Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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It is always a
blessing to have you to join us.
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And if you've been following
us through the Book of Isaiah,
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a powerful study, you've
seen God transforming our lives
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and I hope He's been
also transforming your Life.
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We are on lesson number
nine, "The Servant Nation."
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And the title of this week's
is "To Serve and to Save."
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And so I'd like you
to stay tuned to join us
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through a wonderful excursion
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through the
unfolding Book of Isaiah.
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If you don't have a
lesson, you can get a copy
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by downloading at
ABSG.Adventist.org.
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Or better yet, look for a local
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and join them for
an exhilarating study.
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But right now
since you've tuned in,
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join us as we once
again walk with Isaiah,
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by the side of Christ.
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Hello, friends, welcome
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to our 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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It is always a blessing on
our part to be able to sit here
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and open God's
Word and serve a meal
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that God alone has
the ingredients for.
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We thank you so much for
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eating freshly
from the Word of God,
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that which the Lord
prepared beforehand,
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that should be a part
of this table of service.
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And today we are going
to enjoy lesson number nine,
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"To Serve and to Save."
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And before we go
any further though,
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I want to just let you know
that we have a panel of people
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who have prayed for God to
use them as vessels through
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which His honor
will be heard and seen.
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To my immediate left is
a young lady who I know...
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approaches God's Word
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with a serious
heart and a humble heart.
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Thank you so
much for that, Jill.
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I appreciate you so much.
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Good to have you here
today. Thank you, Pastor John.
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Privileged to be here and
study one of my favorite books.
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That's right.
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And whenever
Ryan is on the panel,
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we know we got enthusiasm,
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we might get a
song every now and then.
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Ryan, good to have you here.
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It's a blessing
to be here as always.
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Yes, the singer in
Israel and, pastor,
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one we share the same
name, but Pastor John Dinzey,
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the head of 3ABN
Latino Good to have you here
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whenever you're with us.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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And even though you may
not see it, we are smiling.
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I like that.
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And Sister Shelley,
what can I say about Shelley.
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Shelley is always on
target, ready to serve the Lord
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with her voice
and with her life.
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Good to have you here.
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Well, I'm just
privileged to be a part of this.
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I thank God all the time.
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Okay. Amen to that.
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Well, Pastor Dinzey, would
you have prayer for us today
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before we get into our lesson?
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Let's go to the
Lord in prayer. Okay.
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Our most
wonderful, Heavenly Father,
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we pause before You, Lord,
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to ask for that
which we have not.
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Because the
understanding of the scriptures
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truly comes from You.
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So we pray that Your Holy Spirit
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will be upon us,
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that You will use us
according to Your good pleasure.
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And, Lord, we ask also
for those that are tuning in
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from whatever ways they can,
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bless them also
with an understanding
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of the Holy
Scriptures, that as we share,
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You will bring the
message Your people need.
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We pray for a blessing upon all.
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And we ask You for
these things in the holy
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and blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much, so much.
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To serve and to save,
our memory text is found
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in Isaiah 42:1.
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And I will read that
briefly for you says, "Behold!
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My Servant whom I uphold,
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My elect One in
whom My soul delights!
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I have put My Spirit upon Him,
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He will bring forth
justice to the Gentiles."
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I can't help but to understand,
in fact, who that is,
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that's Christ
Himself, the Holy One,
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the One in whom God
the Father delights.
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You know, when
Isaiah speaks about servant,
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we talk about
the servant nation,
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but it breaks down servanthood
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not only on the corporate level,
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but it breaks it down
on the individual level.
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And then sometimes
when it doesn't even mention
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the servant,
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it is making a
broader application
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to the fact that
whomever receives the Lord
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in his or her life is
called to be a servant.
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And the servant is
not greater than the Lord.
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So Isaiah in Isaiah 41:8
speaks of Israel, my servant.
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Let's look at
that really briefly.
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And then we're
going to break down
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the individual
components and I have...
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I think, Jill, I
have seven points.
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I'm gonna try to fit
them in as well as you do it.
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Try to get them in
here, but Isaiah 41,
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I just said, what
verse did I just say?
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Verse 8.
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Verse 8, "But you, O
Israel are my servant,
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Jacob whom I have chosen,
the descendants of Abraham,"
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and I love that, "my friend."
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So nice when the Lord
can call us His friend.
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But a number of things
that I noticed in the passage
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as we begin to break it down.
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Jacob is the immediate servant
as referred to in Isaiah.
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Actually, Isaiah 48,
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you find Jacob is
referred to there.
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Let's go peek at Isaiah 48:20.
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And I know there
are some passages
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that we all go over
together at the same time.
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But the immediate servant
referred to here is Jacob.
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It says, "Go forth from Babylon!
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Flee from the Chaldeans!
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With a voice of
singing, declare, proclaim this,
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utter it to the
end of the earth, say,
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'The Lord has
redeemed His servant Jacob!' "
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And as we know, Jacob
is the pre-victorious name
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that later was now changed
to Israel, the overcomer.
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It's important to know
that because a lot of times
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when people read
the Book of Revelation,
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and they read the sons of Jacob,
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or the tribes of Israel.
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They think of these as
literal tribes, when in fact,
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by that time, it has
such a symbolic application,
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it's important to
understand the trajectory
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of from the
literal to the symbolic.
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The word Israel, in fact,
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is a term that's more applicable
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to spiritual Israel
than it is to literal Israel.
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As Paul says in Romans 9:6,
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"It is not that the Word
of God has not taken effect,
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but they are not all
Israel that are of Israel."
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So let's not glory
in our national origin,
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but let's glory in
our spiritual origin.
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You also find that
Israel, Exodus 7:16,
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Israel is the nation
that is called to serve God.
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Exodus 7:16, says,
"And you shall say to him,
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'The Lord God of the Hebrews
has sent me to you, saying,
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'Let My people go,
that they may serve Me
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in the wilderness,'
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but indeed, until now
you would not hear!' "
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That is the message to Pharaoh.
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He wouldn't let
the people of God go.
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But keep that now
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in perspective
today paralleling,
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we are living in
our wilderness journey.
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And there are forces
that refuse to let us go.
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There are habits
that refuse to let us go.
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There are things of our past
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that we refuse
to disconnect from.
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But the only way
that you can serve God
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is just to separate
yourself from that thing,
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which has the
greatest grip on you.
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Pray that God will
not only separate you,
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but pray that you will
have the willing mind to let go
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whatever is preventing you
from fully serving the Lord.
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And that's what's being
emphasized in this passage.
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Let my people go.
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That's what the Lord daily says
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to the forces that
are trying to bind us,
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let My people go,
that they may serve Me.
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Then Psalm 72:11,
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broadens the picture of service.
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Psalm 72:11, when
God's servant is not named,
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it indicates that we
should all serve Him.
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Psalm 72:11, it says, "Yes,
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all kings shall
fall down before Him,
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all nations shall do" what?
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Serve Him. "All
nations shall serve Him."
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The nation of the saved
will definitely serve the Lord
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throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
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And sometimes
people wonder, well,
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what that service is
going to be comprised of.
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I'll tell you, it's going
to be a delightful service,
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a service to
God in an atmosphere
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where there's no
more sin, no more death,
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no more suffering, no
more crying, no more pain
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is going to be a
delightful service.
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And then not only serving God,
but we're going to get a chance
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a round trip ticket
to go to unfallen worlds,
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to tell people
how beautiful it is
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to serve God as
redeemed sinners.
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Amen to that? Amen to that.
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Serving God as perfect
is an easy thing to do.
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But making this decision
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to serve God as
redeemed sinners.
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Now, having the title saint
is not an easy thing to do.
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It's a continual commitment
on a day by day basis.
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But two points before I
go to my seven points, Jill,
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is one, let's go to Isaiah 41:9,
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God chooses us.
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That's first and most important,
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God chooses us.
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Isaiah 41:9, "
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You whom I have taken
from the ends of the earth,
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and called forth
its farthest regions,
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and said to you,
'You are My servant,
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I have chosen you and
have not cast you away."
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God chooses us.
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It's a privilege to choose God
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because we are
also told to do that.
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But it's so
wonderful for God to choose us.
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And then when He chooses us,
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He says, "Now do you choose Me."
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God chose Peter, but then
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Peter had a
difficult time choosing God.
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God chose the disciples
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and there was one
that didn't chose,
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choose to be faithful.
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We know about that.
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But that's the first
thing God chooses us.
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Second point is God protects us.
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Isaiah 41:10,
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"Fear not, for I am with you,
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be not dismayed,
for I am your God."
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Amen.
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Jill, you did a wonderful job
on this, praise God for that.
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"I will strengthen
you, yes, I will help you,
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I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand.' "
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Point number one, serve the Lord
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through the service
rendered to humanity.
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Colossians 3:23-24,
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serve the Lord
with your whole heart
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through service
rendered to humanity.
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Don't ever say to people,
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you should be
glad I'm serving you.
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No, do whatever you do
as though you're doing it
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directly to the Lord.
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Colossians 3:23,
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"And whatever you
do, do it heartily,"
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that means with all
your all your being,
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"as to the Lord and not to
men, knowing that from the Lord
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you will receive the
reward of the inheritance,
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for you serve the Lord Christ."
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Serve the Lord
through the humanity
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that God is
bringing you in contact with.
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Second thing, serve the
Lord with the right attitude,
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is an attitude to service.
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Some people have
the wrong attitude,
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they say, I am, you
know, have the right attitude.
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Psalm 100:2,
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"Serve the Lord with
gladness," With what?
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"Gladness, come before
his presence with singing."
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And Ryan always
is blessed by that.
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Come before his
presence with singing.
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Serve the Lord with gladness.
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Whatever you do,
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serve the Lord
with the right attitude.
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There's nothing more conflicting
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than having the right
message and the wrong attitude.
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Sometimes people are
not converted by what we say
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but how we say it.
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That's right.
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Not just by the
communication of the truth,
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but communicate the
truth as one who is converted
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by the very truth
that you communicate
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with the right
attitude, serve...Third thing,
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serve the Lord exclusively,
serve the Lord exclusively.
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Matthew 4:10.
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Matthew 4:10, "Serve
the Lord exclusively."
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Don't allow anything else
to hinder your service to God.
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And by the way, this is
directed to the devil himself.
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And Jesus said to
him, "Away with you, Satan,
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for it is written,
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you shall
worship the Lord your God
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and him only you shall serve."
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Kind of pause
and ask the question,
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is that a
challenge in your life?
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Is there something
challenging your service
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that belongs to God alone?
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When you can get that right,
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it's like trying to
go left and go right
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at the same time
trying to go north and south.
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A heart divided against itself
cannot experience success.
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The fourth one,
serve the Lord personally.
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Serve the Lord personally.
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Joshua 24:18,
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"And the Lord drove out
from before us all the people,
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including the
Amorites who dwelt in the land.
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We also serve the
Lord, for He is our God."
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Serve the Lord personally.
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Make it personal.
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Whenever we read
certain portions of the Bible,
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sometimes I always say,
and I say, instead of saying,
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If you love me,
say if I love you,
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keep His commandments.
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Make your
service to God personal.
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The other one is serve
the Lord without distractions.
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1 Corinthians 7:35,
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serve the Lord
without distractions.
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"And this I say
for your own profit,
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not that I may
put a leash on you,
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but for what is proper,
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and that you may serve
the Lord without distraction."
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And there are lot of
distractions nowadays,
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but praise.
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I always say to people,
don't try to read your Bible
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with the television on,
with your iPad in your lap,
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with your phone in your lap.
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Cut all of that
off, turn the radio off,
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and allow the voice of
God to be heard in solitude,
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of reading His Word.
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Number six, serve the Lord
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with the final reward and focus.
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Serve Him with the
final reward and focus.
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Matthew 25:21,
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"The Lord said
to him, 'Well done,
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good and faithful servant,
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you were faithful
over a few things,
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I will make you
ruler over many things.
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Enter into the
joy of your Lord."
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Serve the Lord with
the final reward and focus.
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What do you want to hear?
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I just simply
want to hear God say,
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"Well done thou good
and faithful servant."
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Amen.
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So when I serve the Lord, I do
take people into consideration,
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but my number one
focus is the Lord.
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And finally,
choose to serve the Lord.
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You know what text I'm
going to use, Joshua 24:15.
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That's right.
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"Choose you this
day, whom you will serve."
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Be like Joshua and say,
"But as for me and my house, "
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what are we going to do?
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"We will serve the Lord."
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Choose to serve the Lord.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Pastor John.
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I love those lists.
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Monday's lesson is
"Unnamed Individual Servant."
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So in the Book of Isaiah,
especially the second half,
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this book of comfort,
Isaiah 40 through Isaiah 66,
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we see two
different forms of servant.
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As Pastor John
already talked about
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this corporate servant
meaning Israel or Jacob.
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Then we have the
individual servant,
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which is the focus of my lesson.
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Turn with me to Isaiah 42.
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We're going to read
the first seven verses
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of Isaiah Chapter 42.
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We knew, know this
servant is none other
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than the Lord
Jesus Christ Himself.
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This is a messianic prophecy.
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This is the first
actually of the four servant
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songs in Isaiah.
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There's one in Isaiah 42,
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talking about Jesus the Messiah.
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There's one in Isaiah 49,
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I think Shelley
is gonna cover that.
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We have Isaiah
50 is another one.
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And then, of
course, the fourth one
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is at the end of Isaiah
52 into Isaiah Chapter 53.
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Now, Isaiah 61 is also a
wonderful messianic prophecy,
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but it does not
reference the term servant
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as it refers to Jesus.
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So as we look at Isaiah
42, these first seven verses,
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I want to look at,
Pastor John, seven identifying
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characteristics of
who the servant is.
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How we identify the servant.
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So characteristic number one,
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the servant is
anointed by the Holy Spirit.
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Let's read verse 1,
Isaiah 42:1, "Behold!
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My Servant whom I uphold,
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My Elect One in
whom My soul delights!"
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What's the next phrase?
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"I have put My Spirit upon Him."
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If you turn back
to Isaiah Chapter 11,
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we studied this
a few quarters ago.
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Isaiah Chapter 11 is
another messianic prophecy.
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And we see Isaiah 11:1,
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"There shall come forth a
Rod from the stem of Jesse,
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and a Branch shall
grow out of his roots.
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The Spirit of the
Lord shall rest upon Him."
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Do you notice that?
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So this messianic
prophecy in Isaiah 11,
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the spirit rests upon Jesus.
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Here in Isaiah 42, the
spirit is put upon Him.
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We see also in Acts 10:38.
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This is Peter, of course,
speaking to the Gentiles,
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Cornelius's household.
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Acts 10:38, he says,
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how God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth
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with the Holy
Spirit and with power.
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We see that Jesus was
anointed with the Holy Spirit
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from birth.
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Identifying
characteristic number one
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is that this
servant, the Messiah
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is anointed by the Holy Spirit.
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Characteristic number two,
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He brings justice to
the nations to the earth.
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We just read the
second half of Isaiah 42:1.
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We already read the first half,
let's read the second half.
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"He will bring forth
justice to the Gentiles."
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If you go back to Isaiah
11, we reference that before.
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But Isaiah 11:4
talks about Jesus,
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this messianic
prophecy, bringing justice.
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It says, "But with righteousness
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He shall judge the poor,
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and decide with equity
for the meek of the earth,
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He shall strike the earth
with the rod of His mouth,
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with the breath of His
lips He shall slay the wicked."
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The Messiah is portrayed
as bringing righteousness,
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justice, and equity.
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And we know that
Jesus fulfilled that,
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I think of John 12:31-32.
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What's it say?
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Now is the
judgment of this earth,
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now the ruler of this
world will be cast out.
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And I," Jesus
speaking of Himself,
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"if I am lifted up
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from the earth would
draw all peoples to Myself.
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Jesus' death brought
justice back to the world,
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by casting out Satan who
had usurped Jesus' position
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as "ruler of this earth."
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Characteristic number
three, he the servant,
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this is the
Messiah, brings peace.
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He does not fight back.
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Let's look at
verse 2, Isaiah 42:2,
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"He will not cry
out, " this is a servant,
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referring to Jesus,
"nor raise His voice,
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nor cause His voice to
be heard in the street."
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Isaiah 53, that
powerful passage, verse 7,
00:19:17.52\00:19:20.86
"He was oppressed
and He was afflicted,
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yet He opened not His mouth,
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He was led as a
lamb to the slaughter,
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and as a sheep before
its shearers is silent,
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He opened not His mouth."
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We know Jesus fulfilled that.
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Matthew 27:13-14,
"Pilate said to Him,
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'Don't You hear the testimony
00:19:37.74\00:19:39.07
that they're
bringing against You?'"
00:19:39.11\00:19:40.88
But Jesus, He
didn't make any reply,
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not even to a single charge
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to the great
amazement of the governor.
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Characteristic number
four, He saves us from sin,
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while strengthening our
light and witness for Him.
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I think this is my
favorite characteristic.
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Let's read verses 3 and 4.
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A bruised reed,
we're back to Isaiah 42.
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I'm sorry, Isaiah 42:3-4,
00:20:03.13\00:20:08.94
"A bruised reed
He will not break,
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and smoking flax
He will not quench,
00:20:11.47\00:20:15.24
He will bring
forth justice for truth.
00:20:15.28\00:20:18.01
He will not fail
nor be discouraged,
00:20:18.05\00:20:20.28
till He has established
justice in the earth,
00:20:20.32\00:20:22.72
and the coastlands
shall wait for His law."
00:20:22.75\00:20:25.42
Now, I always used
to think, Pastor Johnny,
00:20:25.45\00:20:27.06
that this was a
parallel metaphor.
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Another word saying is, if
you're bruised and breaking,
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he's not going to break you.
00:20:32.63\00:20:34.13
And if you're smoking
and about ready to go out,
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that's what I thought it meant.
00:20:36.97\00:20:39.33
But if you look at
the original Hebrew,
00:20:39.37\00:20:40.94
it's actually a
non parallel metaphor.
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The bruised reed literally means
00:20:44.27\00:20:45.81
bruised to crush.
00:20:45.84\00:20:47.78
The bruised reed
has suffered an injury.
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Would you say that's true?
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It has been bruised,
00:20:51.15\00:20:53.15
but it still
might be repairable.
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It's not completely crushed yet.
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The word for smoking,
00:20:58.22\00:20:59.59
for the smoking flax
means something that's dim.
00:20:59.62\00:21:02.86
That's dull or faint.
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You know, in
Old Testament times,
00:21:05.53\00:21:07.63
they would use flax as a wick
in an old fashioned oil lamp.
00:21:07.66\00:21:11.83
So what we're looking at
is an old fashioned oil lamp
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that's partially
lit, and it's smoking.
00:21:14.57\00:21:18.64
It's not fully burning yet.
00:21:18.67\00:21:21.84
So in the reed metaphor,
00:21:21.88\00:21:23.48
the bruised reed has
begun a process which,
00:21:23.51\00:21:25.91
if it continues, will
result in destruction.
00:21:25.95\00:21:29.48
But by contrast, the flax,
00:21:29.52\00:21:31.72
the smoking flax has begun
a process which if continued,
00:21:31.75\00:21:35.42
results in a bright flame,
they have two opposite effects.
00:21:35.46\00:21:40.90
One is broken, if it continues,
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.50
the other one
goes to a bright flame.
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So the reed metaphor may
refer to the beginning of evil
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which may still be averted.
00:21:49.94\00:21:51.67
But the flax metaphor may
refer to the beginning of good
00:21:51.71\00:21:55.54
which may still be accomplished.
00:21:55.58\00:21:57.78
Now, what in the world does
this have to do with a servant?
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It said in verse
4, "He will not fail."
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That's the same root word
for the smoking of the flax.
00:22:04.72\00:22:08.39
"He will not fail
or be discouraged."
00:22:08.42\00:22:11.39
That's the same root word
as the bruised for the reed.
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So Jesus, the
servant of the Lord,
00:22:15.66\00:22:17.83
is not to break
the bruised reed,
00:22:17.87\00:22:20.37
and He's not to
quench the smoking flax.
00:22:20.40\00:22:23.61
What does that mean?
00:22:23.64\00:22:25.11
He was bruised from my sin.
00:22:25.14\00:22:27.61
Isaiah 53,
00:22:27.64\00:22:29.34
"So I, the bruised reed
00:22:29.38\00:22:31.28
do not become
destroyed by my sin."
00:22:31.31\00:22:35.22
None of us are so sinful,
00:22:35.25\00:22:37.45
that He cannot heal and restore.
00:22:37.49\00:22:40.02
He became the
light of the world.
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.46
We're referencing
the smoking flax now.
00:22:42.49\00:22:44.69
He became the
light of the world.
00:22:44.73\00:22:46.56
So I, the smoking
flax can turn up the light
00:22:46.59\00:22:50.30
and shine brightly for Him.
00:22:50.33\00:22:53.10
He's fitted for His work
00:22:53.13\00:22:54.47
because He has no
share in the evils
00:22:54.50\00:22:56.04
which He would heal,
00:22:56.07\00:22:57.41
and none of the weaknesses
which He would strengthen.
00:22:57.44\00:23:00.41
There are no
bruises in this reed,
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.81
which is Jesus Christ
because He's without sin.
00:23:02.84\00:23:05.61
And there is no smokiness
and no dimness in His light
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.38
because He is the
light of the world.
00:23:09.42\00:23:12.42
Nothing will cause Him
to fail or be discouraged
00:23:12.45\00:23:15.06
until His work is complete.
00:23:15.09\00:23:17.76
Moving on
characteristic number five,
00:23:17.79\00:23:19.69
He is called in righteousness.
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.80
Verse 6, Isaiah 42:6,
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.43
"I, the Lord, have
called You in righteousness,
00:23:25.47\00:23:29.50
and will hold Your hand."
00:23:29.54\00:23:31.91
God, our Creator,
called this servant,
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.71
that's Jesus the
Messiah in righteousness.
00:23:34.74\00:23:38.78
He was the perfect substitute,
sacrifice and savior.
00:23:38.81\00:23:42.68
Characteristic number six,
00:23:42.72\00:23:44.29
He became a
covenant to the people
00:23:44.32\00:23:46.32
and a light to the Gentiles.
00:23:46.35\00:23:49.92
Isaiah 42:6,
00:23:49.96\00:23:51.63
"I will keep You and give
You as a covenant to the people,
00:23:51.66\00:23:55.10
as a light to the Gentiles."
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.50
It reminds me of Daniel 9:27,
"He confirm, He the Messiah,
00:23:57.53\00:24:02.20
confirm the covenant
with many for one week."
00:24:02.24\00:24:05.97
And then in the midst
of the week He's cut off.
00:24:06.01\00:24:08.08
It also reminds
me of Hebrews 9:15,
00:24:08.11\00:24:10.75
"For this reason He, Jesus,
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.31
is the Mediator
of the new covenant,
00:24:12.35\00:24:15.32
by means of
death, for the redemption
00:24:15.35\00:24:17.12
of the transgressions
under the first covenant."
00:24:17.15\00:24:19.29
He is the mediator
of the new covenant.
00:24:19.32\00:24:21.66
Finally,
characteristic number seven,
00:24:21.69\00:24:23.76
He set people free,
physically and spiritually.
00:24:23.79\00:24:28.43
Isaiah 42:7, His role
is to open the blind eyes,
00:24:28.46\00:24:33.00
to bring out
prisoners from the prison,
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.20
from those who sit in
darkness from the prison house.
00:24:35.24\00:24:39.51
He came to heal people
not just from physical issues,
00:24:39.54\00:24:42.74
but from spiritual
issues and to set us free.
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So this servant, the Messiah,
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.78
introduced here in Isaiah 42
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and came to set you and I free.
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I'm going to go ahead
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He's going to be covering
Tuesday, Persian Messiah.
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All right. All right.
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That's right,
lesson number nine,
00:25:54.68\00:25:56.02
"Persian Messiah."
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.85
And, you know, of course,
we're talking about Cyrus
00:25:57.89\00:26:00.39
the Great as we're talking about
00:26:00.42\00:26:01.76
the king of the
Medes and the Persians.
00:26:01.79\00:26:04.09
And, you know, this
is one of those lessons
00:26:04.13\00:26:07.23
that somebody may say, you know,
00:26:07.26\00:26:08.86
it's not really that important
that we talk about Cyrus,
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.83
but Cyrus is mentioned in
more than one book of the Bible.
00:26:10.87\00:26:13.70
He plays a major role
00:26:13.74\00:26:15.07
in the deliverance of
the children of Israel
00:26:15.10\00:26:17.87
coming out of that seven
years of Babylonian captivity.
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.98
But we're going to be
focusing in on who was Cyrus,
00:26:21.01\00:26:24.15
what did he do,
what is the significance
00:26:24.18\00:26:26.55
of God choosing this man?
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.35
And what does it mean?
00:26:28.38\00:26:29.78
What does lesson nine
mean by Persian Messiah?
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.95
Is there only one Messiah? Okay.
00:26:32.99\00:26:35.86
So I want to start
reading in Isaiah 44:26,
00:26:35.89\00:26:39.83
we're going to read
the last couple of verses
00:26:39.86\00:26:41.56
of Isaiah Chapter 44.
00:26:41.60\00:26:43.37
And then we're going to bleed
that over into Isaiah 45:1-6.
00:26:43.40\00:26:48.50
Of course, these
verses are referring to God
00:26:48.54\00:26:51.47
calling Cyrus the king of
the Medes and the Persians.
00:26:51.51\00:26:55.54
So Isaiah Chapter 44,
beginning with verse 26.
00:26:55.58\00:26:58.98
Notice what the Bible says,
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.18
"Who confirms the
word of His servant,
00:27:01.22\00:27:05.05
and performs the
counsel of His messengers,
00:27:05.09\00:27:08.36
who says to Jerusalem,
'You shall be inhabited,
00:27:08.39\00:27:12.33
' to the cities of
Judah, 'You shall be built,
00:27:12.36\00:27:15.63
' and I will raise
up her waste places,
00:27:15.66\00:27:19.40
and who says to
the deep, 'Be dry!
00:27:19.43\00:27:23.20
And I will dry
up your rivers.' "
00:27:23.24\00:27:26.68
And here come Cyrus
in, "Who says of Cyrus,
00:27:26.71\00:27:30.31
'He is My shepherd,
00:27:30.35\00:27:32.51
and he shall
perform all My pleasure,
00:27:32.55\00:27:35.62
saying to Jerusalem,
'You shall be built,'
00:27:35.65\00:27:38.25
and to the temple,
00:27:38.29\00:27:39.62
'Your foundation
shall be laid.' "
00:27:39.65\00:27:42.36
Now we go on to 45:1,
00:27:42.39\00:27:45.59
"Thus says the Lord to
His anointed, to Cyrus,
00:27:45.63\00:27:50.00
whose right hand I have held,
00:27:50.03\00:27:52.10
to subdue nations before him
and loose the armor of kings,
00:27:52.13\00:27:57.74
to open before
him the double doors,
00:27:57.77\00:28:01.11
so that the
gates will not be shut:
00:28:01.14\00:28:03.98
'I will go before you and make
the crooked places straight,
00:28:04.01\00:28:09.32
I will break in
pieces the gates of bronze
00:28:09.35\00:28:12.32
and cut the bars of iron.
00:28:12.35\00:28:15.06
I will give you the treasures
of darkness and hidden riches
00:28:15.09\00:28:19.29
of secret places,
00:28:19.33\00:28:21.60
that you may
know that I, the Lord,
00:28:21.63\00:28:24.73
Who call you by your
name, am the God of Israel.
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For Jacob My servant's
sake, and Israel My elect,
00:28:30.34\00:28:34.18
I have even called you by
your name, I have named you,
00:28:34.21\00:28:38.61
though you have not known Me.
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I am the Lord, and
there is no other.' "
00:28:41.18\00:28:45.25
And there cannot be
a more true statement.
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Because there's no other
gods out there, false gods,
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we know them to be
false gods, manmade gods,
00:28:51.19\00:28:53.86
the devil has created
that has the intelligence
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and the power to be
able to name someone
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many, many, many years
before they're even born.
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And this is what's
powerful about when you consider
00:29:05.81\00:29:08.84
the Ministry of
Isaiah because, of course,
00:29:08.88\00:29:10.31
Isaiah is writing this,
00:29:10.35\00:29:12.38
and Isaiah's ministry
lasted about 60 years.
00:29:12.41\00:29:16.52
And so that would
have been between,
00:29:16.55\00:29:17.99
you know, 745
BC to about 685 BC.
00:29:18.02\00:29:22.06
But it wasn't
until 146 years later.
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So about a
century and a half later
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.10
that God would raise up Cyrus,
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this Cyrus that he's
speaking of, to call him to do
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.77
what it is that he's
speaking of in this chapter.
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So this is powerful, just
to recognize the fact that,
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you know, God mentions
more than once in this passage
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that we just read, you know,
I've called you by your name.
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Who is it that
calls you by your name?
00:29:42.48\00:29:43.95
I called, I
called you by your name
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because I am the God
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who, and there is no
other like me, right?
00:29:48.18\00:29:50.29
And so God is establishing
the validity of the fact
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.19
that you can trust in His Word
00:29:53.22\00:29:54.66
and we'll come back to
that point in just a moment.
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But I want to
just kind of go back
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and highlight a few things here,
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.03
to emphasize the fact
that this is the Cyrus
00:30:00.06\00:30:02.56
that God chose
and why He chose him
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.73
and to validify
through the Scripture
00:30:04.77\00:30:10.01
and history as we will
see that Cyrus would come
00:30:10.04\00:30:13.24
and he would do this mighty work
00:30:13.27\00:30:14.61
just as the Lord had
said that he would do.
00:30:14.64\00:30:16.54
So let's go back
to Isaiah Chapter 45.
00:30:16.58\00:30:18.68
We're gonna start
with verse 1 here.
00:30:18.71\00:30:20.62
Isaiah 45:1, it says,
00:30:20.65\00:30:22.05
"Thus says the
Lord to his anointed..."
00:30:22.08\00:30:24.75
Now we'll come back to
that anointed in just a moment,
00:30:24.79\00:30:26.99
because that's where
that Messiah word comes in.
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.79
It says, "To Cyrus,
whose right hand I have held,
00:30:30.83\00:30:34.16
to subdue nations before him
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.03
and to lose the armor of kings."
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.57
Now, we have to keep in mind,
00:30:38.60\00:30:40.40
again give credit
where credit is due,
00:30:40.44\00:30:42.30
not necessarily to the man
but to the God who led the man
00:30:42.34\00:30:45.47
and who opened
the door for Cyrus
00:30:45.51\00:30:47.14
to be able to do what he done.
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.68
We have to keep in mind there
of those four major empires
00:30:48.71\00:30:51.85
that are mentioned
there in Daniel Chapter 2,
00:30:51.88\00:30:53.88
the worldly
empires, you have Babylon,
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.18
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:30:56.22\00:30:58.19
You know, we know that
Rome obviously went on to reign
00:30:58.22\00:31:01.02
for the longest period of time.
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.66
But, you know, you
have to keep in mind,
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.39
Cyrus would go
on during his time
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.50
that God would raise him
up to do this mighty work
00:31:07.53\00:31:10.07
of redemption for
the children of Israel.
00:31:10.10\00:31:13.47
Cyrus would go on to
defeat nations like the Medes.
00:31:13.50\00:31:16.00
And, of course, he would create
an alliance with the Medes,
00:31:16.04\00:31:17.87
but he overcome the Medes,
Lydia, and most of Asia Minor,
00:31:17.91\00:31:21.68
Babylon, Syria, all of
the kingdoms of Palestine,
00:31:21.71\00:31:25.31
and even parts of
the Iranian Peninsula,
00:31:25.35\00:31:28.22
and even parts of India.
00:31:28.25\00:31:29.85
This guy had a very
powerful, powerful empire.
00:31:29.88\00:31:33.42
And it was all because
the Lord had called him
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.06
and the Lord
had set it in place,
00:31:35.09\00:31:36.86
that this was
going to be the man
00:31:36.89\00:31:38.23
that he was going to raise up
00:31:38.26\00:31:39.59
to do this
redemptive work for Israel
00:31:39.63\00:31:41.53
and getting them out of Babylon,
00:31:41.56\00:31:43.50
out of that oppressive time.
00:31:43.53\00:31:45.47
And so, you just
have to mention that
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.64
because that's a powerful point.
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.40
Also Isaiah 45:1,
it goes on to say,
00:31:49.44\00:31:52.51
"To open before
him the double doors,
00:31:52.54\00:31:56.18
so that the gates
will not be shut."
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.41
Now I like to reference
this because it's powerful.
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.72
Not only did God say,
look, this is my man, Cyrus,
00:32:00.75\00:32:03.55
this is the guy
that I'm calling.
00:32:03.59\00:32:04.92
Cyrus is my man.
00:32:04.95\00:32:06.29
I'm calling him 150
years before he even shows up
00:32:06.32\00:32:08.86
on the scene.
00:32:08.89\00:32:10.23
But not only did he say
00:32:10.26\00:32:11.59
his name and identify who it is,
00:32:11.63\00:32:12.96
He's going to
use when He told him
00:32:12.99\00:32:14.33
exactly how He's going to do it.
00:32:14.36\00:32:15.70
That's right.
00:32:15.73\00:32:17.07
It's powerful when you consider
the story of what transpired
00:32:17.10\00:32:19.33
on and history
actually gives us a date,
00:32:19.37\00:32:21.30
October 13, 539 BC,
00:32:21.34\00:32:24.44
and you can read it
in Daniel Chapter 5.
00:32:24.47\00:32:26.84
You've read the story of
the handwriting on the wall,
00:32:26.88\00:32:29.58
when God delivers the
message through Daniel
00:32:29.61\00:32:31.81
the prophet to the
kingdom of Babylon.
00:32:31.85\00:32:34.68
Belshazzar is having a
horrible apostate feast
00:32:34.72\00:32:37.49
where he's just shaking his fist
00:32:37.52\00:32:38.95
in the face of the Lord.
00:32:38.99\00:32:40.32
And the Lord says, "YOU
know what, I had enough.
00:32:40.36\00:32:41.86
This very night, you
will be found wanted,
00:32:41.89\00:32:43.93
you have been
weighed in the balances,
00:32:43.96\00:32:45.29
you have been called out
and right now you don't know,
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.33
but right outside these walls,
these powerful massive walls,
00:32:47.36\00:32:51.03
I have called a
man by the name Cyrus,
00:32:51.07\00:32:53.27
the Medes and the
Persians are at your gate,
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.57
and not only this,
00:32:55.60\00:32:56.94
but it's how it
happened history records,
00:32:56.97\00:32:59.01
then of course, they
diverted the River Euphrates.
00:32:59.04\00:33:01.14
So it actually goes
back to what we read
00:33:01.18\00:33:03.11
in the latter
verses of Isaiah 44,
00:33:03.14\00:33:05.91
where it talks about
who says the deep be dry,
00:33:05.95\00:33:08.82
and I'll dry up your rivers.
00:33:08.85\00:33:10.29
That's exactly what He
did to the River Euphrates.
00:33:10.32\00:33:13.12
They ran right through Babylon.
00:33:13.15\00:33:14.86
Using Cyrus' army,
00:33:14.89\00:33:16.46
they diverted
the River Euphrates,
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.36
and they went right
through those two gates
00:33:18.39\00:33:20.40
that were underneath the wall,
00:33:20.43\00:33:21.76
so that they could go in
and take Babylon that night.
00:33:21.80\00:33:24.63
Why is that
important to emphasize?
00:33:24.67\00:33:26.43
Because God said
it, and it happened.
00:33:26.47\00:33:28.47
That's right. Amen.
00:33:28.50\00:33:29.84
Hundred and fifty
years before it happened,
00:33:29.87\00:33:32.57
God had already declared it.
00:33:32.61\00:33:35.48
I think of also Isaiah 44:28.
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.95
Look up here in Isaiah 44:28.
00:33:37.98\00:33:40.28
It says, "Who says to
Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd,
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.82
he shall
perform all My pleasure,
00:33:42.85\00:33:44.29
saying to Jerusalem,
'You shall be built,'
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.76
and to the temple,
00:33:46.79\00:33:48.12
'Your
foundation shall be laid.'"
00:33:48.16\00:33:49.72
If you go back
to Ezra Chapter 1.
00:33:49.76\00:33:52.03
Again, it was through Cyrus
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.66
coming out of that Babylonian
captivity of 70 years,
00:33:54.70\00:33:57.60
God used Cyrus to
tell the people look,
00:33:57.63\00:34:00.17
go home, build your temple.
00:34:00.20\00:34:01.97
In fact, he gave
an official decree,
00:34:02.00\00:34:03.64
I release you, I
let you go, go home.
00:34:03.67\00:34:06.11
And God has told me.
00:34:06.14\00:34:07.71
And you can read
right there in Ezra 1,
00:34:07.74\00:34:09.28
God has told me to
tell you to start building,
00:34:09.31\00:34:12.05
rebuilding your temple.
00:34:12.08\00:34:13.68
So again, prophecy is
sure in declaring this.
00:34:13.72\00:34:16.92
With the closing moments I have,
00:34:16.95\00:34:18.29
I want to address this anointed.
00:34:18.32\00:34:20.09
Because the word here
in the original Hebrew
00:34:20.12\00:34:22.12
is the word mashach,
which means the anointed one,
00:34:22.16\00:34:25.66
it's where we get Messiah.
00:34:25.69\00:34:27.26
And so we have
to make this clear,
00:34:27.30\00:34:29.63
he's not Messiah in the
sense of Jesus as the Messiah.
00:34:29.66\00:34:33.90
Okay, Messiah, of
course, being anointed one,
00:34:33.94\00:34:36.27
the chosen one,
Jesus, of course,
00:34:36.30\00:34:38.37
was the ultimate
number one Messiah,
00:34:38.41\00:34:41.04
that God would choose to
deliver His people from sin.
00:34:41.08\00:34:44.38
So he would do
some of the things
00:34:44.41\00:34:45.91
that the Messiah would do
such as defeat God's enemies
00:34:45.95\00:34:48.35
and release His captive people,
00:34:48.38\00:34:51.19
but he would not be the
same as the Davidic Messiah,
00:34:51.22\00:34:55.02
because he is not Jewish
00:34:55.06\00:34:56.79
and does not come
from the line of David.
00:34:56.83\00:35:00.36
And it's
powerful to even consider
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.06
all of this
because history records
00:35:02.10\00:35:05.13
and confirms all of this.
00:35:05.17\00:35:06.53
You have the Bible,
Pastor, you mentioned
00:35:06.57\00:35:07.90
in one of the previous
lessons, we have the Bible,
00:35:07.94\00:35:09.74
the Bible is sure but even
the secular pages of history
00:35:09.77\00:35:13.17
confirm every bit of
this and what it is saying.
00:35:13.21\00:35:15.68
And I'm thinking hereof,
there's actually something
00:35:15.71\00:35:17.58
called this Cyrus Cylinder,
00:35:17.61\00:35:19.41
you can find it over
in a museum in London,
00:35:19.45\00:35:21.55
that actually
confirms that on the night,
00:35:21.58\00:35:23.32
or in the year that he
took Babylon that is Cyrus,
00:35:23.35\00:35:25.62
he created a cylinder.
00:35:25.65\00:35:26.99
He wrote all of this stuff down,
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.36
and it's confirmed that
indeed God called this man.
00:35:28.39\00:35:31.59
He did the work that
God called him to do.
00:35:31.63\00:35:33.76
And you know what?
00:35:33.80\00:35:35.13
The lesson we
can learn from this
00:35:35.16\00:35:36.56
is we can trust in God.
00:35:36.60\00:35:38.03
We can trust in His Word.
00:35:38.07\00:35:39.40
When God speaks, things
happen, and praise the Lord
00:35:39.43\00:35:42.20
for His work and
for His prophets.
00:35:42.24\00:35:43.91
Amen. Amen and Amen.
00:35:43.94\00:35:46.01
You know, it's very
interesting that the fact that
00:35:46.04\00:35:50.65
the Bible accurately presents
00:35:50.68\00:35:53.45
what will happen
before it happens
00:35:53.48\00:35:55.28
disturbs some people.
00:35:55.32\00:35:57.09
This is why we take the
time for Wednesday's lesson
00:35:57.12\00:36:00.92
to bring about some things
that have happened among people
00:36:00.96\00:36:05.29
that are studying
the Book of Isaiah.
00:36:05.33\00:36:07.66
The fact that it is so accurate
that the Lord saw it before,
00:36:07.70\00:36:12.13
named Cyrus by name,
00:36:12.17\00:36:13.74
and exactly what God
said will happen happened.
00:36:13.77\00:36:17.21
It's disturbing to people,
00:36:17.24\00:36:18.57
they don't know
what to do with it.
00:36:18.61\00:36:19.94
So they come up with
theories to try to explain away
00:36:19.97\00:36:24.41
what the Bible says.
00:36:24.45\00:36:26.05
God is powerful.
00:36:26.08\00:36:28.08
He sees the end
from the beginning.
00:36:28.12\00:36:32.02
And because He does
this, people began to come up
00:36:32.05\00:36:35.62
with theories like, oh,
it must have been somebody
00:36:35.66\00:36:38.46
that was living
during the time of Cyrus
00:36:38.49\00:36:40.66
that wrote Isaiah
Chapter 42 to Chapter 66.
00:36:40.70\00:36:45.33
It had to be
somebody else because
00:36:45.37\00:36:46.70
it is just too accurate.
00:36:46.74\00:36:49.50
And people have
come up with ideas.
00:36:49.54\00:36:52.87
And there are scholars
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.84
even today that
are saying, well,
00:36:54.88\00:36:57.81
maybe there's,
there are three divisions,
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.41
some are even
calling three divisions,
00:36:59.45\00:37:00.85
which I'll mention in a moment.
00:37:00.88\00:37:03.72
But consider, people say
that there's a second Isaiah
00:37:03.75\00:37:10.33
that wrote Chapter
40 through Chapter 66.
00:37:10.36\00:37:14.26
But there is no
historical records,
00:37:14.30\00:37:16.83
no biblical records,
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.20
no historical records that
identifies a second Isaiah.
00:37:18.23\00:37:22.60
This is the...
00:37:22.64\00:37:23.97
There's only one
Isaiah in the Bible.
00:37:24.01\00:37:26.24
And that is something
that we're going to read
00:37:26.27\00:37:28.34
in a moment.
00:37:28.38\00:37:31.41
I want to point out
that, interestingly enough,
00:37:31.45\00:37:33.98
when they discovered
the Dead Sea Scrolls,
00:37:34.02\00:37:38.85
one of the
better preserved scrolls
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.86
was the scroll of Isaiah.
00:37:41.89\00:37:43.66
And there is no division
00:37:43.69\00:37:45.99
from Chapter 39
through Chapter 40.
00:37:46.03\00:37:49.10
And it just continues.
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.77
And so their devil
has tried to destroy
00:37:51.80\00:37:55.00
the credibility of the Bible,
and the prophecies of the Bible
00:37:55.04\00:38:00.08
so that people will lose
faith and hope in the Bible.
00:38:00.11\00:38:03.65
I want to tell you
that what God says happen.
00:38:03.68\00:38:06.35
There are
individuals that say, "Well, no,
00:38:06.38\00:38:08.75
there had to be
three different times."
00:38:08.78\00:38:11.19
From Isaiah Chapter 1
to 39, they say, "Well,
00:38:11.22\00:38:14.22
this is the Proto-Isaiah,
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.22
containing the words
of the original Isaiah.
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.93
Chapter 42 to 45,
this is the Deutero-Isaiah,
00:38:18.96\00:38:21.66
the work of an
anonymous exilic author.
00:38:21.70\00:38:24.77
Then there's
somebody comes along, said,
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.23
"Well, Chapter 56
through 66 is the Trito-Isaiah,
00:38:26.27\00:38:31.11
which is they
consider it an anthology
00:38:31.14\00:38:32.97
of about 12 passages.
00:38:33.01\00:38:35.48
All of this is
to divert attention
00:38:35.51\00:38:38.75
from the reliability
of what the Bible says,
00:38:38.78\00:38:42.02
focus on the message of
Isaiah, and you will be blessed.
00:38:42.05\00:38:47.12
Now notice how the
Book of Isaiah begins.
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.62
Isaiah 1:1 says,
00:38:49.66\00:38:52.63
"The vision
concerning Judah and Jerusalem
00:38:52.66\00:38:56.30
that Isaiah the son of Amoz
00:38:56.33\00:38:58.50
saw during the reigns
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,
00:38:58.53\00:39:02.34
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah."
00:39:02.37\00:39:04.87
This is what the Bible
says, we can trust in that.
00:39:04.91\00:39:08.64
And so, now let's go
over to the New Testament,
00:39:08.68\00:39:11.41
so that we can get a
testimony from Peter,
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.55
2 Peter 1:19-21
helps us to understand
00:39:14.58\00:39:21.02
that we can trust
in the Holy Scriptures.
00:39:21.06\00:39:24.66
And so, we have this, and so,
00:39:24.69\00:39:26.80
we have the
prophetic word confirmed.
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.50
I like the way
the King James says,
00:39:29.53\00:39:30.87
"We have a more
sure word of prophecy,
00:39:30.90\00:39:34.44
which you do well to
heed as a light that shines
00:39:34.47\00:39:37.84
in a dark place,
until the day dawns,
00:39:37.87\00:39:40.81
and the morning star
rises in your hearts:
00:39:40.84\00:39:43.88
Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of scripture
00:39:43.91\00:39:47.82
is of any
private interpretation.
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.62
For prophecy never
came by the will of man:
00:39:50.65\00:39:54.59
but holy men of God spoke
00:39:54.62\00:39:57.99
as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit."
00:39:58.03\00:40:00.96
The Book of Isaiah
Chapter 1 through Chapter 66
00:40:01.00\00:40:04.93
is the work of the
Holy Spirit of God.
00:40:04.97\00:40:08.37
We can trust in
the Book of Isaiah
00:40:08.40\00:40:10.91
as a book divinely inspired.
00:40:10.94\00:40:14.18
Now, I want to also bring about
00:40:14.21\00:40:17.85
this interesting
thing that Jesus says,
00:40:17.88\00:40:19.85
why are these
prophecies there? Why are they?
00:40:19.88\00:40:22.42
Why are they there in Isaiah?
00:40:22.45\00:40:23.79
Why are they there in
the other books of the Bible,
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.29
in Daniel and Revelation?
00:40:26.32\00:40:27.89
Why are they there?
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.52
The same thing Jesus
said in John 14:28-29,
00:40:29.56\00:40:33.80
concerning things
that would happen to him,
00:40:33.83\00:40:35.50
the principle is there.
00:40:35.53\00:40:37.23
Notice what Jesus said,
"You have heard Me say to you,
00:40:37.27\00:40:41.60
'I am going away
and coming back to you.'
00:40:41.64\00:40:45.31
If you loved Me,
you would rejoice
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.28
because I said, 'I
am going to the Father,'
00:40:47.31\00:40:49.74
for My Father
is greater than I."
00:40:49.78\00:40:51.55
And now notice what Jesus says,
00:40:51.58\00:40:53.52
"And now I have
told you before it comes,
00:40:53.55\00:40:57.25
that when it does come
to pass, you may believe."
00:40:57.29\00:41:02.12
So I say to you the
Bible prophecies are there,
00:41:02.16\00:41:06.76
so that when God's
children see the prophecies
00:41:06.80\00:41:09.90
and see the
fulfillment of the prophecies,
00:41:09.93\00:41:12.23
their faith can be increased,
00:41:12.27\00:41:14.17
and believed that the things
that have not yet come to pass
00:41:14.20\00:41:17.61
will come to pass.
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.31
And this is also
brought out in Isaiah.
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.41
So let's go to
Isaiah Chapter 42.
00:41:22.44\00:41:24.78
And we're going to
go to verses 8 and 9.
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.32
Isaiah 42:8-9.
00:41:27.35\00:41:29.98
Notice what the Bible
says, "I am the Lord, "
00:41:30.02\00:41:34.69
actually it says Jehovah,
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.06
"I am the Lord, that is My name,
00:41:36.09\00:41:38.09
and My glory I will
not give to another,
00:41:38.13\00:41:41.50
nor My praise to carved images.
00:41:41.53\00:41:45.17
Behold, the former
things have come to pass,
00:41:45.20\00:41:49.04
and new things I declare,
00:41:49.07\00:41:51.11
before they spring
forth I tell you of them.' "
00:41:51.14\00:41:55.54
So, friends,
brothers and sisters,
00:41:55.58\00:41:58.31
you can trust the prophecies.
00:41:58.35\00:42:00.85
When you look at Revelation,
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.58
and it talks
about that there say,
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.72
a mark of the beast coming,
00:42:04.75\00:42:06.49
the mark of the beast is
coming and will be here soon.
00:42:06.52\00:42:10.36
When you look at the
prophecies of Revelation,
00:42:10.39\00:42:12.16
Daniel and Revelation,
00:42:12.19\00:42:13.53
that things that have not yet
come to pass will come to pass.
00:42:13.56\00:42:17.27
You can trust in God's Word.
00:42:17.30\00:42:19.13
Now, the basic message of Isaiah
00:42:19.17\00:42:22.17
is consistent
throughout the whole book.
00:42:22.20\00:42:25.24
Trust God with
all of your heart,
00:42:25.27\00:42:27.74
including His
messianic deliverer.
00:42:27.78\00:42:30.25
This is what the
lesson brings out,
00:42:30.28\00:42:31.68
rather than other
powers and people that come up
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.88
with theories to explain
away what the Bible says.
00:42:33.92\00:42:37.32
Trust in the power.
00:42:37.35\00:42:38.69
Yes, you can read
the Book of Isaiah
00:42:38.72\00:42:40.69
and you will notice there
seems to be a shift in focus
00:42:40.72\00:42:44.26
when you get to Chapter
39 and enter into Chapter 40
00:42:44.29\00:42:47.16
and onward, because Chapter 1
through 39 emphasize judgment,
00:42:47.20\00:42:52.27
because of the sin
of the people of Israel.
00:42:52.30\00:42:55.14
And then Isaiah 42
through 66 emphasize
00:42:55.17\00:42:58.17
the consolation that you can
expect to come from the Lord.
00:42:58.21\00:43:03.65
But if you read
from Isaiah Chapter 1,
00:43:03.68\00:43:06.48
you will notice that there are
messages chapter after chapter
00:43:06.51\00:43:10.65
where God is
comforting His people,
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.49
helping His people to understand
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.32
that His mercy is great.
00:43:15.36\00:43:17.39
And notice, I want
to point out a few,
00:43:17.43\00:43:19.63
a few places where
this is brought out.
00:43:19.66\00:43:23.26
There are at least five
places where God is telling you,
00:43:23.30\00:43:27.64
this is the
judgment I am bringing out
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.44
because of your sin.
00:43:29.47\00:43:31.34
But then it says while
He's sending out the judgment,
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.91
the punishment, His
hand is stretched out still.
00:43:33.94\00:43:36.38
Notice, I will go
to Isaiah 5:24-25,
00:43:36.41\00:43:40.78
"Therefore,
00:43:40.82\00:43:42.48
as the fire devours the stubble,
00:43:42.52\00:43:45.52
and the flame
consumes the chaff,
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.59
so their root
will be as rottenness,
00:43:47.62\00:43:50.89
and their blossom
will ascend like dust,
00:43:50.93\00:43:52.99
because they have rejected
the law of the Lord of hosts,
00:43:53.03\00:43:57.10
and despised the word
of the Holy One of Israel."
00:43:57.13\00:44:00.54
Notice, verse 25,
00:44:00.57\00:44:02.00
"Therefore the anger
of the Lord is aroused
00:44:02.04\00:44:04.97
against His people, He
has stretched out His hand
00:44:05.01\00:44:07.91
against them and stricken
them, and the hills trembled.
00:44:07.94\00:44:12.68
Their carcasses were as refuse
in the midst of the streets."
00:44:12.71\00:44:17.49
Notice, "For all this
His anger is not turned away,
00:44:17.52\00:44:21.72
but His hand is
stretched out still."
00:44:21.76\00:44:25.69
His hand of mercies
stretched out still.
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.36
Notice Isaiah 9:12,
00:44:28.40\00:44:31.30
"The Syrians before
and the Philistines behind,
00:44:31.33\00:44:35.47
and they shall devour
Israel with an open mouth.
00:44:35.50\00:44:39.47
For all this His
anger is not turned away,
00:44:39.51\00:44:43.24
but His hand is
stretched out still."
00:44:43.28\00:44:46.18
So you see, while God is
sending out this judgment,
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.05
these are
judgment or punishments,
00:44:49.08\00:44:51.45
so that they will understand
that they need to repent.
00:44:51.49\00:44:55.06
And if they repent,
00:44:55.09\00:44:56.76
God promises to
have mercy upon them.
00:44:56.79\00:44:59.76
You can read Isaiah
9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4,
00:44:59.79\00:45:04.43
and you will see again
God speaking of the judgment
00:45:04.47\00:45:07.74
that they will
have to go through.
00:45:07.77\00:45:09.47
And again it says,
00:45:09.50\00:45:10.84
"For all this His
anger is not turned away,
00:45:10.87\00:45:12.77
but His hand is
stretched out still."
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.74
So why are these things there?
00:45:15.78\00:45:18.21
These things were
written for our admonition.
00:45:18.25\00:45:21.98
You can learn by
reading the Book of Isaiah,
00:45:22.02\00:45:23.92
how God deals with His
people, how He is merciful,
00:45:23.95\00:45:27.32
and brings them hope.
00:45:27.36\00:45:29.12
There's hope for
us in the future.
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.76
So I encourage you to take
heed to the words of Isaiah.
00:45:31.79\00:45:35.03
The Book of
Isaiah is delightful.
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.30
You can see a God of
love and a God of mercy.
00:45:37.33\00:45:40.34
And I encourage you to read it,
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.60
asking the Lord to
help you understand it.
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.91
Amen and amen.
00:45:45.94\00:45:47.28
Thank you so much, my
brother, get this off.
00:45:47.31\00:45:50.61
Okay, I'm excited.
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.48
I have Thursday's lesson,
00:45:52.51\00:45:54.55
"A Feeling and
Suffering Servant."
00:45:54.58\00:45:59.02
And this is the second,
00:45:59.05\00:46:01.42
Jill read the first
of the four servant songs
00:46:01.46\00:46:04.19
that are in Isaiah,
this is the second one,
00:46:04.23\00:46:07.10
and it tells of
the Messiah's mission
00:46:07.13\00:46:11.97
and His spiritual success.
00:46:12.00\00:46:14.90
You know, we're going to see
00:46:14.94\00:46:16.27
as we're reading
through verses 1 through 7,
00:46:16.30\00:46:18.41
it is clear that this is
speaking of an individual
00:46:18.44\00:46:22.41
that is distinct
from this nation servant
00:46:22.44\00:46:26.51
as John was
talking about earlier.
00:46:26.55\00:46:28.92
So this servant is none
other than the Lord Jesus.
00:46:28.95\00:46:33.09
Isaiah 49:1,
"Listen, O coastlands, to Me,
00:46:33.12\00:46:37.46
and take heed,
you peoples from afar!
00:46:37.49\00:46:40.60
The Lord has
called Me from the womb,
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.47
from the matrix of My mother
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.23
He has made mention of My name."
00:46:46.27\00:46:50.44
The Messiah servant was to be
00:46:50.47\00:46:54.18
a human being
born of a virgin woman.
00:46:54.21\00:46:58.41
And He was
chosen, the Bible tells us
00:46:58.45\00:47:01.72
from the
foundation of the world.
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.72
Before the
foundations of the world,
00:47:03.75\00:47:05.82
He was the Lamb slain
00:47:05.85\00:47:08.19
from the foundation of the world
00:47:08.22\00:47:09.92
is what Revelation 13:8 says.
00:47:09.96\00:47:14.10
In the New Testament, we see
00:47:14.13\00:47:17.07
that the angel
told Joseph and Mary,
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.24
that His name was to be Jesus.
00:47:20.27\00:47:24.21
So He was named
while in the womb.
00:47:24.24\00:47:27.81
Verse 2.
00:47:27.84\00:47:29.18
And the reason He was
supposed to be named Jesus
00:47:29.21\00:47:31.25
is because He
would save the people
00:47:31.28\00:47:33.68
from their sins,
00:47:33.72\00:47:35.12
not in their
sins, from their sins.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.55
Verse 2, Isaiah 49:2,
00:47:37.59\00:47:41.16
"He has made My
mouth like a sharp sword,
00:47:41.19\00:47:45.13
in the shadow of His
hand He has hidden Me,
00:47:45.16\00:47:49.10
and made Me a polished shaft,
00:47:49.13\00:47:53.10
in His quiver He has hidden Me."
00:47:53.13\00:47:57.04
I love this.
00:47:57.07\00:47:58.41
He has given
power to this servant,
00:47:58.44\00:48:02.74
to speak the words of a life
00:48:02.78\00:48:05.51
that would
pierce hardened hearts
00:48:05.55\00:48:08.92
with a good news of the
gospel that would wage war
00:48:08.95\00:48:12.85
against the chaos in this
world and conquer his enemies.
00:48:12.89\00:48:16.96
I think of Him in Revelation
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.19
when it's first
introducing Him in Revelation,
00:48:19.23\00:48:22.16
that He had
this two edged sword,
00:48:22.20\00:48:24.33
and then also in Revelation 19,
00:48:24.37\00:48:27.34
where it talks
about he has a mouth
00:48:27.37\00:48:30.17
and it's like a two edged sword.
00:48:30.21\00:48:32.81
And, you know, it is precious
to me that when He returns,
00:48:32.84\00:48:39.31
it's His words that are
really gonna be the judge.
00:48:39.35\00:48:43.45
Now, when it says that He has
hidden me, what did that say?
00:48:43.49\00:48:48.42
Let me see. He has hidden me.
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.09
That's, we know
that the Bible says,
00:48:51.13\00:48:54.20
until the fullness of time,
00:48:54.23\00:48:56.40
and when it was
the fullness of time,
00:48:56.43\00:48:58.73
this is the time
prophecy from Daniel.
00:48:58.77\00:49:02.30
So now let's
look at Isaiah 49:3,
00:49:02.34\00:49:05.04
"He said to me,
'You are My servant,
00:49:05.07\00:49:07.58
O Israel, in whom I
will be glorified.' "
00:49:07.61\00:49:11.25
Well, wait a
minute, is this the Messiah
00:49:11.28\00:49:13.65
or is this the nation Israel?
00:49:13.68\00:49:15.22
Why would he call
the servant Israel
00:49:15.25\00:49:19.49
if he's
referring to the Messiah?
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.79
Well, there's plenty of overlap
00:49:21.82\00:49:23.16
between this and
the one in Isaiah 42.
00:49:23.19\00:49:27.76
We've already
identified him as the Messiah.
00:49:27.80\00:49:32.17
But the interesting
thing is, in Exodus 4:22,
00:49:32.20\00:49:37.61
God said,
00:49:37.64\00:49:39.64
when He's sending Moses,
he said, "Go to your Pharaoh.
00:49:39.67\00:49:43.24
Thus says Lord,
00:49:43.28\00:49:45.05
Israel is My Son, my firstborn."
00:49:45.08\00:49:50.22
Both the word son and
firstborn are covenant terms.
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And so then Jesus...
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became the covenant Son of God.
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God came down, became a man
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and became the
covenant Son of God.
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And He embodies all that Israel
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was meant to be as
God's firstborn son.
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So verse 4, this is
now the servant speaking,
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this is interesting.
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"Then I said, 'I
have labored in vain,
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I have spent my strength
for nothing and in vain,
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yet surely my just
reward is with the Lord,
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and my work with my God.' "
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You know, Jesus
met with rejection
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by national Israel,
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but He still had
a strong assurance
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that His work was going
to be rewarded with success.
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And I love this
quote, it's in our quarterly.
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It's from the book, a prophecy
of Isaiah by J. Alec Motyer.
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And it says,
"Isaiah foresaw a servant
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with the real human
nature, tested like we are,
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proving himself to be
the author and perfecter
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of the way of faith,
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a real personal faith
that can still say, My God,
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when nothing any
longer seems worthwhile."
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So Jesus was made in
all ways like we are,
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it was, it's about the truth.
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Isaiah 49:5, continuing
on in this servant song.
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It says, "Now says the Lord,
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who formed Me from the
womb to be His Servant,
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to bring Jacob back to Him."
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Now, that is referring
to the nation of Israel.
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"So that Israel
is gathered to Him,
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for I shall be glorious
in the eyes of the Lord,
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My God shall be My strength.' "
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The servant,
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this individual
servant is the agent
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of national
Israel's restoration.
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So there's no question here.
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And you know, the restoration
of the nation of Israel
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was the first priority.
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Remember, when Jesus came,
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that was the first
priority of His mission.
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He said, I've come
for the children of God,
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but wasn't limited
to the tribes of Jacob.
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Look what he says in
verse 6, "Indeed He says,
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'It is too small a thing
that You should be My Servant
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to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
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and to restore the
preserved ones of Israel,
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I will also give You as
a light to the Gentiles,
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that You should be My servant
to the ends of the earth.' "
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Hallelujah!
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You go on in verses 5, I
mean here in verses 5 and 6.
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We see He is a single individual
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that gathers Israel back.
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But He is God in the
person of Jesus Christ,
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and He wants
all men to be saved.
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He came not merely as a
savior for the nation of Israel,
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that would be too small a thing.
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God ordained
that all would come,
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all would come to know Him.
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This is fulfilling,
you know, actually, ah,
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I think I'm running out of time.
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But when you think
about this, God's covenant,
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we see throughout the Bible,
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a progressive
unveiling of God's covenant,
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it's introduced in Genesis 3:15.
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Then God makes this
covenant with Abraham.
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And then He does it with
Jacob, or Isaac and Jacob,
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and it just keeps going on.
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But God intends
for all to be blessed.
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With justification by
faith, Abraham believed God
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it was credited to
him as righteousness.
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Our righteousness is nothing
but filthy rags before Him,
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but He credits us with
Christ's righteousness.
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Verse 7, Isaiah 49,
"Thus says the Lord,
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the Redeemer of
Israel, their Holy One,
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to Him whom man despises."
00:54:17.59\00:54:20.06
He was despised and abhorred.
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They treated him with
humiliating treatment,
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Jesus Christ.
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"To the Servant of rulers:
'Kings shall see and arise,
00:54:28.26\00:54:32.53
princes also shall worship,
00:54:32.57\00:54:34.80
because of the
Lord who is faithful,
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the Holy One of
Israel, He has chosen You.' "
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So there will be a reversal.
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Every knee will bow before him.
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And verse 8, "Thus
says the Lord" Isaiah 49:8,
00:54:45.41\00:54:50.19
"In an acceptable
time I have heard You,
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and in the day of
salvation I have helped You,
00:54:52.72\00:54:55.52
I will preserve You
and give You as a covenant
00:54:55.56\00:54:58.83
to the people, to
restore the earth,
00:54:58.86\00:55:02.46
to cause them to inherit
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the desolate heritages.
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Jesus is the
everlasting covenant.
00:55:09.64\00:55:11.57
Hebrews 13:20
talks about His blood
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is the blood of the
everlasting covenant.
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So He is God's surety
of God's promises to us
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and He is from us to God,
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the surety that
we'll walk in obedience.
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Amen.
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Well, thank you, Shelley.
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Thank you, Johnny.
00:55:32.63\00:55:33.96
Ryan and Jill, I'm gonna
give each of you a chance
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to summarize the day you covered
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before we invite
our audience to join us.
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So I had Monday's lesson
"Unnamed Individual Servant, "
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which would be the
first of the servant songs
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there in Isaiah.
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And to me what's so
powerful as we study,
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we see the Messiah
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.01
through the gospel
prophet Isaiah there.
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But what's so important
is that we make a choice
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to make Him Lord
and Savior of our live.
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We can study it
and we can know it,
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but I just invite you
right now to make a choice
00:56:02.92\00:56:05.76
and ask this servant Messiah
into your heart and life.
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Amen. Ryan?
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God chose Cyrus
00:56:12.20\00:56:14.74
as His anointed
messiah for that time.
00:56:14.77\00:56:19.17
What I want to glean from that
00:56:19.21\00:56:20.54
and what I want to
appeal to you today is,
00:56:20.58\00:56:22.68
you know, are
you allowing Jesus,
00:56:22.71\00:56:24.38
the true Anointed Messiah
00:56:24.41\00:56:26.01
to anoint you with the
oil of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:26.05\00:56:27.78
That's what I want today.
00:56:27.82\00:56:29.15
I want to be led
and guided by the Lord.
00:56:29.18\00:56:30.95
We've been chosen
to live in this time,
00:56:30.99\00:56:33.39
not just by coincidence,
but God has chosen us,
00:56:33.42\00:56:36.52
and He wants to anoint
us with His Holy Spirit.
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So pray that the
Lord will anoint you
00:56:38.29\00:56:40.70
with the leading,
guiding power of His Spirit.
00:56:40.73\00:56:42.90
Amen. Amen.
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Well, in...
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Okay, in 2
Chronicles Chapter 20,
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I'm just going to
read the last part.
00:56:51.07\00:56:53.44
"Believe in the Lord your God,
and you shall be established,
00:56:53.48\00:56:56.81
believe His prophets,
and you shall prosper."
00:56:56.85\00:57:00.08
I encourage you to
trust in God's Word.
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It is a guide unto our
feet, unto the end of time.
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Thank you.
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We look at Jesus' ministry,
00:57:08.26\00:57:09.69
He had plenty of
reasons to be discouraged.
00:57:09.72\00:57:12.66
You know, remember,
00:57:12.69\00:57:14.03
He was perfectly human
and He walked in humanity.
00:57:14.06\00:57:17.63
I mean, He was perfectly God,
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.00
but He walked in
this human flesh,
00:57:19.03\00:57:22.70
but He stayed faithful.
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And here's what I
just want to remind you of
00:57:24.11\00:57:26.01
what Jesus knew is that
00:57:26.04\00:57:27.98
when God's people get
in desperate situation,
00:57:28.01\00:57:30.88
God delivers them. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you, everyone.
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We've been talking
about "To Serve and to Save"
00:57:34.18\00:57:36.92
this quarter and
actually this week,
00:57:36.95\00:57:38.92
and we thank you for
taking the time to tune into us.
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I'll leave you with
these words in Revelation 22:3,
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"And there shall
be no more curse,
00:57:45.23\00:57:48.43
but the throne of God and
of the Lamb shall be in it,
00:57:48.46\00:57:52.27
and His servants
shall serve Him."
00:57:52.30\00:57:55.37
I pray that you are
desiring to be His servant here,
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so you can be a servant there.
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Join us for the next
lesson number 10 entitled
00:57:59.61\00:58:02.51
"Do the Unthinkable."
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God bless you. Amen.
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