The Humility of God - the Message and Humility of Isaiah
Sermon Notes
“The Humility of God - the Message and Humility of Isaiah”
Isaiah 52.13-53.1-12; 61.1-3
| The Bible | Isaiah |
| 66 Books | 66 Chapers |
| 39 Old Testiment | 39 1st book |
| 27 New Testiment | 27 2nd book |
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
3 You shall multiply the nation,
You shall increase their gladness;
They will be glad in Your presence
As with the gladness of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
5 For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this (Isaiah 9-7).
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,
And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;
4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
5 Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist (Isaiah 11.1-5).
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
Because the LORD has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;
2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified (Isaiah 61.1-3).
1. Just as He waits in humility for His plan to unfold, His prophets, too, wait in faithfulness for Him to work.
2. God calls Isaiah to represent Him at this unique time in history (739 BC). He calls him to serve Him faithfully and rear his family (two boys) at this juncture in the history of Israel.
3. God calls Him to give a message of justice and hope – a hope rooted in the humility of God and the humility of His Son the Messiah (Isaiah 52.13-53.12).
4. God calls him to give a message both to Israel and also to the world.
5. I believe God calls us to live the same way as He called Isaiah to live. We are called to give to our generation and to our world a message from God that is centered in His Son. It is a message of truth woven together with compassion and humility (Isaiah 53; 61.1-3).
6. May God help us to live like Isaiah – this Christmas and at this time in our history. If the Lord waits long enough, will the history of the church in our day be what Isaiah’s message/life was in his day to Israel and the world.