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Introduction
Lack of respect for or submission to authority has reached epidemic proportions in our nation.
Not just in our hateful rhetoric, but in deadly violence.
We ask the question, who gives these people the right to tell me what I can or cannot do? “I didn’t vote for them, and I won’t allow them to rule over me”, we say.
At the center of these acts and words of insubordination, is the self-proclaimed truth that, “I am the most important, and if you don’t do it my way or benefit me so that I am happy, you are out!”
So, it begs the question, where did this authority come from, and do I have to submit to it?
If we believe scripture, we are told in Romans 13:
Romans 13:
So if this is true, the bigger question is, where did God get his authority, and do I have to submit to it?
In other words, “God, who do you think you are telling me what to do?”
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Pew Bibles page 605
Since God is the creator and sustainer of all things, he therefore has total authority to command whatever and whoever he wants.
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Background
Isaiah’s ministry spanned over 40 years, called the prince of prophets.
Isaiah addresses God’s judgment on Israel (10 northern tribes) by Assyria in chapters 1-35.
Isaiah addresses the remnant of Judah that will return from Babylon and their ultimate deliverance in the remote future in chapters 40-66.
Prophetic because the Babylonian captivity was not in view during Isaiah’s lifetime
Prophesied regarding Cyrus, the Persian king, who would defeat the Babylonians and decree the release of the Jewish remnant more then 100 years before he came to power.
Main Idea
Since God is the creator and sustainer of all things, he therefore has total authority to command whatever and whoever he wants.
1. God’s Authority is Based on Who He Is
God’s Authority is Based on Who He Is
His Name: “I am the LORD”
Phrase used 187x in OT, 84x in Ezekiel alone
Used 3x in this passage alone (vs. 5, 6, 7)
Play on words since the word “LORD”, “YHWY”, seems to be derived for the “to be” verb in Hebrew.
It’s like saying, “I am, the I am”
What is the significance?
Means he is unchangeable in position, power, and plan
Means he is unstoppable in his decrees
Means he is unstoppable in his decrees
Means he is unfathomable in his essence
Means he is unreasonable in his commands
Is 55:8-9
His Exclusivity: “There is no other” (vs.
5, 6)
A direct link to his name and character
A result of being the originator of all things
A desire not to share his glory
2. God’s Authority is Based on What He’s Done
What God has done is inseparably linked to who he is
So what God does is always to display who he is
He equips to make himself knowable through his creation(vs.
5b, 6)
he makes himself knowable through his creation(vs.
5b, 6)
he makes himself knowable through his creation
He Creates (vs.
7)
Who he is becomes evident through his creative contrast: light vs. darkness; well-being vs. calamity.
Light & Darkness: beginning of time
Well-being & Calamity: on going to the present day
What he’s done encompasses all things everywhere at all times.
Nothing is left to chance, nor is anything without purpose.
Light & Darkness: beginning of time
Well-being & Calamity: on going to the present day
3. God’s Authority Gives Him the Right To Judge (vs.
9-12)
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“Woe” means that one is pronouncing sorrow, affliction, and anguish on another.
It is like cursing another.
The creator has the right to judge what he has created.
The creator has the right to condemn those who question his authority.
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So What?
What authority does God have in your life?
Are there other voices in your life, besides God, to which you listen and obey?
Do God’s commands seem “unreasonable” to you?
God commands men, women, boys, and girls everywhere to repent of their sins and trust Jesus Christ alone; have you done that?
Remember:
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