Sunday 29th December 2024
Read: Isaiah 2:1-5; 2 Peter 3:1-13; Mark 9:42-48; Isaiah 66:1-24
Sermon: Isaiah 66:1-24
Introduction: “Your life will depend on the decisions you make”
· Sensible people heed reasonable warnings
· Isaiah 1. ‘The key to the book’
· Isaiah 2. The goal to which Isaiah’s prophecy points
· Isaiah’s three Messianic portraits
1-4. God looks on the heart
· What God looks for and what he does not look for
5-14. God gives his people joy, peace and comfort
· A miraculous birth ends the curse
15-24. God will be glorified in salvation and judgment
· God’s glory will be declared and known
· A terrifying future to be avoided by God’s grace
Conclusion: waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God (2 Peter 3:1-13)
· We are faced with a real choice (66:3-4);
Do our our souls delight in what God delights in?