Isaiah - the Vision - Part Three:

                        “Spiritual Transformation”
                                     Isaiah 29:15-24

       Three Kinds of Transformation:

1.   The Subverting of Reason - vs. 15-16

• They have lost their faith (trust) in YHWH.
• They have become fools: Psalm 14:1
• They have upside down thinking: Isaiah 5:20

              They deny three facts about God:
      1.) His Distinctiveness (He is not like the clay)

• Unlike hand-made god’s, Israel’s God is the real deal: Isaiah 17:7-8

      2)  His Sovereignty (He did not make me!)

• As the creator of the world, God has a right to choose its direction: Rom 9:20-21

     3) His Wisdom (You know nothing).

• God has all the answers in the Scriptures: 2 Tim 3:16-17

2.    The Coming World Renewal - vs. 17-21

• In verses 17-21, God promises some overturning of his own; there will be a complete reversal of the present situation.
•  Even the seemingly ordered creation is out of wack and needs to be put back to the correct order: Rom 8:19-22
•  Let us not forget the self-imposed blindness that God has heightened:  Is. 29:9-11

          Three kinds of corrupt leaders:
         1)  The ruthless
         2)  The scoffer
        3)  All who have an eye for evil 

          Corrupt Leaders corrupt the Legal system in Three ways:

          1)  False Testimony: False witness 
          2)  Tampering: Bent Lawyer
          3)  Depriving the innocent of Justice: Corrupt Judge

• When values decline in society the legal system is not immune: Amos 2:6-8

3.   The Changed Fortune of Jacob - vs. 22-24

•  As Israel was delivered out of Egypt, so Abraham also was delivered out of the pagan world: Gen 12:1

        There are two aspects of the individuals transformation:
        1)  They will experience Steadiness of life through the Spirit of God.
        2)  They will be Teachable

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