St. Paul Lutheran Church, Matteson, Illinois & Pastor Troester

Infinitely merciful and patient, God does not tire to repeat Himself. Again and again God promises to deliver His fallen creatures and goes to great lengths to persuade doubting and fainting souls to believe the proclamation of their liberation.

God's mercy endures.

The mercy of God along with God's call to repentance and warning of His wrath.

This the first of four Servant Songs in Isaiah, referring to THE Servant, Jesus Christ.

In the courtroom of life there is one Judge-God, and yet in His Grace, God has provided the perfect Defense in His only Son, Jesus Christ, who takes our punishment and we are declared "not guilty" by faith.

The comfort that only God can give, to be announced by Isaiah, and John the Baptizer (about Jesus) and now by God's people (the Church). We wait in certain and sure hope for that complete and eternal comfort of God, and live now in joyful service for God and others.

King Hezekiah puts his hope in the king of Babylon and Isaiah calls him out.

The king of Assyria threatens Israel and King Hezekiah, so Hezekiah prays to the LORD, Who promises to save them and send the king of Assyria away--and God does it!! "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me." Psalm 50:14-15

The enemy threatens Israel, with a call to not trust God.

Isaiah 11
God is going to cut down the nations against Him and against the people of Israel, to save them and protect them. In chapter 10 God promised to save a remnant of the people who have not rejected Him, like a shoot the grows out of a stump.
v. 1 - Jesus is that shoot, born from the line of Jesse, the father of King David. He was cut down on the cross, but rose from the dead, alive and growing.
v. 2 - 5 Jesus reigns with the Holy Spirit, but not like any king we've every known, but wise, perfect and making us right with Him by forgiving our sins.
v. 6 - 9 Jesus will bring peace like we've never seen, like it was in the garden of Eden before sin, ultimately in heaven, it will be paradise restored.
v. 13 - The war between the north and the south kingdoms of the children of Israel will be over.
v. 14 - 16 The nations who had conquered the children of Israel, will be conquered by the Lord, and He will bring them back home to the promised land.