by Justin Marple | Apr 8, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 54 may not be the standard text for Easter but maybe you are not feeling eager to sing or even shriek for joy today. Israel, a barren, widowed or worse — divorced, woman was certainly not feeling like singing and shrieking for joy. I trust that this...
by Justin Marple | Apr 6, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, SERMONS
Luke 22:14-23 tells us about “the Last Supper,” which is the first Lord’s Supper. His Last Supper is a Passover meal, which tells us His death and resurrection is a new Exodus event. Jesus is instituting a practice that will happen after His death...
by Justin Marple | Apr 1, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 includes the verses that the Ethiopian eunuch was reading when he met Philip and the evangelist asked him if he understood it. It is one of those passages that as Christians we cannot help but understand that Isaiah was seeing Jesus. One of the...
by Justin Marple | Mar 25, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
In the previous section, the text called upon God to wake up and act like He did with the Exodus event; in Isaiah 51:17-52:12, God calls upon Jerusalem to wake yourself (Isaiah 51:17) and to wake up and get dressed (Isaiah 52:1). So which is it? For us who believe...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 51:9-16 calls upon YHWH God to act with might like He did at the first exodus event. The Exodus is described with sea-terminology such that the place where the dead go is the abyss (today this is sometimes called Davy Jones’ Locker) and Egypt is pictured...
by Justin Marple | Mar 11, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 50:4-51:8 asks the question, “Who among you fears YHWH and obeys the voice of his servant?” The Suffering Servant that it speaks of is an expert in what to say to help the weary and an expert in listening to the Father. He hears and obeys and we...
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