Re: Think 11-22-09
Written on November 23, 2009 by Matt
This is our Sunday Re: Think, an opportunity for us to continue to think on the events of last Sunday.
Yesterday we began our look at the book of Isaiah, our final stop in our year spent in the Old Testament. In the final few weeks of 2009 we will piece our way through this incredibly difficult yet beautiful book. Isaiah was written during a pivotal time in the history of Israel, the closing decades of the 8th Century B.C. While things were good, they wouldn’t be that way for long and Israel was at a point when they must decide who their collective God was going to be, and furthermore answer the question of if He could be trusted.
Isaiah answers both questions forthrightly just by showing up, for His name literally means “The God who saves”. Throughout His ministry Isaiah repeatedly calls the nations of Israel and Judah back to the worship of the One true God and challenges them to trust, not in themselves, or other nations, but in their God Yahweh and Him alone.
The book of Isaiah stands as one of the most theologically rich and spiritually significant books of all the Old Testament. In Isaiah we have themes of God’s Righteous goodness, His earnest desire for the good of His people, His judgment of sin and ultimately of our need and His provision of a Savior.
Isaiah calls our attention to our own sin, our own propensity to trust in things other than God and most importantly shows us how Jesus is the One who we’ve been waiting for.
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