by Justin Marple | Oct 24, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 4:2-6 describes a branch coming up and bearing fruit out of a desert wasteland. Even when things look the bleakest, God will make what is bitter into what is sweet. This is the context of the coming Christ, who is the branch. And the context of the message...
by Justin Marple | Oct 17, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 3:9-4:1 pictures the coming exile of Jerusalem and Judah. The leaders in Jerusalem are like a bunch of babies and sissies. The towns of Judah are like women with wandering eyes looking for the hot guys and doing everything they can to draw attention to...
by Justin Marple | Oct 3, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 3:1-8 shows us what it would look like when God waged war against Judah and Jerusalem. He took away all of their necessities as well as their artificial supports. Necessities like food and water, a strong military and police force, a just civil government,...
by Justin Marple | Sep 26, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 2:6-22 shows us the tower of Babel (re-)construction business. People either belong to this business or they are building blocks in the new Mount Zion that God is constructing. The new Mount Zion is truly the highest of the mountains. And still men and women...
by Justin Marple | Sep 19, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 2:1-5 is a vision akin to the Mill Pond Falls suddenly dwarfing Niagara Falls. The image is one of Mount Zion suddenly dwarfing the mountains of false gods. The image is one where Christian worship triumphs over the false religions of the world. This is said...
by Justin Marple | Sep 12, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 1:21-31 gives us Isaiah’s lament over the condition of Jerusalem in the days of Christ and his prophecies of the judgment of Jerusalem and a new Jersualem. This new Jerusalem will be like the one of old — probably refering back to the days of King...
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