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A Holy Nation (part I) – “Do not walk in the ways of this World”
Do not walk in the ways of this people
Do not walk in the ways of this people
Ever since God set aside a people we were told to be different.
Have a different moral compass
Verse 12: Have a different moral compass
Isaiah 8:
Do not call conspiracy what they call conspiracy
conspiracy - a secret plan to do something unlawful
They - plan against human law, affecting our way of life
Israel & Syria
God - make plans against ME
Do not fear what they fear
They fear losing station in life
They fear losing their freedom
Or be in dread
They dread the authority of man instead of God
IRONY: By not being commited to God, they have developed a lifestyle with a warped sense of morality.
(conspiracy) Yet THIS is the life they are so very afraid of losing.
It is strange what can become our “norm”
losing freedom of speech vs freedom to openly witness
What if I love my job?
(closes it’s doors)
What if I lose my church?
(closes it’s doors)
When the church gets caught up in problems of the word, it finds itself fighting for things of this world instead of the things of God.
(BUT) verse 13:
The Lord of Hosts:
· Him you shall honor as holy – as opposed to their warped sense of conspiracy
· Him you shall fear – instead of fearing losing their “home” fear losing their relationship
· Him you shall dread – instead of the authority of man dread the authority of God.
WHEN THE WORLD BECOMES YOUR HOME, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF FIGHTING TO KEEP THINGS OF THIS WORLD AND REJECTING THINGS OF GOD.
All Hope Is in Christ
Verse 14-15: “And he will become …” this prophecy is fulfilled in Christ.
(SEE )
Verse 14-15: “And he will become …” this prophecy is fulfilled in Christ.
(SEE )
“Put away all malace, deceit, hypocrisy, envy & slander
“DO NOT WALK IN THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD”
Sanctuary
place of security and refuge
A stone of offense
A rock of stumbling (to both houses of Israel)
A trap and a snare (to house of Jerusalem)
What does he mean by this?
Read
1 Peter 2:1
() “… Do not walk in the way of this people (world)”
() “He will become a sanctuary”
What is this sanctuary?
God is our sanctuary - (refuge) - but how?
We (the church) are being built up as a spiritual house
Christ is the cornerstone
The church is supposed to be so radically different that when you are with a group of believers you can feel the presence of God.
BE AWARE of the contrast God
stone of offense, rock of stumbling, snare & trap
1 Peter 2:7
We cannot forget that things of God are in opposition to the things of this world (devil)
What the world rejects (namely Christ) is the very thing God basis is plans on.
Perhaps the best summary of Isaiah’s word is what Peter tells this people in his letter
READ
“Put away all malace, deceit, hypocrisy, envy & slander
“DO NOT WALK IN THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD”
= Isaiah 28:16
1 peter 2:
Verse 16: “Bind up this testimony and seal the teaching among my disciples.”
· Bind up what I just said as proof of this prophesy
· Seal my teachings (to them this was the Torah)
It may not all make sense now but one day it will.
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