GOD'S PLAN TO SAVE US
Isaiah 7:1-4, 7-16
The nation of Israel
God's rule over them.
God delivered Israel Egypt
1500 BCE. God gave Israel
In 1100 BCE, Israel
Gentile neighbors. In
930 BCE, because of their sins and the rivalry
among them, they were divided into two kingdoms. This text
is around 790 BCE.
A HOUSE DIVIDED WILL NOT STAND
V:1. "When Ahaz son of Jotham, the
son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram Israel Jerusalem
A. A house divided will not stand.
1.700 years after
coming into the promise land as a unified nation,
2. The kingdom
of Israel Israel
Asher, Dan,
Ephrain, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali, Ruben,
Simeon and Zebulum'
3. The Kingdom
Judah include the tribe of Benjamin and Judah.
4. Jerusalem
A desirable
prize for the Northern kingdom .
WHEN GOD IS NOT IN CONTROL, THE DEVIL IS
B. Two hundred years after rejecting God's rule, Israel
among themselves
and worshipping idol gods.
1. The kingdom
of Israel Aram Assyria )
to fight
against God's holy city Jerusalem
2. God's chosen
people, made an alliance with the enemy
of God to
fight against
God.
3. A house without
God will in time destroy itself.
4. The people of
God made an alliance with enemy to fight against
there own brothers and sisters
5. When we forget
where we came from, we forget who we are.
C. Our sins does not affect God's plan of redemption.
1. Even when we
make wrong decisions, God comes to our rescue.
2 God stopped the
fighting in His holy city
3. Ahaz, the King
of Judah, developed the same
relationship with Assyria and
worshiped idol
gods.
4. Ahaz tried to
combine idol worship with the worship of God, to
please the
Assyrians.
a. He built
altars and sacrificed his own sons to idol gods.
5. Ahaz's plan
backfired because the king of Israel
with the
Assyrians (Aram
THE DEVIL PLAYS BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD
V:2 Now the house of David was told, "Aram
A. Ahaz, the king of Judah
(Kingdom
of Israel Aram
them.
1. When there is
no trust in God, you can easily be shaken by the enemy.
2. When you make
a plan with the devil, he will lead you to ruin.
2. The promise
land was surrounded by the enemies of God.
B. Since God's chosen people didn't totally rely on Him,
they lived in fear.
1. Both the Northern
Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom had
44 kings
together.
2. They really
only needed 1 King, King Jesus
3. The number of
kings is an indication of the instability of man.
4. Man cannot be
relied on for any length of time.
GOD'S INTERCESSION
V:3-4. " Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out,
you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the
Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman's Field.
4 Say to him, 'Be
careful, keep calm and don't be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two
smoldering stubs of firewood — because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram
A. 2 Timothy 1:7-8
For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind.
1. Israel
promise land.
2. They had been
out numbered in battle and out armored, yet victorious
under God's
divine guidance.
3. When they
worshipped the idol gods of the Gentile nation, they couldn't
win against
their enemies or against their brothers.
B. When God is with you who can stand against you.
1. The anger of
your enemies is nothing to God.
2. God is no
respecter of person.
3. In times of
trouble, we must trust God.
4. In your fear,
God will send someone to comfort you and
reassure you of
Gods protection.
IN THE WORD OF THE LORD IS YOUR FUTURE
V:7-8. " Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'It will not take place, it will not happen,
8 for the head of Aram Damascus
and the head of Damascus
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be
a people. "
A. God knows the end from the beginning.
1. You don't need
to worry about the solution
to your problem, God will take care of
you.
2. The battle is
not yours, it is the Lord.
B. The Word of God is a lamp to our feet.
1. We don't have a
problem making a meal out
that which
will perish.
2. We should run
to the table of God and feast
on a meal
for our soul.
STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH
V:9. " The head of Ephraim is Samaria
and the head of Samaria
If you do not stand firm in your faith,
you will not stand at all.'"
A. The key to our salvation is faith in God's Word.
1. The just live
by faith and not by sight.
2. God wants total
reliance on Him.
3. We should not
have one feet in the Church and
the other in
the world.
B. With God we don't need a backup plan.
1. Trusting God
requires us to give up reliance
on self and
others.
2. Trusting God
requires us to wait on His answer.
THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU A SIGN OF HIS GLORY
V:10-12. " Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 "Ask
the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest
heights."
12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the
Lord to the test."
A. God is waiting on our prayers for help.
1. We should never
be afraid to go to God for help.
2. There is no
problem to big that God can't handle and none to
small that God
will over look.
B. It is nothing wrong with asking God to give you a sign
that
He is working on
your problem.
1. Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole
tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test
me in
this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the
floodgates
of heaven and pour out so much blessing that
you will not have room enough for it
2. When you are
obedient to God's commands, you can ask Him for what
you want.
C. When you don't study the Word, you want know that God
expects you
to test His
dedication to you.
1. When we are to
busy being in tuned with world, we will mist being
in tuned with
God.
2. We have to let
God's Word over ride our thoughts.
GOD IS WAITING ON YOUR PRAYERS
V:13. " Then Isaiah said, "Hear now, you house of
David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience
of my God also?"
A. If you can go ask man for help, why would you not ask God
for help.
1. Man cannot be
relied on.
2. Man may want to
help, but not have the resources to help.
3. Man may want to
help, but not ready to help when you need him,
B. God is willing and have the resource to help when you
need Him.
1. Hebrews 11:6
" But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God
must
believe that
he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him"
2. Trusting in the
Lord is not all about you.
3. King Ahaz was
thinking about himself and not the welfare of his people.
4. When we serve
God, we bless our families.
GOD'S PLAN OF REDEMPTION
V:14-15. " Therefore the Lord himself will give you a
sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call
him Immanuel.
15 He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to
reject the wrong and choose the right."
A. God's plan of redemption begins with the High Priest of
His Temple, Jesus
1. You will know
the man of God because he does what is right.
2.. A man walking
with God, resist the temptation of doing wrong.
B. Genesis 3:15
is the promise of a redeemer for man.
And I will put enmity between you and the
woman,
and between your
offspring and hers; he will crush your head,
and you will
strike his heel."
1. This verse, Isa
7:14. tells how the redeemer will come
into the world.
2. This verse
gives the name of the redeemer; Immanuel, God with us.
3. This verse give
us His character as He grew up.
a. He will reject evil and do only good.
4. The verse
indicates that our redeemer will be born into a
family of meeker means.. He will eat butter
and honey.
THE PROPHECY OF ROMAN RULE OVER ISRAEL
V:16. " But before the boy knows enough to reject the
wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid
waste"
A. The nation of Israel
1. At the time of
Jesus birth, there were no kings.
2, The nation of Israel
3. The outward
glory of Israel
with inward glory
of humble character.
THANK GOD FOR JESUS
Rev. M Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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