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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. ISAIAH’S SONG: ANTICIPATION
A. GOD’S PLAN
>>1. SETTING
>>2. SONG
Isaiah 40:1-5 “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, ‘Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.’”
Isaiah 60:1-3 “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”
Isaiah 9:2 “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
Isaiah 11:1 “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.”
B. GOD’S PRESENCE
>>1. SIGN
Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
>>2. SON
II. ISAIAH’S SONG: AUTHORITY
A. GOD’S PERSON
>>1. SIGNIFICANCE
Isaiah 9:6a “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the empire shall be upon His shoulder,”
>>2. SOVEREIGN
Isaiah 9:6b “and His name shall be called miraculous Guide, mighty God, everlasting Father, peaceful Sovereign.”
B. GOD’S PROGRAM
>>1. START
Isaiah 9:7a “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom,”
>>2. STEADFAST
Isaiah 9:7b “to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore; the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this”
III. ISAIAH’S SONG: APPLICATION
A. GOD’S PROMISE
>>1. SHOUT
Isaiah 40:9 “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain: O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!”
>>2. SURVEY
Isaiah 40:10-11 “Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.”
B. GOD’S PURPOSE
>>1. SOURCE
Isaiah 40:28-31 “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
>>2. SWAY
Isaiah 46:12-13 “Listen to Me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness: I bring near My righteousness; it is not far off, and My salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory.”