Christ the King Presbyterian Church - Vero Beach, FL

The Word Of God

Prominent World View: Amino Acids, Time and Chance

Versus Christian View: A Personal God Who is really there

-Basis For Understanding

-Provides Hope

-Shows Us Future

Understanding What Has Been Written

Benefit of having God's Word

What we know of the wise men - They came searching, the gave up time, money, and pride. They saw the bankruptcy of their time, came looking for the one promised. They were readers, they most likely knew of the Jewish promised Messiah

Seeing the Unseen, Believing The Unseen

Where Are We Now?

We are living in "the last days" looking backwards at Christ's coming, and looking forward to Christ's Return

Part 2 - When are the Days The Isaiah Sees

The scripture calls "the latter days" from the first coming of Jesus to the second coming of Jesus

How Does Isaiah See What He Sees

What is the When of What He Sees (Next Week)

What is it that He Sees (Two Weeks)

Isaiah Is Called To Believe What He Cannot See With His Physical Eyes and Proclaim It To A People Who Will Not Believe

What Isaiah sees around him does not mirror what he is asked to proclaim

4 Implications That God has Breathed Out (Spoken), Inscripturated, and Preserved His Word:

1) God Speaks0Makes Himself Known, Disclosure, Reveals Himself

2)God Speaks Truthfully - The Truth sets us free

3)There are True Things I can Know About The God Who Is Really There Even though I am finite and flawed

4) The Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us

A Service To The Glory Of God and In Memory Of Alan John Robertson

December 9, 1925 - November 18, 2009

Of What Benefit? Great In Every Way

God Discloses Himself Through General and Special Revelation

General: For All People In All Places At All Times ( There is something bigger than me in order for things to make sense )

Special: For A Specific People In A Specific Setting At A Specific Time - Interpreting what has happened - The oracle of God, the "Word of God