Magnificent Movement
Isaiah 9:1-7

Turning A Corner

Every Brushstroke

Here Is Shalom

Believe His Zeal
 

Isaiah 9-10
Painful Visitation

Reading: Isaiah 9:8-12; 10:1-4, 12-13.

1.     Is God involved when things go wrong?
2.     God’s Visitation: paqad
3.     Visitation as Discipline
4.     Visitation as Punishment
5.     From Punishment To Discipline

Introduction: Trust, the Commonsense Mystery.

1.     Fear fights Trust (7:1-2)
2.     Reality enforces Trust (7:3-9)
3.     [Deep] Trust is a Gift (7:10)
4.     Hypocrisy fakes Trust (7:11-13; 7:16-8:10)
5.     Trust comes with Hope (7:14-15; 8:11-15)
6.      Trust needs Practice (8:16-22)

a.     Reciting God’s deeds in history
b.     Remembering God’s work in your own life
c.     Examining the fruit of faithlessness

Littleton Christian Church
November 6, 2016
Isaiah 6

Approaching the Throne

1.     The Prophet’s Call – a life-shaping passage

2.     The Possibility of Being in God’s Presence

a.     In the Old Testament

b.     In the New Testament

c.     Hebrews 4:14-16

d.     Beyond the Bible

3.     How to Approach the Throne: The Gospel of Isaiah 6

4.     What Next: The Application of the Gospel of Isaiah 6: Obedience

5.     Approaching the Throne Together (silence, communion, prayer, worship)

Littleton Christian Church
November 6, 2016
Isaiah 6

Approaching the Throne

1.     The Prophet’s Call – a life-shaping passage

2.     The Possibility of Being in God’s Presence

a.     In the Old Testament

b.     In the New Testament

c.     Hebrews 4:14-16

d.     Beyond the Bible

3.     How to Approach the Throne: The Gospel of Isaiah 6

4.     What Next: The Application of the Gospel of Isaiah 6: Obedience

5.     Approaching the Throne Together (silence, communion, prayer, worship)

Littleton Christian Church
October 30, 2016
Isaiah 5

The Virulent Strain

1.     Ineffective and Effective Warnings
2.     The Vineyard and its Vinedresser

a.     The Care of the Vine
b.     The Intended Grapes
c.     The Stink-Grapes 

3.     The Fulfillment: Judgment

a.     Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (587 B.C.)
b.     Israel again… and again…
c.     Matthew 21:33-44 (“Given to foreigners so that…”)
d.     BEWARE, CHRISTIANS! Romans 11:17-22
e.     The Trampled Grape

Littleton Christian Church
October 30, 2016
Isaiah 5

The Virulent Strain

1.     Ineffective and Effective Warnings
2.     The Vineyard and its Vinedresser

a.     The Care of the Vine
b.     The Intended Grapes
c.     The Stink-Grapes 

3.     The Fulfillment: Judgment

a.     Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (587 B.C.)
b.     Israel again… and again…
c.     Matthew 21:33-44 (“Given to foreigners so that…”)
d.     BEWARE, CHRISTIANS! Romans 11:17-22
e.     The Trampled Grape

Readings
Isaiah 2:2-4, 11-12, 20-21; 3:9-15, 18-24; 4:2-6

The Lord’s Day

1.     On Context

2.     The Context of Promise (2:2-4)

3.     The Context of Judgment

a.     Judgment against Pride (2:11-12)

b.     Judgment against Idolatry (2:20-21)

c.     Judgment against Luxury (3:18-24)

4.     The Context of Promise, revisited (4:2-6)

Readings
Isaiah 2:2-4, 11-12, 20-21; 3:9-15, 18-24; 4:2-6

The Lord’s Day

1.     On Context

2.     The Context of Promise (2:2-4)

3.     The Context of Judgment

a.     Judgment against Pride (2:11-12)

b.     Judgment against Idolatry (2:20-21)

c.     Judgment against Luxury (3:18-24)

4.     The Context of Promise, revisited (4:2-6)

Isaiah 1:1 - 2:4 

1.     On Hearing

2.     Hearing Isaiah (1:1)

3.     Hearing Ourselves (1:2-6, 10-14, 21-23) 

4.     Hearing God (1:15-20, 27-31; 2:2-4)