1. It Stimulates Wholesome Thinking

2. It Will Happen Quickly

3. It Changes Our Life Now

1. Those who Live by the Sword

2. Babylon the Fallen Star

3. From Oppression to Sabbath Rest

1. A King from a Dead Stump

i. A King with God's Spirit

ii. A King Ruling with Justice

2. A Return to Eden

3. Restoration for Israel

4. The Joy of being Known by God

Assyria Gets the Axe. Isaiah 10

1. Woe the the Lord's Axeman

2. The Axe trying to Usurp the Axeman

3. A Trusting Remnant

Sent on Purpose (Luke 24:44-48)

• The law, the prophets, the psalms - the scriptures.
• Repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name
• According to God’s plan

Where do you stand in the fulfilment of God’s plan?

Sent with Power (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4-8a)

• Baptised with the Holy Spirit
• Witnesses of the Messiah

Are God’s gifts enhancing your witness or your worldliness?

Sent to the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8)

• In Jerusalem
• In Judea & Samaria
• To the ends of the earth

Who are the people around you that do not know the Jesus of the Bible?

Sent in Peace (20:19-20)

• Doubts, fears, and every excuse in-between
• His hands and his side
• Wholeness, wellness

Do you come in peace?

Sent by the Father with the Holy Spirit (20:21-22)

• Divine task
• Willingly, joyfully, wholeheartedly
• Not easy but essential and eternal

What did you expect?

Sent to bring forgiveness (20:23)

• Count the cost
• Forgiving hurts
• Jesus’ commandments are to foster forgiveness not to find faults

How much forgiveness have you brought into the world?

Sent as Jesus’ Disciples (28:16-17)

• The Eleven
• Judas is not counted
• Doubt does not disqualify a disciple
• Disciples are followers, learners, imitators of Jesus

Are you just pretending?

Sent as Disciple making disciples (28:19-20)

• Authority and Discipleship
• Father, Son, Holy Spirit kind of authority
• Obedience to Jesus looks different

Does Jesus have all authority in your life?

Sent as Everlasting disciples

• ‘And where did that bring you?’
• Jesus defeated death

Is Jesus always with you?

1. Which God do you Trust in?

2. The Dangerous Immanuel

3. Signs of the Visually Impaired

4. God's Coming King

1. The Holiness of God (v1-5)

2. The Forgivenss of God (v6-7)

3. a) Isaiahs Response (v8)

b) Isaiahs Message (v9-13)

1. Israel's Problem and Our Problem

2. Why the Problem is so Serious

3. Israel's Solution and Our Solution