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Isaiah teaching series.
During the autumn term of 2010, we studied the first major section of Isaiah (Chs 1-39). Then in Spring 2011 we carried on with Chs 40-55. Our plan is to finish off the rest of the book towards the end of 2012.
Why study Isaiah? In part for the same reasons that we study any part of the Bible: it is God's word to us his people about the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ!
More specifically, what we'll find is the people of Judah in Isaiah's day beset by two main issues:
First, their sinfulness. The nation has turned from God to idols, and have turned against each other.
Second, the threat of neighbouring nations. First as Israel and Syria form an alliance against them, and then later as the Assyrian Empire sweeps toward Jerusalem.
So what God's people need is spiritual and moral renewal, and victory over their enemies. So too for us, as we realise our own sinfulness and need of forgiveness and transformation, and also as we realise the spiritual battle with which we are faced as we contend with sin, the world and the devil.
We need to hear, as did the people of Judah, the encouragement and warning that God gave them through Isaiah:
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (7v9)
Only God could save Judah from themselves and from their enemies. And he promised to do so through the coming ‘Immanuel' - a great King who would lead his people in moral renewal, and in defeating the nations. And also our great Suffering Servant, who would be 'pierced for our transgressions, and crushed for our iniquities.'
The booklet introducing the first series on Isaiah is available to download here.
And the booklet for our second series is available to download here.
All our Isaiah sermons are available to download here.
