Beholding God in His Courtroom

Introduction

Continuing in our series on Beholding God to Behave Godly for God’s Glory it seems very appropriate to look at a passage of Scripture that I think will teach us one of the most essential Christian practices ever.

Which it’s very possible we are not currently doing.

Last week we looked at Beholding God to behave Godly for God’s Glory by beholding Christ in order to see our own sinfulness.

And if we can’t behold God in his courtroom then the point of our series is undermined and we won’t be able to

Behold God to behave Godly for God’s glory.

This morning we are going to behold God in order to see things that may not be inherently sinful as sinful because we made them to be sinful.

This is also an important issue because at some point someone is going to confront you with this issue and criticize your church for “not pointing this out to you”.

And of course what I’m talking about is idolatry.

The book of Isaiah, historically, and in conservative circles is understood to be written by an 8th century prophet, named Isaiah, in Jerusalem.

And so one of the most essential Christian practices is going to be clearing out idols.

Which typically no one has an issue with for chapter 1 - 39. Chapters 40 - 55 are assumed to be written by an anonymous author during the Babylonian exile.

And our message this morning is going to accomplish that purpose as we behold God in His courtroom to behave Godly for God’s Glory.

Idolatry is a concept that we have often brought up and will continue to bring up because we need to be reminded of what idolatry is.

And is meant to comfort the exiles that Babylon will fall.

And because the best idols in our lives are the idols that we are unaware of or unwilling to get rid of or both.

And then 56 - 66 is another anonymous author who is writing in Palestine in the post-exilic period.

Our context this morning is the courtroom of God who as Ray Ortlund Jr. states are being sued by God for their false advertising.

The arguments in favor of a “third Isaiah” are pretty funny. They’re based on the assumption that 40 - 55 are written at the time of exile.

So let’s behold God in his courtroom to behave Godly for God’s Glory this morning.

So clearly this section must be post exile. And higher critics argue that “third Isaiah” has no dominant or unifying purpose.

And I hope that when you come to a passage of Scripture like this that God appears awesome to you.

And in order to do that there are three main things that we need to focus on:

Which of course isn’t true. But the content of and matches the same sins that the “pre-exilic period” were experiencing.

Plus, first Isaiah was written in Jerusalem i.e. Palestine, first Isaiah matches the historical context of third Isaiah.

Second Isaiah is assumed to be written in exile in Babylon primarily because the content of chapters 40 - 55 are future to 8th century.

In which case I’m absolutely flabbergasted to find out that a prophetic book has a future context.

But the argument goes further to say that Jerusalem is pictured as conquered in the past tense and Babylon’s prediction of being conquered is in the future.

The first problem is there is no manuscript evidence for separating from .

Secondly, Hebrew does not have tense, it only has aspect. An action is either regarded as complete or incomplete. Jerusalem’s fall is “completed” in whereas Babylon is in the “incomplete” aspect in .

But the difference in aspects is just showing that the fall of Jerusalem comes before the fall of Babylon. A well known historical reality.

Thus, we’re not reading “2nd Isaiah”, we’re reading, “Isaiah”. The New Testament cites from all three “divisions” of Isaiah and calls them Isaiah.

It makes no sense to have two anonymous authors who wrote an exceptionally popular portion of Scripture that no one know

Behold the Arguments of God

One of the specific reasons why clearing out idols is so effective by beholding God in His courtroom is because there is a comparison between God and idols.

That’s really the content of the arguments that God puts forth. He uses His own attributes to interrogate these gods with, effectively comparing Himself with the false gods to see if the false gods exist.

He takes His own attributes and asks the gods if they have those attributes as a way for them to prove that they exist and that they’re worthy of worship and adoration.

So God says:

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21 Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

22 Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.

23 Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.

Now, God’s opening argument is a thoroughly effective argument, but it also reveals something very important to the context and very important for connecting this ancient context to us.

He says at the beginning of verse 22, “Let them bring them”. This makes this courtroom a lot more incredible.

Because God is actually saying here two things:

The idols have to be carried into the courtroom

Let the idolators bring in their idols—and this connects the context to us, because this isn’t just about idols, it’s about us.

The idols have to be carried into the courtroom

So God is interested in arguing against idols for the sake of the idolater. He’s going to show the idolater why idolatry is worthless in comparison to Him.

And in doing so that the idolater is not missing out by choosing God over the idol. If you grasp that concept you will never have any problem giving any idol up.

And so far these gods are pathetic in that they have to be carried in order for them to move. And carried by humans no doubt.

So the idol has to be carried into the courtroom which means that:

The life of the idol is supplied by the idolater, and not something that the idol has within itself.

Now God continues his interrogation and makes some very astounding arguments, he tells the gods or the idols:

Here are God’s arguments so far, these gods must be able to:

Tell us about history and the outcome of history.

Decree what will happen in the future.

Alec Motyer comments on this section:

The Prophecy of Isaiah A Court Scene: The Idol-Gods are Exposed and the Plight of the World Becomes Apparent

This question moves on from the ability to discern the flow of events to the ability to control the flow of events so that a prediction reaches fulfilment

Tell us what has been, what will be, and how you make it all happen. Those are some of the arguments that God makes.

As I mentioned earlier, God’s form of argumentation is using His own attributes as the test to see if these gods are actually gods.

It’s a test of divinity, it’s a test of deity. How do you know if something is a god?

He says at the beginning of verse 22, “Let them bring them”. This makes this courtroom a lot more incredible.

But the question has a greater significance to it. It’s not just are these real gods or do these idols really exist as gods?

Because God is actually saying here two things:

But because this courtroom case is supposed to influence the idolater’s themselves. God’s questioning of the gods is intended to demonstrate whether or not these gods are worthy of the idolater.

Let the idolators bring in their idols

Are these gods worthy of worship, affection, adoration, time, relationship, devotion? Are these gods worth a person’s time? Are they worthy?

The idols have to be carried into the courtroom

And notice the huge arguments against their worthiness so far, they dependent upon human’s to move and they can neither predict the future, explain the past, or bring the future into existence.

Again, God uses His own attributes to test the existence and the worthiness of these gods.

So that God is self-existing, knows the past and the future and has the power to bring it all about.

And because of that, God is worth our worship, our affection, our adoration, our time, our involvement in relationship with Him, and our devotion.

The sovereignty of God is proof of His existence and proof of His worthiness to be worshipped.

If anything has not sovereignly decreed all things that will take place and providentially brings it about, it is not worthy of consuming your time.

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23 Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.

Not only does God question the gods about their sovereign control over the whole of history, but he also tells them to do good or harm.

Probably a Hebrew idiom for “do something”, “do anything”. You can almost picture God in His courtroom going up to idols and smacking them around and saying, “do something”.

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5 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me,

6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.

7 I form light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

The only one who should captivate your heart and your mind is the one who has ordained you whole life. The God who acts and controls is the God who is worthy of the entirety of your life.

Any idol is totally not worth it. Which brings us to our second point:

“But these are idols, I don’t have a problem with Idolatry.”

Let’s see if that’s true. Let’s see if there are things in our life to bring into the courtroom of God to see if God is better than our idols.

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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Rebellion is equal to consulting false gods and arrogance is idolatry.

Rebellion is not listening to and obeying the word of God. God told Saul to wipe out the Amalekites and Saul didn’t listen. He did the same thing as consulting a false god.

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7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

This is a quote from and there the people of Israel had made the golden calf and credited their idol with delivering them out of Egypt.

And it says in that the people were very devoted to this idol. They’re lifestyle reflected their devotion to this idol. They rose early to worship it and then they ate and drank and played.

Which is a rather bizarre. But here’s what’s incredible, Paul didn’t include the sacrificing to the idol in his quote in . He defined the behavior as idolatrous.

He said, “don’t be idolaters as some of them were as it is written, ‘the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play’”.

The Hebrew and the Greek words for “play” in means, “to amuse ones self.”

The Hebrew does carry the idea of excess. There’s no self control over this amusement. Amusement can be a form of idolatry.

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5 For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Covetousness is idolatry. Covetousness is greediness, a person who thinks they deserve more than what they have or more than what is due. And basically it’s a person who cannot really be satisfied.

Here’s a basic definition of idolatry anything that holds your heart and mind, your attention and your affections in place of God.

How do I know something is an idol? How much does something bother to think of being without it. If all you had is God would you be satisfied?

Ray Ortlund, Jr. comments again

Preaching the Word: Isaiah—God Saves Sinners Chapter 30: A Delusion, a Servant, a New Song

An idol is anything other than God that we absolutize as essential to our peace, our self-image, our contentment, our sense of control, our acceptability

How bizarre is it that we have brought into a right relationship with the Sovereign God of all creation and we spend the least amount of time learning about Him or worshipping Him?

Our deficiency is not beholding God to behave Godly for God’s glory on a regular basis.

Well now’s the chance for the idols or for all things that hold our affections and our attentions to present their case for why their worthy of our attention and affection and devotion.

Let’s see what the gods have to say in response to the sovereign God of the courtroom.

I’m not asking for monasticism or anything extreme. I’m just wondering what will happen if we do this. Compare the things in our lives with God, and see what the outcome of that will be.

Behold the Acknowledgment of God

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24 Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.

The Hebrew term for nothing is another Hebrew expression that also means non-existence.

These gods they don’t even exist, especially in comparison to God. And, their work is lesser than non-existence. They do so much of nothing that they are even worse than non-existence.

The Hebrew term for “abomination” is תּוֹעֵבָה, the same word that describes gross, immorality, homosexuality.

It’s a corruption a pollution, or something that is abhorrent.

The LXX translates it as βδέλυγμα, something that is so disgusting that is arouses God’s wrath.

The idol isn’t described as the abomination, the person who chooses the idol is.

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26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

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28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.

God just absolutely rips into idols and idolaters, “How could you possibly think that any of this is better than God!?”

Augustine understood how much better God is, in his confessions he wrote

Preaching the Word: Isaiah—God Saves Sinners Chapter 30: A Delusion, a Servant, a New Song

Late have I loved you, Beauty so old and so new; late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours

“But these are idols, I don’t have a problem with Idolatry.”

Let’s see if that’s true. Let’s see if there are things in our life to bring into the courtroom of God to see if God is better than our idols.

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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Rebellion is equal to consulting false gods and arrogance is idolatry.

Rebellion is not listening to and obeying the word of God. God told Saul to wipe out the Amalekites and Saul didn’t listen. He did the same thing as consulting a false god.

(ESV)

7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

This is a quote from and there the people of Israel had made the golden calf and credited their idol with delivering them out of Egypt.

And it says in that the people were very devoted to this idol. They’re lifestyle reflected their devotion to this idol. They rose early to worship it and then they ate and drank and played.

Which is a rather bizarre. But here’s what’s incredible, Paul didn’t include the sacrificing to the idol in his quote in . He defined the behavior as idolatrous.

He said, “don’t be idolaters as some of them were as it is written, ‘the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play’”.

The Hebrew and the Greek words for “play” in means, “to amuse ones self.”

The Hebrew does carry the idea of excess. There’s no self control over this amusement. Amusement can be a form of idolatry.

(ESV)

5 For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Covetousness is idolatry. Covetousness is greediness, a person who thinks they deserve more than what they have or more than what is due. And basically it’s a person who cannot really be satisfied.

Here’s a basic definition of idolatry anything that holds your heart and mind, your attention and your affections in place of God.

How do I know something is an idol? How much does something bother to think of being without it. If all you had is God would you be satisfied?

Ray Ortlund, Jr. comments again

Preaching the Word: Isaiah—God Saves Sinners Chapter 30: A Delusion, a Servant, a New Song

An idol is anything other than God that we absolutize as essential to our peace, our self-image, our contentment, our sense of control, our acceptability

How bizarre is it that we have brought into a right relationship with the Sovereign God of all creation and we spend the least amount of time learning about Him or worshipping Him?

Our deficiency is not beholding God to behave Godly for God’s glory on a regular basis.

Well now’s the chance for the idols or for all things that hold our affections and our attentions to present their case for why their worthy of our attention and affection and devotion.

Let’s see what the gods have to say in response to the sovereign God of the courtroom.

I’m not asking for monasticism or anything extreme. I’m just wondering what will happen if we do this. Compare the things in our lives with God, and see what the outcome of that will be.

In other words what happens to those who consistently behold God to behave godly for God’s glory? When they behold God interrogating false gods.

And those false gods represent all of our ungodly desires.

Behold the Attestation of God

The arguments in favor of the existence of deity proved that the false gods do in fact not exist.

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But the do prove in fact that God exists. And if you recall, the courtroom of God wasn’t only about proof of existence but also proof of worth. So notice the proof of God’s existence and His value:

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25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.

25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.

26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

27 I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.

27 I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

As we mentioned earlier, God uses His own attributes to disprove both that these idols are not gods and that they are not worthy of worship or adoration.

And even though it says, “he shall call upon my name” this refers to Cyrus making God’s name known like Pharoah, to proclaim the name of God through God sovereignly stirring him up.

Because he sovereignly is raising up Cyrus of Persia and this will prove to be good news for God’s people.

But that ultimately God had is son in mind and the Gospel in mind. Ultimately He was focused upon His sovereign decree of your salvation.

God is so sovereign over events, he is the one who raised up Cyrus.

It will be absolutely impossible for you to clear out idols unless you behold God in his courtroom, comparing your idols with God.

And it will be absolutely impossible to clear out idols unless we recognize how much better God actually is.

We don’t want to be bored. So the fact of this passage isn’t just get rid of your idols, but free yourself up from your idols to enjoy the sovereign God who planned, purchased and sealed your salvation.

1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

5 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me,

2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;

6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.

3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

7 I form light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

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And this someone is going to trample rulers like mortar or the way a potter treads clay.

This is Cyrus of Persia. And God demonstrates His own sovereignty over even some of the most powerful rulers of history.

Cyrus is raised up for the purpose of fulfilling God’s purpose.

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28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’ ”

And now we get to see God’s attributes to displayed as God attests to His own worth and reality as the only one true God.

Followed by

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1 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:

He talks about how He raises up Cyrus to take over as the number one super power of the world.

God’s ability to sovereignly control the course of history and bring about all the events that he has decreed will happen is proof that God not only exists but is worthy of our attention.

And the power that Cyrus has, because God decreed that He would have that power, is impressive.

It’s absolutely inevitable that when someone behold’s God in his courtroom that they can’t help but be awestruck by the statements God makes to prove that idols are worthless and that He is worthwhile.

Even though Cyrus isn’t a believer, Cyrus is still under the full control of the decree of God.

And since we’ve established that idolatry can be our own arrogance, our own amusements, or any sin that is within our lives.

We must ask ourselves what thing that current is in our lives, that holds our attention, that we can’t live without, can do something like this?

What things within our lives that we may be holding as more valuable than God, when nothing in our lives can do that.

10 declare the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

And in that purpose raise up rulers and nations. According His sovereign plan, God can switch out world superpowers as He pleases.

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God is sovereignly in control over all nations and all leaders:

10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

11 calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.

What would be more important to you? What would be more impressive to you? Something in this life that can seemingly provide momentary comfort or amusement?

Sermons to the Spiritual Man Sermon III: The Supreme Excellence of God

We should see, as we had not before, that the very core and essence of moral evil consists in “worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator.” We should understand that there is no sin so wearing and wearisome as human egotism—as man’s inveterate unwillingness to sink self, and renounce all idolatry, in the humble and adoring recognition of God’s infinite perfection. We should understand, and sympathize with, that low and penitential refrain which mingles with the jubilant music of all the saintly spirits in the history of the Church

What happens if what you find comfortable and amusing runs contrary to the purpose of God? Who wins?

Our idols have already lost to God and His unchangeable purpose. The safest place we can be is in constant worship, enjoyment, and satisfaction with God.

And again we’re not talking about putting on camel’s hair robes and eating locust and honey and devoting ourselves to a monastic abby.

But that even in the things that we pursue and find enjoyment, what gives those things value?

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5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

25 for apart from [God] who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

Sermons to the Spiritual Man Sermon VII: The Glorification of God

This, we affirm, is the natural, spontaneous bent of the human heart. The Christian confesses it, and mourns over the relics of it in himself, and longs for the time when his mixed experience shall end, and all these lingering remnants of idolatry shall be cleansed away, and he shall lose himself in the glory of God

God announces that He is the one not only who brings Cyrus to do a whole lot of conquering but he announces good news in Jerusalem.

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1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord ridicules them.

Imagine playing a game of Risk against God, only to find out that he’s been in control of the board the entire time.

And in fact you find out that only has God been in control of the board and owns every single continent, but as it turns out you really weren’t even playing to begin with.

God was the only playing the whole time moving armies around and nations around at the sheer pleasure of His will.

Building up borders to secure nations only to decide that He wants a new nation to rise up.

Not only does God raise up a new world leader He declares things from the beginning. And he’s right. He never declared something that He was wrong about.

God knows the future because He’s omniscient but God also knows the future because He decreed it.

And then providentially through various means, makes sure that His plan is accomplished.

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10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

The false gods couldn’t do this.

They can’t speak, they can’t walk, the only life that they have is essentially shared from idolater’s life.

God established Zion and Jerusalem and then ordained, literally a gospeller. Someone who heralds the good news.

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28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

There is no counselor. The Greek translation has παρακαλέω there is no one to comfort. This is the same word for Christ and is also used for the Holy Spirit.

Among all the things that we might consider as essentially important to our daily routine or things that we refuse to live without outside of God,

There really is no comfort or encouragement in those things.

And you might say, “But I find comfort and encouragement in all kinds of amusements and activities”.

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29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.

This is why I said in the introduction, the best idols in our lives are the idols that we are unaware of or unwilling to get rid of or both.

The word of deception has an incredible range of meanings from “disaster” to “sin and injustice” to “nothingness” to “deception”. And even refers to false, idolatrous cults.

There may be idols in each of our lives that we are not aware of them being idols.

The safest place to be is in assuming that there are already idols that exist and comparing everything in our lives to God in His courtroom, so He can interrogate what’s in our lives.

The most dangerous place to be is in thinking there can’t possibly be idols in my life.

Always assume that the idols are there.

John Calvin said, “Hence we may infer, that the human mind is, so to speak, a perpetual forge of idols.”

Hence we may infer, that the human mind is, so to speak, a perpetual forge of idols

We might think that’s quite sufficient to behold God is in courtroom and compare our idols to Him and then we’re good to go.

Which this is a monumental thing to do.

But not a single one of God’s elect enters the courtroom of God without God providing a significant replacement for our idols.

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1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;

3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

Everything that is presented here is the direct opposite of the false gods and in particular what’s mentioned in verses 28 and 29.

There is no counselor among the false gods. God will provide His servant. And this is a specific servant different from Cyrus in that God’s soul delights in this servant.

The LXX has “child / servant”. My servant, my Son. He will bring forth justice. He will not deceive, and he will comfort.

He will not grow weary, he will establish justice in the all the earth.

3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

In a weird way, idols exist to take things from the worshipper and essentially take advantage of the worshipper.

Whereas the servant of Yahweh will not do injustice to his people. Who are bruised and faintly burning.

He will take care of His of people.

Our task then is to replace all the idols that we have with more and more of Jesus Christ.

The incredible thing is that God in His courtroom seems really intense and lofty and unapproachable.

And yet in the servant of God Jesus Christ, the 2nd person of the Trinity, you get the picture that God is totally accessible.

There is no reason for the things within our lives that distract us from the grandeur of God to continue to exist.

When we could be more and more freed up to enjoy the God who is most worthy of our entire lives.

This is the benefit of beholding God in his courtroom to behave godly for God’s glory.

The fact is that we’re not missing out on great things by striving to make the most of our lives dedicated to God.

We’re missing on the God who is the supreme excellence, soul satisfying God.