Opening Prayer
Jesus our savior, and our intercessor, we pray your blessing tonight, on this study. We pray that you would put the words and their meaning into our hearts and minds, those things that you would have us learn from this study. We pray that no word be spoken here tonight, contrary to thy will, and that all here will be subject to your guiding Spirit.
We ask your blessing on all families represented here tonight and bless all those who are in the thoughts and prayers of those who seek thee tonight. These things we ask in your Holy name Jesus, AMEN
Purpose
In this, the first study in our new series, we will attempt to present a study of prophetic scripture based on the coming of a Savior for the world, which in turn will introduce the following weeks study of Jesus’ ministry. We will attempt to learn from Jesus’ ministry as he lived and taught it on this earth. It is our intention to learn the intricate and minute details of each event in his life with a teaching moment in it. There is no word he spoke and no act he committed that is not of paramount import to any who seek Jesus and his teaching.
(This weeks study is taken mainly from the Prophet Isaiah,)
Pg.1
God Promises a Savior
God’s comfort
Isa 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isa 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
This life is a warfare; saints have many enemies to engage with, sin, Satan, and the world; many battles to fight, a great fight of afflictions, and the good fight of faith: this is "accomplished", or "filled up, not that it is at an end before this life is, while that lasts there will be a continual conflict; yet all enemies are now conquered by Jesus Christ.
Q. 1Her sin has been paid for, what does that mean?
Q. 2What is meant by “double for all her sins” “
Q. 3 What is implied by these words of the prophet Isaiah?
God’s intentions
Isa 40:3 A voice of one calling: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isa 35:8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.
His voice was the voice of one that crieth, that published and proclaimed aloud, openly and publicly, with great eagerness and fervency, with much freedom and liberty, what he had to say; and this was done "in the wilderness", in the wilderness of Judea,
Q. 1 What was a unique feature of John the Baptist?
Q. 2What is the intended purpose of his message?
Q. 3 What is meant by“make straight in the desert, a highway for our God”?
God’s plan for his people
Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
Isa 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
It may be taken as a call to duty, and it is the same duty that we are called to, in preparation for Christ's entrance into our souls. (1.) We must get into such a frame of spirit as to receive Christ and his gospel: “Prepare you the way of the Lord; prepare yourselves for him, and let all that would be an obstruction to his entrance, make room for Christ: Make straight a highway for him.” If he prepare the end for us, we ought surely to prepare the way for him. Prepare for the Savior
Q. 1 What is meant by the statement in verse 4?
Q. 2 How is God going to do that, remove every obstacle?
Q. 3 His presence will be known, does this promise ease or difficulty ?
Q. 4 Does this mean there will be miracles?
Pg.2
God’s Promise
Isa 40:9 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Heb 6:17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
Heb 6:18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
God did as it were bind himself by his oath, or lay himself under obligation, or become a surety, for the fulfillment of his purpose and promise; which shows the super-abounding grace of God, the weakness of man, and what reason the heirs of promise have to believe.
Q. 1 Does John have his work cut out for him, as the forerunner of Jesus Christ?
Q. 2 Is it then any wonder as to why he was so focused on his job?
Q. 3 Do you feel that God’s promise of a savior is strengthened by his giving an oath?
Q. 4 Does that impress you in any way, that God would make a promise under oath?
Our hope is in him
Isa 40:31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
A knowledge and reverence of God, confidence in him, attendance on him, not with the body only, in public and private, but with the soul also, and with constancy, patience and quietness. The Lord is to be waited upon for the manifestations of himself, and his sworn promises. And since he has his set time to show himself again, his presence is worth waiting for. Also for the performance of his promises, which may be expected from his perfections, the nature of the promises, and their being in Christ; likewise for answers of prayer, and for the fresh discoveries of pardoning grace and mercy;
Q. 1 What would you interpret this verse from Isaiah 40:31 to mean?
Q. 2 What does the concept of this promise hold for the Christian?
Q. 3 Do we always wait in hope for the Lord, or do we sometimes become impatient?
Pg.3
Our hope, His Grace and Mercy
Psa 33:18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
Psa 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
1Pe 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous He is a God who delights in hearing prayer, and his righteous ones have his ear. He hears them while they are speaking, and will answer, and avenge his elect, who cry unto him day and night. For as he has an ear to hear their cries, he has a mighty right arm to save them, and which is even strengthened by what follows. But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. "To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth". "The face of the Lord" is meant the anger of the Lord. It intends, not his kind, pleasant, and loving countenance, but his anger with the unrighteous. With the former he beholds the upright, and with it he looks upon his righteous ones. But the latter is upon and against the wicked, and is dreadful and intolerable, and the consequence of it is everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
Rev 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Rev 3:12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Q. 1 Why is it comforting to know that your sins are forgiven?
Q. 2 What of God’s intentions are most important to you?
Q. 3 Do you see God’s plan working in the world today?
Q. 4 Do you see God’s promises working in the world today?
Q. 5 As Christians, Upon what do we place our hope today? (My hope is built on nothing less)
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Meditation
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; 2 When darkness seems to hide his face, I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. And on my last and shining day may I be there with Him to stay.
Closing Prayer
Jesus you are our solid rock, all we need is the courage there on to stand. We ask nothing more than this, that you grant us the courage and the determination and strength to continue in prayer. We ask that you extend your healing power to those of us and our loved ones that are hurting. And that your love and mercy be extended to us so that on our final day we might be where you are. Amen
Jesus our savior, and our intercessor, we pray your blessing tonight, on this study. We pray that you would put the words and their meaning into our hearts and minds, those things that you would have us learn from this study. We pray that no word be spoken here tonight, contrary to thy will, and that all here will be subject to your guiding Spirit.
We ask your blessing on all families represented here tonight and bless all those who are in the thoughts and prayers of those who seek thee tonight. These things we ask in your Holy name Jesus, AMEN
Purpose
In this, the first study in our new series, we will attempt to present a study of prophetic scripture based on the coming of a Savior for the world, which in turn will introduce the following weeks study of Jesus’ ministry. We will attempt to learn from Jesus’ ministry as he lived and taught it on this earth. It is our intention to learn the intricate and minute details of each event in his life with a teaching moment in it. There is no word he spoke and no act he committed that is not of paramount import to any who seek Jesus and his teaching.
(This weeks study is taken mainly from the Prophet Isaiah,)
Pg.1
God Promises a Savior
God’s comfort
Isa 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isa 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
This life is a warfare; saints have many enemies to engage with, sin, Satan, and the world; many battles to fight, a great fight of afflictions, and the good fight of faith: this is "accomplished", or "filled up, not that it is at an end before this life is, while that lasts there will be a continual conflict; yet all enemies are now conquered by Jesus Christ.
Q. 1Her sin has been paid for, what does that mean?
Q. 2What is meant by “double for all her sins” “
Q. 3 What is implied by these words of the prophet Isaiah?
God’s intentions
Isa 40:3 A voice of one calling: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isa 35:8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.
His voice was the voice of one that crieth, that published and proclaimed aloud, openly and publicly, with great eagerness and fervency, with much freedom and liberty, what he had to say; and this was done "in the wilderness", in the wilderness of Judea,
Q. 1 What was a unique feature of John the Baptist?
Q. 2What is the intended purpose of his message?
Q. 3 What is meant by“make straight in the desert, a highway for our God”?
God’s plan for his people
Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
Isa 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
It may be taken as a call to duty, and it is the same duty that we are called to, in preparation for Christ's entrance into our souls. (1.) We must get into such a frame of spirit as to receive Christ and his gospel: “Prepare you the way of the Lord; prepare yourselves for him, and let all that would be an obstruction to his entrance, make room for Christ: Make straight a highway for him.” If he prepare the end for us, we ought surely to prepare the way for him. Prepare for the Savior
Q. 1 What is meant by the statement in verse 4?
Q. 2 How is God going to do that, remove every obstacle?
Q. 3 His presence will be known, does this promise ease or difficulty ?
Q. 4 Does this mean there will be miracles?
Pg.2
God’s Promise
Isa 40:9 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Heb 6:17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
Heb 6:18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
God did as it were bind himself by his oath, or lay himself under obligation, or become a surety, for the fulfillment of his purpose and promise; which shows the super-abounding grace of God, the weakness of man, and what reason the heirs of promise have to believe.
Q. 1 Does John have his work cut out for him, as the forerunner of Jesus Christ?
Q. 2 Is it then any wonder as to why he was so focused on his job?
Q. 3 Do you feel that God’s promise of a savior is strengthened by his giving an oath?
Q. 4 Does that impress you in any way, that God would make a promise under oath?
Our hope is in him
Isa 40:31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
A knowledge and reverence of God, confidence in him, attendance on him, not with the body only, in public and private, but with the soul also, and with constancy, patience and quietness. The Lord is to be waited upon for the manifestations of himself, and his sworn promises. And since he has his set time to show himself again, his presence is worth waiting for. Also for the performance of his promises, which may be expected from his perfections, the nature of the promises, and their being in Christ; likewise for answers of prayer, and for the fresh discoveries of pardoning grace and mercy;
Q. 1 What would you interpret this verse from Isaiah 40:31 to mean?
Q. 2 What does the concept of this promise hold for the Christian?
Q. 3 Do we always wait in hope for the Lord, or do we sometimes become impatient?
Pg.3
Our hope, His Grace and Mercy
Psa 33:18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
Psa 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
1Pe 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous He is a God who delights in hearing prayer, and his righteous ones have his ear. He hears them while they are speaking, and will answer, and avenge his elect, who cry unto him day and night. For as he has an ear to hear their cries, he has a mighty right arm to save them, and which is even strengthened by what follows. But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. "To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth". "The face of the Lord" is meant the anger of the Lord. It intends, not his kind, pleasant, and loving countenance, but his anger with the unrighteous. With the former he beholds the upright, and with it he looks upon his righteous ones. But the latter is upon and against the wicked, and is dreadful and intolerable, and the consequence of it is everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
Rev 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Rev 3:12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Q. 1 Why is it comforting to know that your sins are forgiven?
Q. 2 What of God’s intentions are most important to you?
Q. 3 Do you see God’s plan working in the world today?
Q. 4 Do you see God’s promises working in the world today?
Q. 5 As Christians, Upon what do we place our hope today? (My hope is built on nothing less)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Meditation
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; 2 When darkness seems to hide his face, I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. And on my last and shining day may I be there with Him to stay.
Closing Prayer
Jesus you are our solid rock, all we need is the courage there on to stand. We ask nothing more than this, that you grant us the courage and the determination and strength to continue in prayer. We ask that you extend your healing power to those of us and our loved ones that are hurting. And that your love and mercy be extended to us so that on our final day we might be where you are. Amen
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