Our faith is dependent on our memory. The 6th century BCE Isaiah is speaking to a community in exile and he is offering an opportunity to remember. We are offered that opportunity as well. It is remember who is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer.

This morning we begin chapter 40 of Isaiah which is the first chapter of what scholars refer to as Second or Deutero-Isaiah. First Isaiah contained the oracles of the eighth century and God's judgment and called for repentance. Now we are in the sixth century and the unthinkable has happen. Judgment has been served and God's people are in exile. Now begins the promise of redemption and the gift of grace.

Today, we are taking a little break from Isaiah to talk about mustard seeds and yeast. It is also a retelling of the history of God's call to our church and what God has done through our faithfulness. 

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Today we are in the portion of First Isaiah that is called a mini-apocalypse. It goes from Chapter 24-35. We will be exploring the prophetic word found in Isaiah 28:14-22.

In Chapters 13-23, Isaiah calls out those nations that have conspired against Judah, including Israel and Aram. Israel forgot who is the rock of their salvation.

One man's lack of faith resulted in disaster for three nations. God sent Isaiah to speak to him and God promised him directly. He did not listen.

The calling of Isaiah has helped many of us understand the pattern of worship but we usually stop at verse 8. This week, we will go through the reminder of the chapter and discover that God was calling Isaiah to a ministry of failure. But what looked like failure then turned out to be a promise to keep hope alive.

Jesus used vineyards as the setting for many of his parables so it should not be a surprise to see Isaiah using the setting of a vineyard for one of his early oracles. Rotten grapes betrays God. How should we respond as Christians if we find ourselves in a surrounding of bad fruit?

Today we look at Chapter two of Isaiah, a chapter promoting peace. It contains the famous line, "Then they will beat their swords into iron plows and their spears into pruning tools." Peacemaking is not just between nations. Nations are made up of people. Our pride musr be subdued if we wish to make peace with our neighbors.