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Introduction
This sermon is a perfect pair with this morning’s sermon from the parable of the sower (). is an extended exhortation to Israel to listen to God.
Babylon has been defeated (or is about to be), Israel are on their way back home, but unfortunately a change of address as not produced a change of heart (Motyer).
Their religion is all words.
And, as they say, talk is cheap.
And nowhere is talk cheaper than when it comes to our relationship with God.
It is one thing to talk up a good religion, it is quite another to practice one.
Why should we listen to God? Perhaps you think the question is superfluous.
I mean who would ignore God? Who would be so stupid?
And the answer is you!
Because of Who God is?
He is our Covenant Lord, We belong to Him.
Ignoring this is a sin with deep roots. .
He is the Eternal God, When we ignore HIm, we are ignoring ultimate reality.
He is our Creator.
We are not living in the real world when we ignore God.
He is our Redeemer: The purpose of redemption is to give us our lives back, our freedom back, our peace back.
When we ignore God we rob ourselves of all these benefits.
Because We are Prone to Ignore God
Hypocrisy
Israel’s religion is like a painted egg.
Beautiful on the outside, dead on the inside.
Christmas Tree Religion- Decorated but dead.
The longer this state of affairs goes on, the more of a fire hazard it becomes....
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Idolatry
How deep within our hearts is the instinct to honor our idols, how slow we are to honor the one from whom, through whom, and to whom are all things....
When people start playing golf they often think they are much better than they really are.
So they judge themselves by their occasional good shots.
Their bad shots are just momentary blips.
Which explains why they are angry so much of the time.
Their constant bad shots aren’t the truth about their game.
They think they should be doing much better.
When people start playing golf they often think they are much better than they really are.
So they judge themselves by their occasional good shots.
Their bad shots are just momentary blips.
Which explains why they are angry so much of the time.
Their constant bad shots aren’t the truth about their game.
They think they should be doing much better.
\So it is with human beings.
We think our occasional moments of kindness tell the truth about our character, not our more depressing record of continual misdemeanors.
So it is with human beings.
We think our occasional moments of kindness tell the truth about our character, not our more depressing record of continual misdemeanors.
Because God will not let us ignore Him Forever!
To be sure His posture towards us is one of grace… a grace that restrains His wrath.
It is also a grace that sends refining fire down upon the stubborn and the intransigent.
Too much is at stake for God to allow us to prosper in the way of sin
If you are in Christ, whatever God is doing in your life right now is not an experiment that he might abandon if he gets fed up with you.
You need to know that God would have to stop being God before he’d quit on you.
And why is God devoted to you? It’s not because you risk looking like a failure.
You already do.
So do I.
It’s because God will never let his purpose fail.
The defeat of grace to sinners would be the defeat of God.
If you are in Christ, whatever God is doing in your life right now is not an experiment that he might abandon if he gets fed up with you.
You need to know that God would have to stop being God before he’d quit on you.
And why is God devoted to you? It’s not because you risk looking like a failure.
You already do.
So do I.
It’s because God will never let his purpose fail.
The defeat of grace to sinners would be the defeat of God.
Ortlund Jr., Raymond C.. Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word) (pp.
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