back to index20160615 Wednesday Bible Study
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The other thing that you should have gotten, if you can... 00:00:15.920 |
You should have gotten one of these, this paper, this front and back. 00:00:19.280 |
Okay, the front side, there's the orientation we're going to go through real quick. 00:00:25.440 |
I know about at least a third of you are new to this class. 00:00:29.840 |
We're going to go over that and then the bottom part and then the back part, I'll explain 00:00:33.960 |
Those of you who are taking this for the first time. 00:00:37.400 |
How many of you sitting in here have not been in Isaiah up till now? 00:00:46.840 |
Okay, so it's about a third, yeah, about two-third and one-third. 00:00:51.920 |
So those of you who haven't, I'll explain this in a little bit, but if you don't see 00:00:55.000 |
one of these in front of you, you should look at the other tables and grab one. 00:00:58.720 |
There was about seven or eight per table, so if you happen to sit in a table where you 00:01:10.120 |
We have signed up approximately about 140 people in this class for Wednesday. 00:01:15.800 |
Doesn't mean 140 people are going to show up, right? 00:01:18.560 |
But usually what happens is there's people who sign up and they can't come. 00:01:22.440 |
I know there's some collegians who are signed up but went home for a couple weeks, right? 00:01:27.240 |
All right, I just assumed that that's what's going on. 00:01:30.560 |
So I know a few of them that are signed up, they're not going to be. 00:01:34.040 |
I think at least on paper that are committed that are going to come out is probably this 00:01:40.800 |
Okay, and then there's some people who may be here who hasn't signed up, they're going 00:01:45.040 |
So each week, we're going to ask you to do our best to take attendance, okay? 00:01:51.260 |
So every week, whatever group you're in, I may actually divide it back up. 00:01:55.520 |
When you're in a small group, in your small group take attendance. 00:01:58.120 |
Instead of doing it this way, I'm going to have an attendance sheet on each table and 00:02:01.960 |
then to have you guys go through all of that, okay? 00:02:06.440 |
Again, this is not to go after you, but we want to keep track to make sure that the bulk 00:02:11.600 |
of the church are following along in the classes that we're taking. 00:02:14.760 |
And so we're trying to keep track of that generally. 00:02:17.000 |
So for today, if you can sign this up so that I'll know who was here and who was not here 00:02:21.720 |
so that we can, we can, it can help with small groups and so forth. 00:02:26.000 |
Okay, so please sign up and if you, if your name is not here on the back of it, there 00:02:32.320 |
So please put your name and email, okay, on this, on this sheet. 00:02:37.800 |
And each week, just kind of whatever, however we do attendance, please take attendance on 00:02:46.760 |
I know some of your small groups are already, already in your, maybe it might be the group 00:02:58.600 |
Some of you guys may have seen my post on Facebook. 00:03:01.440 |
Martin actually volunteered and so he went and got snacks for us and he used a good chunk 00:03:08.360 |
So you're going to thank him personally later. 00:03:10.540 |
So not only did he get it, but he paid for it. 00:03:12.780 |
So if you guys can thank him, but starting from next week, there's nine, please, 10 more 00:03:23.880 |
This is going to take us all the way to the end of August. 00:03:26.820 |
And then that, that, the week that we have family retreat, we're going to have our last 00:03:30.920 |
session that Wednesday and then we have family retreat and then there's going to be two, 00:03:36.880 |
So, so that's actually including this week, there's 11 weeks. 00:03:39.940 |
So there's 10 weeks and I went through all the way up to chapter 50 through 66 and it's 00:03:45.460 |
going to take us all the way through and we'll be done to chapter 66 and then we'll have 00:03:49.880 |
one, one session where we're going to review everything before we end it. 00:03:55.360 |
So I know you guys aren't in your group, but some of you guys who led small group last 00:03:59.040 |
time and you guys know that your group is most likely going to be one of the groups. 00:04:08.920 |
So look at that, there's exactly 20 and there's exactly 20 slots. 00:04:24.260 |
So make sure each week there's two, two small groups who are signed up. 00:04:30.200 |
So if everybody, all the, all the tables right now, if you sign up, there'll be exactly 20 00:04:38.800 |
We're going to have to switch some of it around obviously next week when we, when we switch 00:04:42.680 |
But again, because we need, we need to know who's going to bring some snacks next week. 00:04:46.480 |
So even though it's not organized yet until next week, if you guys can do your best to 00:04:49.440 |
sign up for this and we give it to this table. 00:04:58.440 |
So that's kind of like some of you guys who, those of you guys who were with us through 00:05:03.120 |
the Isaiah study, the first two parts, you know exactly what we're doing. 00:05:08.700 |
Those of you who weren't here with us in Isaiah, we're actually starting in chapter 50. 00:05:23.560 |
Isaiah is organized in such a way that you can jump in where we're jumping in and still 00:05:28.440 |
be able to follow because Isaiah is not written chronologically or like any particular way 00:05:33.440 |
where if you didn't know what's going on in chapter two, you're not going to figure out 00:05:41.200 |
In fact, the theme in the book of Isaiah is so sporadic. 00:05:44.560 |
A lot of people get, again, not conservative evangelical scholars, but a lot of the liberal 00:05:50.480 |
scholars will look at that and say, Oh, I don't even think it was the same guy who wrote 00:05:56.320 |
You know, the themes will change all of a sudden. 00:05:58.600 |
Isaiah will be speaking about what's happening presently. 00:06:01.280 |
And then all of a sudden skip a hundred years and talk about some, something going on a 00:06:05.360 |
And all of a sudden he'll skip back another hundred years and talk about the current events 00:06:10.880 |
So those are you guys who kind of anxious, like, well, I wasn't here for the first 49 00:06:17.960 |
You'll see once we get going that it's not going to hinder your participation in what's 00:06:26.640 |
And if you do, you can just let us know and we'll try to answer the questions as much 00:06:32.220 |
If you get confused, I guarantee you you're surrounded by other people who are just as 00:06:37.280 |
Even, even the ones who sat through the first 49 chapters, Isaiah is not the easiest book 00:06:49.560 |
The reason why we put it together mainly is because Pastor Mark is going to be gone for 00:06:58.280 |
And then we were debating, maybe we should do another book in the summer and catch Isaiah 00:07:02.800 |
But again, just the way that Isaiah is organized, we can still jump in at chapter 50 and I can, 00:07:15.200 |
We're going to, we're going to start with the orientation today and I just, I'm just 00:07:19.440 |
giving you a broad stroke so you can kind of get an idea of the book of Isaiah and where 00:07:26.040 |
I'm not going to go through all the outlines of the 66 chapters that we're going to be 00:07:31.760 |
And then we're going to take some time to do have worship time. 00:07:35.980 |
And after the worship time, I'm going to break you guys up into small group. 00:07:38.480 |
And then after that, your, your meeting is going to break up in your small group, take 00:07:42.040 |
some time to pray, and then we'll have time for snacks at the end. 00:07:45.720 |
So each day that's sort of going to be the pattern. 00:07:49.360 |
You're going to come in, we're going to take some time to, to go over the questions that 00:07:53.560 |
you guys had and then and then you'll have small group time. 00:08:05.280 |
Gracious father, we thank you so much for today. 00:08:07.440 |
We thank you Lord God for just a love that you pour upon us Lord that we don't deserve. 00:08:14.400 |
And we thank you father God that even in the midst of all distractions that you've given 00:08:19.200 |
us brothers and sisters that we can run this race together with that, whether we are strong 00:08:23.920 |
or we are weak, that we belong to this body together. 00:08:28.020 |
Help us Lord God to be compassionate, to not to shy away from loving each other, to 00:08:39.440 |
But we pray father God that most of all, that in the midst of all of this, as we wrestle 00:08:45.960 |
So we pray that as we study your word, that you would help us Lord God to jump into it 00:08:50.120 |
and to glean from it what you've ordained in through the study in Jesus name we pray. 00:08:57.120 |
So today you don't have any notes to fill out because what you have in front of you 00:09:02.360 |
Starting from next week, you'll have fillers so that you can take notes on the things that 00:09:14.600 |
So the way that this Bible study, again, those of you who've been here, it's review, but 00:09:18.400 |
the way that this Bible study is organized, it's really for the purpose of establishing 00:09:24.360 |
We're not going to study the book of Isaiah, but the reason why it's organized into small 00:09:27.560 |
groups the way it is, we're not, we're going to ask you once you commit to the small group, 00:09:32.000 |
but that's the small group that you stay with because part of the Bible study is to establish 00:09:36.900 |
daily intake of the word of God through the book of Isaiah. 00:09:40.280 |
And that's some of you guys who are already doing quiet time in other passages. 00:09:46.800 |
I'm not asking you to replace it, but we do want you to get in the habit of looking at 00:09:51.040 |
this every week that, or daily that you don't come and say, Hey, you know, we're doing two 00:09:56.920 |
I'm going to, I'm going to just cram it Tuesday or Wednesday before I come and then just kind 00:10:05.360 |
If you take time throughout the week and wrestle with what's happening, you'll be able to understand 00:10:11.740 |
It's not like Sunday messages where I'm dealing with a very small text and then I'm going 00:10:16.960 |
to point out to you, this is where I'm getting, this is where I'm getting this word means 00:10:21.680 |
Isaiah, I can't do that because we're covering a large portion of the material. 00:10:26.680 |
I can't go and just say, Hey, this passage is from the, this words mean that I'm just 00:10:33.960 |
If I asked you a question on Tuesday in Isaiah, what is the, what is, you know, why does God 00:10:40.920 |
I'm just going to assume that you read it and you dealt with it. 00:10:44.400 |
I'm not going to go back and say, this is how God says this word, you know, in this 00:10:48.760 |
So if you come and you haven't done that, um, you're, yeah, you are going to be lost, 00:10:54.480 |
Because I'm not going to take time because it would take too long. 00:10:55.840 |
I won't be able to cover the material if I have to go there and re explain what's already 00:11:02.800 |
So, uh, the focus is to study through the book of Isaiah day to day. 00:11:08.360 |
A goal is also for the purpose of application, practical accountability through small group. 00:11:13.880 |
So you'll notice that each of the days there's a practical application, uh, after each day. 00:11:20.120 |
So every day there's a small passage that you'll, you'll find. 00:11:23.400 |
And after that passage, so if you look at it, the first day is tomorrow on Thursday. 00:11:30.420 |
And by the way, on the top there's memory verse. 00:11:35.600 |
And for the next 10 weeks, there's 10 verses. 00:11:40.480 |
There's four questions, three questions are study questions. 00:11:44.000 |
And then the fourth question is an application of questions. 00:11:47.920 |
So that's what I'm hoping that you guys would meditate on. 00:11:51.200 |
And then when you guys get together, you'll take some time in your small group to discuss 00:12:01.160 |
So each week in your small group, you're going to be going over these questions to answer 00:12:05.600 |
those questions and then have discussion at the end. 00:12:07.680 |
So my hope is that at the end of each day, you'll have some kind of application that 00:12:15.400 |
you, when you come to your small groups, you're not just coming completely empty handed. 00:12:19.600 |
You're coming and saying, this is what I wrestled with. 00:12:22.560 |
I was reading this and this doesn't make any sense. 00:12:24.900 |
And then you'll have some like exegetical questions. 00:12:28.880 |
And then based upon that, have some application of questions or application of things that 00:12:35.600 |
So remember, if you apply without interpretation, what do we call that? 00:12:45.640 |
Meaning that you're applying things that you just kind of generally, right? 00:12:51.160 |
So application has to come from interpretation. 00:12:54.800 |
So if you're not doing the interpretation and saying, you know what, I just want to 00:12:57.320 |
be a good Christian, then you're just going to apply whatever you think is right in your 00:13:02.520 |
So interpretation without application, what do we call that? 00:13:09.240 |
The point of interpretation is to give birth to something. 00:13:13.360 |
So if you don't apply what you're interpreting, then all it's going to do is going to cause 00:13:20.920 |
So we want application come from interpretation. 00:13:26.240 |
So every day that we're asking you to study through the word that you would have in mind, 00:13:34.200 |
And so small group, we're asking for accountability for that. 00:13:37.560 |
Again, the goal is to establish spiritual disciplines, daily devotions, prayer and purposeful 00:13:43.440 |
And so again, your small groups are designed for that purpose. 00:13:53.240 |
And you will be committed to that small group. 00:13:54.640 |
So if some of you, okay, that's another thing I'm going to ask you to put on that card. 00:13:58.520 |
If some of you know for sure that you're not going to be able to come consistently, can 00:14:05.040 |
You can still attend Bible study, but I have to make sure that you guys are all in one 00:14:10.600 |
Some of you guys have problem with commitment. 00:14:16.640 |
You're always saying I'm committed, but you never know until that week. 00:14:23.880 |
So I'm not asking, I'm not asking like, "Eh, we'll see." 00:14:27.000 |
I'm asking if you're committed to this, to commit to this small group. 00:14:29.360 |
But if you know for a fact that you can't come because of work or distance or whatever, 00:14:34.600 |
can you mark it on there so that you're kind of spread out into different groups? 00:14:52.820 |
So if you notice, you have Monday through Friday, but Saturday and Sunday is left open. 00:14:57.140 |
So Saturday, Sunday does not mean debauchery day. 00:15:00.980 |
It just means that we've divided it into five days, and then Saturday and Sunday we're leaving 00:15:07.780 |
So if you're doing quiet time or meditation or if you maybe missed, you want to catch 00:15:17.940 |
That is, again, next week's memory verse is Isaiah 50 verse 4. 00:15:22.800 |
So you'll memorize that, and then when you come back, your small group is going to keep 00:15:27.220 |
And then each week there's going to be a cumulative. 00:15:29.500 |
So you're going to have 10 verses memorized, okay, by the end of this session. 00:15:35.340 |
So the 10 verses that you're memorizing, I'm picking a key verse in those chapters that 00:15:40.980 |
So if you have those 10 verses memorized, at the end, you'll at least have a broad outline 00:15:49.620 |
And because of that one key verse, and you know what chapter it's in, you'll know generally 00:16:01.960 |
Each week we're going to begin with about 40 minutes of going over instruction. 00:16:05.800 |
Basically, during the 40 minutes, I'm going to be going over the questions that you went 00:16:11.600 |
So the questions that are given to you, I'm going to go back and try to highlight certain 00:16:18.120 |
Because of the amount of text that we're looking at, I'm not going to be able to get into every 00:16:24.560 |
So, if you're studying and say, "You know, I'm really curious about this. 00:16:27.860 |
Maybe it's not one of the questions that we asked, but I really am curious about this." 00:16:39.840 |
Like, if you have a question on Tuesday, just sit there and say, "Oh, I wonder how this 00:16:46.760 |
So I'll try to incorporate that into the study. 00:16:50.840 |
But again, you have to email me plenty of time, because I'm not going to be able to 00:16:54.120 |
address it if I just get the email right before I come here. 00:17:02.280 |
Now, this Bible study necessarily isn't designed for this. 00:17:07.160 |
But might as well take advantage of the fact that we're together, you know, and because 00:17:11.760 |
of the size of our church, even in this room, right, I guarantee you at the end of 10 weeks, 00:17:17.880 |
you're not going to all be singing kumbaya with everybody in this room. 00:17:21.960 |
You're going to know your table, and then whoever happens to be rubbing your shoulders 00:17:28.240 |
And then if you enjoy the same snacks, and you're always crowding the same table with 00:17:31.760 |
the same people, those are the people you're going to get to know. 00:17:34.880 |
So we're going to try to encourage you as much as possible to get to know other people. 00:17:39.120 |
But specifically in your small group, this is what we've been doing. 00:17:43.600 |
We're asked that at least have one activity outside. 00:17:46.480 |
Maybe you can grab dinner, you know, or some groups went hiking together, some groups, 00:17:52.320 |
you know, when they had snack times, they got together at people's homes, and they actually 00:17:56.080 |
made stuff together as a form of fellowship and bonding time. 00:18:00.520 |
And so we're asking that through in the 10 weeks that you would be deliberate, and take 00:18:04.800 |
some time to really fellowship with that group. 00:18:07.220 |
So again, whether it's for snacks, or going out to eat, or doing some activity, that you 00:18:13.160 |
And you'll find, if you do it earlier, instead of let's say you have 10 weeks and you did 00:18:16.960 |
it, oh shoot, forgot to do it, you know, in the 10th week you went out. 00:18:20.600 |
It kind of defeats the purpose, because if you have some bonding activity early on, and 00:18:27.240 |
you happen to be sitting in a small group where you're not really that familiar with 00:18:32.800 |
People will be more open to open to one another, and pray for each other, keep each other accountable, 00:18:37.200 |
so again, this is completely based upon your small group though. 00:18:41.480 |
If you happen to be in a small group where everybody's bah humbug, I don't want to get 00:18:45.360 |
to know you, we're too busy, or whatever, but this is not a mandatory thing, but we're 00:18:52.280 |
Okay, so this is for each of the small groups. 00:19:00.760 |
All right, I'm going to go over for the next maybe about 20 minutes the overview of Isaiah. 00:19:07.400 |
Okay, so I don't have anywhere for you to take notes, but if you are studious, if you 00:19:12.640 |
want to, this is where you want to begin to take notes. 00:19:17.120 |
Oh, and just a quick note, I'm going to be emailing you sometime this week if I'm going 00:19:24.400 |
to ask you guys, because we have so many more tables than last time, to ask a few of you 00:19:31.080 |
So if you get that email, if you can respond ASAP. 00:19:34.240 |
So if I emailed it tomorrow and I don't get a response until Monday, I'm assuming that 00:19:41.080 |
for whatever the reason, you're not interested in doing that. 00:19:44.040 |
But even if you're not, please help me, because it makes it much harder if I have to wait 00:19:48.400 |
till next Tuesday to know who's going to be able to come out or not. 00:19:52.240 |
If you are going to be leading the small group, we're going to be having our first orientation 00:19:59.840 |
Because I didn't give you enough notice, if you absolutely cannot come, I'll understand. 00:20:03.560 |
But I'm giving you the heads up that we're going to try to meet together next Wednesday 00:20:09.680 |
For those of you who are going to be leading the small group. 00:20:14.440 |
Obviously, it's called Isaiah because Isaiah is the author. 00:20:19.120 |
He's considered to be either the greatest or one of the greatest prophets of the Old 00:20:24.360 |
Not simply because of the size of his letter. 00:20:29.820 |
It's I believe it's second longest letter in the Bible. 00:20:34.920 |
But not necessarily because of the size of the letter, but because of the content. 00:20:42.960 |
His name means salvation of Jehovah, and that's sort of the name. 00:20:46.720 |
The salvation of Jehovah is sort of the theme of the whole book. 00:20:50.800 |
And so again, we'll get to that in a little bit. 00:20:52.760 |
So as you guys know, in the Old Testament in particular, their names are very significant. 00:20:58.220 |
The prophets name or the main characters names are directly tied to what God happens to be 00:21:06.100 |
So God chooses Isaiah in God's sovereign plan. 00:21:09.840 |
His whole theme of the book of Isaiah is about the salvation that God's going to bring. 00:21:17.680 |
Isaiah chapter 1 says that he prophesied during the period of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. 00:21:24.900 |
So let me ask you guys, let's see how many of you guys remember. 00:21:28.320 |
Is this Northern Kingdom or Southern Kingdom? 00:21:57.040 |
You think 100 years from now when people see the list of our names and say, "Is this good 00:22:07.120 |
Israel, like the Northern Kingdom is predominantly, all of them are bad kings. 00:22:14.140 |
In the Southern Kingdom, there's about 8 out of 20-some who are good kings. 00:22:18.120 |
And out of them, these two are actually good kings. 00:22:21.360 |
They're good kings, but they were in a period where there was a lot of religious practices, 00:22:32.480 |
Because again, out of predominantly negative kings, two of them were actually good kings. 00:22:37.680 |
Hezekiah is probably one of the best kings of Israel, right? 00:22:41.880 |
But there's this false security of their standing before God because one, they've had a lot 00:22:47.240 |
of religious and a lot of temple worship and practices, but God comes in. 00:23:03.320 |
That's the passage where Isaiah comes and says, "God, I hate your evil assemblies. 00:23:11.760 |
And so he's basically indicting superficial worship. 00:23:15.520 |
And that's kind of like the period that Isaiah is prophesying in, right? 00:23:27.440 |
Isaiah is referred to as the messianic prophet because of the amount of prophecies of Jesus 00:23:34.400 |
In fact, it has the most prophecies about Jesus than any other prophets. 00:23:41.680 |
Isaiah is quoted in the New Testament more than any other Old Testament prophet. 00:23:45.280 |
There's only one book in the Old Testament that's quoted more than Isaiah in the New 00:24:02.720 |
So outside of Psalms, the most quoted prophet in the New Testament of the Old Testament 00:24:11.720 |
Isaiah ministry began, we see in Isaiah chapter 6, 1 to 3. 00:24:15.680 |
Remember where Isaiah is taken and seen a vision of God where it says it's holy, holy, 00:24:22.480 |
Again, so this is probably the beginning and the calling of Isaiah. 00:24:27.260 |
So the calling of Isaiah, the context is Uzziah just died. 00:24:31.360 |
So if you look at Isaiah chapter 6, verse 1, it says, "During the period when Uzziah 00:24:39.080 |
The reason why Isaiah is called is because Uzziah, the good king, and so they're kind 00:24:46.560 |
There's a lot of enemies about to attack Israel." 00:24:48.840 |
And so God is speaking through Isaiah to remind him that the real king is still on the throne. 00:24:56.080 |
So Isaiah is filled with reminders to the nation of Israel that the real king is still 00:25:11.600 |
Some unique features about the book of Isaiah. 00:25:15.640 |
It's the only Old Testament book to predict both the virgin birth and his dual nature. 00:25:21.720 |
It is the first of two Old Testament books describing early days of Lucifer before he 00:25:31.600 |
It is the first of two Old Testament books predicting the ministry of John the Baptist. 00:25:37.000 |
So remember the book of Malachi predicts that. 00:25:41.640 |
It records one of the Old Testament's most precise prophecy about an individual, the 00:25:48.520 |
So those of you guys who were with us in the study before, how many years after Isaiah 00:25:53.840 |
died does King Cyrus actually come into power? 00:26:10.600 |
This is one of the reasons why the secular scholars say, you know, Isaiah could not have 00:26:15.200 |
been an author because, you know, he mentioned Cyrus by name and he was already gone for 00:26:23.320 |
But so Isaiah's prophecy actually names that king by name. 00:26:28.000 |
Number five, it gives the most extended overview of the Messiah's mission to both Jews and 00:26:34.280 |
So these are all unique features of the book of Isaiah. 00:26:38.040 |
So those of you guys who, it's a review for you, but you kind of have to know Israel's 00:26:43.520 |
history of briefly that when God established his nation of Israel, Saul's the first king, 00:26:51.280 |
Then after Solomon, the kingdom splits in two. 00:26:55.240 |
And so this, the tribe where the all 10 tribes follow Jeroboam, this is called the what kingdom? 00:27:08.040 |
And often in the Bible is referred to just Israel. 00:27:14.400 |
Sometimes you'll see, oh, Israel did this and, but Judah did that. 00:27:19.340 |
And this kingdom only has Judah and the two tribes. 00:27:23.640 |
Oh, sorry, Judah and had to say, what are the, what are the two tribes? 00:27:33.560 |
That's why Paul, remember when he says, Hey, you know, if you want to boast about the flesh, 00:27:38.320 |
he says, I'm from a tribe of Benjamin, right? 00:27:41.540 |
Because he was prestigious because he stayed with the kingdom that lasted longer than this 00:27:48.220 |
And that's the tribe that the tribe of Judah where the Messiah comes from. 00:27:52.420 |
So to say that you are the only other tribe that you could have said I was better than 00:27:58.360 |
The second most prestigious would have been the tribe of Benjamin. 00:28:00.680 |
That's why Paul says, you want to go at it with me? 00:28:02.840 |
You know, I'm from the tribe of Benjamin, right? 00:28:04.980 |
This is the reason why the split kingdom, the Northern kingdom lasted about 210 years. 00:28:12.960 |
It had 19 Kings and all 19 did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 00:28:21.680 |
And as a result of that, God allows the Syria to come in and completely demolishes them. 00:28:28.720 |
The Southern kingdom, he referred to as the kingdom of Judah. 00:28:40.680 |
The total number of rulers was 20 and out of them only eight out of 20 were righteous. 00:28:46.440 |
So think about all the Kings in the nation of Israel. 00:28:59.560 |
30, 40 Kings out of 40 Kings, only eight of them were good, right? 00:29:07.240 |
So you know, remember when we talk about when God tells the nation of Israel that if you 00:29:14.800 |
So think about out of 40, only eight of them and all eight of them were only are part of 00:29:20.160 |
So the other kingdom was completely demolished. 00:29:27.880 |
And they also go into captivity by the Babylonians in 605 BC. 00:29:34.240 |
And this is right before Israel goes into, or the Southern kingdom goes into captivity 00:29:44.640 |
He's prophesying that because of your sins, Babylonians are going to come and take you 00:29:49.920 |
Just like the Assyrians did to our brothers up North. 00:29:57.920 |
He's prophesying during a period of political turmoil within the nation of Judah. 00:30:04.920 |
Northern kingdom has fallen to Syria and now they're in danger of being attacked by, by 00:30:15.400 |
So just to kind of give you a quick geography, Israel, this, this area is where Israel dwells 00:30:23.240 |
out of this, like right around Jerusalem, like Judah and Benjamites, they're like right 00:30:31.200 |
And then the Southern kingdom or Northern kingdom occupied this space. 00:30:35.320 |
So this is, this is all of Israel is like right here like that. 00:30:45.520 |
And then later on, the Babylonians come in and they conquer the Assyrians and they dominate 00:30:50.720 |
And if you go more towards South Egypt dominates this area. 00:30:55.440 |
So Israel is constantly flanked by their enemies. 00:31:01.480 |
And so their concern was Israel was constantly trying to negotiate with the, either the nation 00:31:06.880 |
of Egypt or Babylonians or the Assyrians so that they can basically ally with the big 00:31:15.220 |
So every time they felt like they were being threatened by the Assyrians, they would run 00:31:18.640 |
to Egypt and say, we're going to pay you tribute if you protect us. 00:31:22.920 |
Or they felt, you know, threatened by another nation, they would make treaties with Babylon. 00:31:28.680 |
And so Isaiah speaks to the nation of Israel saying that these pagan nations are not your 00:31:37.480 |
So that's one of the major themes of the book of Isaiah is reminded the nation of Israel 00:31:44.200 |
In fact, they're also going to be judged for their sins. 00:31:52.560 |
The Northern kingdom goes into captivity, destroyed by the Assyrians. 00:31:56.520 |
And then the Southern kingdom is destroyed by the Babylonians. 00:32:07.720 |
It's divided into two major sections, chapter one through 39, predominantly about judgment. 00:32:19.000 |
So not all of it, there's messianic prophecies in there too, but predominantly. 00:32:23.880 |
So those of you guys who think like, you know, the missed the first 40, 49 chapters, it's 00:32:32.600 |
And then chapter 40 to 66 is the promise of deliverance. 00:32:38.000 |
So it's kind of like, you know, those of you as we've been following the book of Romans, 00:32:43.040 |
it's really split just like the gospel, right? 00:32:46.560 |
He's established the foundation of why God is judging and then provides the Messiah as 00:32:55.120 |
So just like Paul lays out the first four or five chapters of all I've seen and fall 00:32:59.120 |
short of the glory of God, and then he begins to go into starting from chapter, the latter 00:33:03.680 |
part of chapter five and six, and then begin to introduce Christ as a solution to our sins. 00:33:08.680 |
That's exactly how book of Isaiah is, is situated. 00:33:32.800 |
I'm not going to go through all of this just to kind of give you an idea. 00:33:38.500 |
These are all the different prophecies that are in the book of Isaiah about the Messiah. 00:33:45.440 |
There's more, but again, this is why this is the reason why they consider Isaiah the 00:33:51.000 |
biggest or the greatest, most important prophet of the old Testament, because he does the 00:33:55.820 |
biggest work preparing the way of coming out of Christ. 00:33:58.840 |
So he's very specific about the virgin birth, about Galilean ministry, about how he was 00:34:10.640 |
He's going to be siding among the accusers, Isaiah 53, right? 00:34:16.600 |
So all of these things are prophecies that come straight out of the book of Isaiah. 00:34:20.120 |
So if you'll notice, predominantly it's from chapter 50 and on. 00:34:28.100 |
So we're heading into a section starting from chapter 50 where there's going to be a lot 00:34:34.880 |
And that's why we're taking it a little bit slower than before, especially when we come 00:34:38.380 |
to these, like chapter 53 is not a chapter we want to just lump with other chapters. 00:34:43.400 |
We're going to take our time to go through that chapter because it's so rich in theology 00:34:58.360 |
If some of you guys want this, email it to me and I'll forward it to you. 00:35:03.960 |
If you guys want to, you know, Hey, I got nothing to do all week and I just want to 00:35:10.840 |
I'll email this to you so you can kind of review it during the week before you come 00:35:20.320 |
If you don't know my email, it's on the website. 00:35:23.240 |
Or if you look at the church program, my email is on the bottom of that list. 00:35:27.400 |
Also another thing, if you guys want electronic copies of this, you know what? 00:35:44.000 |
And then if you're like, stop sending me this stuff, then email me. 00:35:49.880 |
Instead of waiting for you to email me, I'll just send it out to everybody, but I'm going 00:35:54.480 |
I'm going to have these things copied and then you're going to be able to take notes 00:35:59.600 |
I'd rather write with pen than on the whatever it is you have. 00:36:05.280 |
So I'll still have the physical copies, but I'll email it to everybody. 00:36:11.400 |
So what I wanted to do for the rest of the time is I'm going to have you guys take some 00:36:20.360 |
But before we did that, I want to take some time to worship together. 00:36:24.600 |
You know, we haven't done that on Wednesday, Bible study. 00:36:28.120 |
And again, the theme of the worship songs, I try to pick deliberately so that it'll kind 00:36:42.800 |
Somebody that I can trust is not going to fall asleep today. 00:36:48.960 |
There's only one slide where you actually have to go forward and backward. 00:37:46.980 |
this is a general observation that I've seen. 00:37:49.700 |
That when you go to like a church that emphasizes the Bible, 00:38:00.020 |
That we think like it's not, it's not as relevant 00:38:01.700 |
because as long as we have our theology correct, 00:38:03.860 |
our emotional expression toward God isn't as important. 00:38:13.820 |
is just as important as getting the right doctrine 00:38:16.580 |
because that's our way of expressing the point. 00:38:19.620 |
The reason why the glory of God is revealed to us 00:38:30.300 |
all it becomes is, "Wow, that was interesting." 00:38:34.520 |
It just becomes a lot of people who are intrigued 00:38:39.500 |
So I wanted to, again, take some time to just, 00:39:13.860 |
not just like, "Oh, we're doing this as a church." 00:39:21.180 |
that would fit the theme of what we're studying. 00:39:24.540 |
If somebody can turn your Bible to Isaiah chapter six. 00:40:49.700 |
because that's exactly who he needed to convey. 00:40:52.780 |
He needed to be a witness of the glory of God. 00:41:10.740 |
like say, spend 39 chapters expositing in detail 00:41:26.100 |
this is the reason why the Messiah is coming, right? 00:41:31.940 |
So that's the song that we're gonna be singing, 00:43:09.060 |
and the whole earth is filled with His glory. 00:44:07.200 |
The second song that we're seeing, Salvation Belongs to the Lord. 00:44:14.500 |
Again, this is one of the major themes in the book of Isaiah. 00:44:17.500 |
The word salvation in the Old Testament is used 33 times 00:44:21.120 |
and out of the 33 times, 26 times is in Isaiah alone. 00:44:25.160 |
So again, that's the that's the main theme is that our tendency 00:44:29.620 |
is to run to different things, to money, people, circumstance. 00:44:33.040 |
And so Isaiah, God is telling the nation of Israel 00:44:37.120 |
through Isaiah that he is our salvation, he's our refuge. 00:46:37.500 |
So the next one, I don't know the title of this song, 00:46:48.300 |
but it's there in the newborn cry again, it's about the cross 00:46:53.760 |
and how all of that affects every aspect of our lives. 00:46:57.220 |
So if you look at the prophecy of the Messiah, 00:46:59.420 |
he doesn't just say, I'm coming to save you from your sins. 00:47:02.840 |
He says, you know, when you're in trouble, you know, when you're 00:47:07.000 |
when you're anxious, when you have enemies who have surrounded you, 00:47:10.760 |
when you are hungry and and through all of these things, 00:47:15.060 |
God prophesies a solution is coming right in. 00:47:19.800 |
So all throughout the book of Isaiah is like every different circumstance, 00:47:23.640 |
whether you're young or whether you're old, whether you're rich, 00:47:26.100 |
whether you're poor, that in the end, Christ is a solution. 00:47:29.100 |
And so that's what this song ultimately is about in every aspect of life 00:48:31.040 |
Then from the cross into eternity, your grace finds me. 00:50:45.660 |
OK, so the last song that we're going to sing before I ask you guys to get in your smoke, make me a prayer. 00:50:56.660 |
So, again, the whole purpose of all of this revelation is that we would be the light to the world. 00:51:03.660 |
Let my prayers be a cry. And then the second part, we're just going to sing. 00:51:06.660 |
Make us a prayer and let our prayers be a cry so that this would be the main theme of what we do each week. 00:51:13.660 |
That our glimpse of who he is would lead us to a greater worship of his name. 00:51:18.660 |
But ultimately to cry out for our generation. 00:51:21.660 |
And then I'm going to ask you guys to take some time to pray with your group. 00:53:41.660 |
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love. 00:53:47.660 |
We thank you for opening our eyes that we may see the glory of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:53:52.660 |
That we may not simply work hard but to give a reasonable response. 00:54:08.660 |
Even now Lord God there are sins that we wrestle with. 00:54:10.660 |
I pray that as you brought us together that our community would not be just a social place. 00:54:16.660 |
But a place where we are actively pursuing one another. 00:54:23.660 |
As we take some time to pray and to encourage one another. 00:54:26.660 |
That we really would find encouragement Lord God to love you more. 00:54:45.660 |
If you can take some time to pray with your small groups. 00:54:50.660 |
Again I want you guys to take time specifically about where you are spiritually. 00:54:54.660 |
And I know that a lot of you guys are in the context of other things going on in your life. 00:54:59.660 |
Whether it may be health or maybe job or relational issues. 00:55:03.660 |
But I want you guys to take time specifically on that particular topic of where you are spiritually. 00:55:08.660 |
And I know probably those things may be affecting it. 00:55:12.660 |
But if you guys can just kind of focus your attention on that. 00:55:15.660 |
So that you guys would have an idea of where you are spiritually. 00:55:18.660 |
And don't just say you know I've been reading my Bible or I've been doing quiet time. 00:55:23.660 |
Because that sometimes is not a good measure of where you are. 00:55:28.660 |
But you could be doing all of that and have your heart completely away from God. 00:55:31.660 |
So if you guys can be open and honest with each other about that. 00:55:39.660 |
Just kind of like hey I'm a member so I have to come to Wednesday Bible study. 00:55:42.660 |
But really come digging, asking questions so that you can maximize our time together. 00:55:47.660 |
That each week when you leave that you would really find encouragement and strength to live the rest of the week for Christ. 00:55:53.660 |
So if you guys can take some time to pray for that. 00:55:57.660 |
Those of you who came out on Monday we really appreciate you. 00:56:05.660 |
Monday night or Tuesday night you don't see anything. 00:56:09.660 |
That means we're going to end up closing on this property. 00:56:12.660 |
And that means our weekday Bible study is going to have to be moved to our new building in 2 to 3 weeks. 00:56:20.660 |
If you guys can take some time to pray for that so that all that stuff will go smoothly. 00:56:23.660 |
Then obviously our last prayer request is for Emily. 00:56:27.660 |
I'm not going to go for the sake of time too much detail. 00:56:30.660 |
But right now I think starting Monday she started radiation and a very intense form of chemotherapy. 00:56:38.660 |
And this is the only thing that she has done that has made any kind of impact on her in the past. 00:56:45.660 |
So they're doing that I think the rest of this week and then they're going to see what happens. 00:56:48.660 |
So if you guys can take some time to pray for that for the family as well. 00:56:52.660 |
So if you guys can take some time to do that. 00:56:55.660 |
I'm going to set up somewhere probably in the back. 00:56:57.660 |
And then so this group will be over and I'm going to be walking around collecting those cards. 00:57:01.660 |
So if you guys can have it on one side so I can come and collect it.