The message to God’s people is that his Servant will heal them up not break them to ruin. He will fan the flame of their faintly burning lives not blow them out. The Lord is with them in their weakness to bring them under his...
The Lord is communicating to his people that the captivity they are experiencing in no way threatens the reality of his sovereignty or their election. He will strengthen, help, and uphold them. For this reason, they are not to fear. This message for Judah in...
Josh Hussung speaks on 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. Grace Community Church exists to build spiritually healthy people for ministry in the world. One of the ways that we pursue this mission is by gathering each Sunday for corporate worship, prayer, and biblical teaching. The corporate nature of...
The glory, greatness, and grace of God revealed in Isaiah 40 gives us confidence that he takes notice of us and will act on our behalf. The Lord promised that he would come to us, and he did in Christ. He promises to renew our...
In this section of Isaiah 40 the Lord is reasoning with his people. Through a series of questions he leads them to see his incomparable nature, power, and ways. Isaiah gives us a new understanding of God in Christ, and by it we are renewed...
The renewing vision for the downcast and disheartened, for doubters and those in despair, for all who are in some kind of darkness, is God in his greatness and grace. Isaiah’s prophecy to the exiles points to Jesus Christ who came as the triumphant king...
This prophecy addresses a despondent people with the message that the Lord has not deserted them. The grace of the Lord abounds for forgiveness, deliverance, and the renewal we need to walk humbly and joyfully with him. This is the comfort with which the Lord...
Up to this point in Isaiah, the prophetic call to the people of Judah and Jerusalem has been to trust completely and only in the Lord. Now we come to an on-the-ground, real-life example of what that trust looks like. Hezekiah and the people come...
These two chapters of Isaiah are poetic prophesies of contrasting destinations. One final reality is judgement and the wrath of God. The other is life in the presence of the holy God who dwells with his redeemed in a place of glory and good. The...
The message that runs throughout the Bible is that the Lord is our king. He reigns over all things and he saves his people. Our response to this revelation of God is to trust him. In these chapters, Isaiah gives us the promise of the...
