by Justin Marple | May 13, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 57:14-21 reminds me of the magnificat of the virgin Mary where it speaks about the humiliation of the proud and the exaltation of the humble. Mother Mary knows best — she willingly submitted to the will of God for her life and even today we call her...
by Justin Marple | Apr 29, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 56:9-57:13 compares the watchmen or elders or shepherds of Israel to sleeping dogs — thus I combined the metaphors of shepherding and sleeping dogs to say that they are sleeping sheep dogs. Most of the examples of their failures as sheepdogs has to do...
by Justin Marple | Apr 22, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 56:1-8 is a prophetic sermon encouraging Israel to keep covenant, represented by Sabbath keeping, while they wait for salvation to come through the suffering servant. Isaiah warns Israel that they should not presume their salvation based on their ancestry but...
by Justin Marple | Apr 15, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
You knew when you saw the title of this sermon that there must be some kind of catch. And the truth is — there is. The wine is not really free — it is very expensive wine and it took a very costly sacrifice in order to purchase it — the death of...
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...
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