what is about to come; He predicts both the…
God’s choice and ours
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 47 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke. [Isaiah 47:6] This passage describes how God uses a foreign power to punish His people for their sin, but that power…
eternal and unchanging
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 46 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared? [Isaiah 46:5] In this chapter Isaiah is exposing the folly of comparing God to idols, or to anyone else. Whether a hand-carved idol or a mighty king or warrior, neither can compare…
His good purpose
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 45 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. [Isaiah 45:22] Isaiah makes the amazing claim that God is directing King Cyrus (of Babylon) to overcome the Assyrians and eventually restore Israel as a nation [read Cyrus’ decree in Ezra 1:1-4]. He…
power and authority
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 44 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, … who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says…