Yes, today's Text really seems "evangelistic!" I have been newly impressed with this Preacher, Isaiah the Prophet! "But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 42 … THINGS I DIDN’T SAY
We note verses 10-13 today … "Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 42 … “BRUISED REEDS AND SMOKING FLAXES!”
Originally I had planned to write two Lessons on each chapter of Isaiah. But now that we've arrived in the "Sweetest" Portion of the Book (chapters 40-66 … so much of which depicts Jesus and Grace and Salvation, real "Comfort") that my little plan … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 42 … INTERTEXTUALITY
That big word means "the relationship between two passages, used usually of written literature." And Isaiah 42:1-4 gives a prime example. Our four-verse Text for today. Read it with me: "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 41 … THINGS I DIDN’T SAY
The chapter ends with a "challenge" to the false gods of Isaiah's day. Irony, sarcasm, from Almighty God, the Only True God! Read with me God's "invitation" to these (dead) man-made idols: "Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your … [Continue reading]
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