Isaiah 1-12

Judgement - what alternatives are there?

Isaiah's message

Of judgement

Of hope

A surviving remnant

The shoot

A transformed world

The pattern established

No glory without the cross

Where mercy triumphs over judgement

1. Is there peace at Christmas?

2. Peace for Judah (11:1-9)

3. Peace for the world (11:10-16)

4. Songs of peace (12:1-6)

5. Know the Prince of Peace

Introduction

Point 1

Point 2

Point 3

Conclusion

1. An uncertain world

2. In an uncertain world, where will Ahaz turn?

3. In an uncertain world, earthly hopes will fail

4. In an uncertain world, the Lord will provide

5. Where have you put your faith?

Intro: Overwhelmed

1. Caught up in the Holiness of God

2. Confronted by our own Unholiness

3. Responding to God’s Holiness

Introduction: Can I really change? 

Context: Can Judah change it's sinful ways? (Isaiah 1-5)

1.    Behold the Lord (Isaiah 6:1-4)

2.    Behold your sin (Isaiah 6:5)

3.    Behold your atonement (Isaiah 6:6-7)

4.    Behold God’s word (Isaiah 6:8-10)

5.    Behold God’s judgement (Isaiah 6:11-13)

Conclusion: Who changes?

1. Context

2. Sin

3. Judgement

4. Hope

Introduction: When the future of the world depends upon…. you.

1.     The future of the world depended on…. Judah (Isaiah 1 to Isaiah 66)

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2.     The threat of sin to the future of the world (Isaiah 1)     

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3.     The vision of the future of the world (Isaiah 2-4)

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4.     Present realities (Isaiah 5) 

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