by Justin Marple | Oct 10, 2010 | 2010 sermons, SERMONS
Psalm 98 opens the same way Psalm 96 and Psalm 149. “Sing to the Lord a new song” also is found in Psalm 33 and Isaiah 42:10. The idea of a new song is expressed also in Psalm 40:3 and 144:9. And the praise of the Lord crescendos as the Book of Psalms...
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...
by Justin Marple | Sep 5, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
In Isaiah 1:1-20 one of the charges God brings against Judah is what I call contempt of court. The very setting of the passage is in the courtroom/courts of the legislator/judge/king named Yahweh (the LORD), the Holy One of Israel. First we establish that Isaiah is...
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