Isaiah 1:1-9

When Sin Has Run Its Course, Where Will We Turn For Deliverance?

I.             The Subject

Isaiah lived and ministered at the beginning of a major turning point in human history, when world empires would rise and fall in succession, each larger than the one that preceded it.  His ministry spanned the first two of these empires, Assyria and Babylon.  As the nations of the world sought an answer to this threat, God spoke to His people and reminded them that He was the source of their deliverance, help, and salvation.  

Subject: What would it take for Israel to see their need of the help and deliverance of the Lord?

II.           The Complements

In order to convince Israel that they needed the deliverance that He offered:

1.     He calls them a stupid people: not having the intelligence to see how much they owed to God, how dependent they were on His blessings.  

2.     He calls them a sinful people – thoroughly corrupted by their sin.

3.     He reminds them that they were a suffering people - suffering the consequences of their rebellion against God

III.          The C.I.T.

Sin will ruin our lives, but Jehovah can save us from its destruction

IV.         The Homiletical Idea

When sin has run its course and threatens to ruin our lives, God is able and willing to help us – to graciously forgive us and deliver us from our sins.

V.          The Purpose

To challenge people to turn to God for the help, deliverance, and salvation that they need      

 

Isaiah 1:10-20

 

 

“Will You Listen to Reason?”

 

I.             The Subject   

How should a people respond to God when they learn that they are ripe for His judgment?    

II.           The Complements

In order to gain Israel’s attention, warn them of their danger, and point them to the way of deliverance:

4.     God demands their attention – verse 10

5.     God describes their condition – verse 10

6.     God denounces their worship – verses 11- 15

7.     God defines the terms by which He would spare them – verses 16-20

III.          The C.I.T.

Sin calls for divine judgment, but God invites us to come to Him for deliverance.  

IV.         The Homiletical Idea

Real change is possible in our lives, but not apart from our repentance and God’s grace. 

V.          The Purpose

To challenge every hearer to seriously examine their own attitude towards God’s Word and His call to repentance and change.   

 

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