Isaiah/Part Two:                “The End of Arrogance”                           Isaiah 13:1-16

 

•  Pride is the key sin: Isaiah 2:11
• Pride exalts us over God: Gen. 11:3-4

   Three Keys Ending Arrogance: 

1.         God's Rule

• Babylon represents the world system that stands against God. Rev 14:8
• They are tools in the hand of God: Isaiah 10:5
• The early church recognized that God was the Lord of history. Acts 4:27-28
• Thus, they accepted his direction even if it meant persecution.

 

2.         God’s Wrath

• Ultimately it is God that is coming; how foolish to trust in mere humans.  Isaiah 2:22

            Three reactions to God’s Wrath:

             1.      Wailing or Howling:  Amos 5:16

            2.   Fear: Their courage will fail.

            3.   Terror:  It is inevitable like child birth:  1 Thes 5:2-3

• They are red faced/shamed; They have put their trust in man:  Psalm 25:2-3
• Who or what are you trusting in?

•  Because evil prefers darkness, darkness it will have: Joel 2:10
• God is light: 1 John 1:5
• But Creation will also be liberated: Rom 8:20-22

3.         God’s Abandonment

            Three results of Abandonment:

            1)    No protection

• Remember we have abandoned God first: Isaiah 1:4

            2)  No escape  

• You will be caught and captured.

           3)  No mercy

• God’s judgment involves getting our way: Rom 1:28

 

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