Help is on the way!
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Help is on the way!
Help is on the way!
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide by what his ears hear;
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Intro:
Hope......is a powerful thing!
(pause)
I’m convinced that we all need HOPE!
(pause)
And everybody has Hoped for something at least one time in their lives.....
Barrel:
I can remember hoping for so many different things over the years
.......and in every situation my hope was sitting directly on top of an expectation that I had related to that particular situation.
(pause)
And most of the time.....
Our expectations and our hope are empowered by what we are believing in!
And some of the time.....
All of this hope and expectation is happening right behind some trouble.............
(slight pause and expound)
And for me.....
The reason that hope is so powerful is because it is HOPE that has enough power to hold God’s promises.....
(pause)
[Transitional statement]
And it is in this Advent season (the first season of the Christian Church, leading into Christmas) as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ that I want to begin by talking about the theme of hope.....
......by looking at Isaiah’s prophecy to the people of God in this Old Testament reading....
(pause)
Look at it now....
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
According to the text.....
The first way to recognize the Coming One or the Messiah is to understand that he will come from humble beginnings.
“A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse”
In other words.....
“A twig is going to sprout up out of the stump”
Now one chapter earlier Isaiah tells us how Jerusalem would be destroyed or cut down like a forest and nothing would be seen but ashes.....
And here he says.....
......after it has been cut down......God is going to raise something up out of that very same place!
(pause)
And so for everybody that’s looking and saying.....
“Yep that’s dead, or cut off”
Everybody confirming with what they can see.....
......are going to look at what they thought was dead and have to take back their words because according to the text...
........ something is growing!
(slight pause)
“and a branch shall grow out of his roots”
In other words....
From that little ole twig........
.......A Tree is going to come forth
A Twig is going to grow into a Tree.
(pause)
[Expound - Though it were dead, yet shall it live!]
(pause)
Look at it now....
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
The text says....
......the next way to identify the Hope that is coming to us is by looking for Supernatural qualities
And according to the text we will be able to see....
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding
The Spirit of counsel and power
The Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord
And so......
....the humanity of Christ would receive a download or a downpour from God the father and everyone would be able to witness these Godly qualities and attributes coming out of his life.
(pause)
And I believe that is is important so that we understand......
Our hope did not come empty handed!
.........but instead he was carrying something that he knew we would need and benefit from!
(pause)
And so.....
......our prayer should be
“Lord take away my carnal desires, and help me to connect with the spiritual things that you brought because you knew I would need them!”
(pause and expound)
Look at it now.....
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide by what his ears hear;
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The text shows us......
....how fair judgement is another characteristic of the Hope!
In other words.....
.....he is explaining to the people that this ruler is going to use rigtheousness to arrive at his decisions
And in the original hebrew language....
......this verse is stating that the Coming One will have quick understanding
.....and one of the remarkable things about it is that it wont come from what is seen or heard, but this hebrew meaning deals more with smell or scent
(pause)
.......Christ would be able to
I can mess up what I think I see.....
and....
I can mess up what I think I hear....
But............
I can’t mess up what I smell........
(pause and expound)
And I believe that Isaiah is trying to show us....
......that Christ is so instinctively decisive that he wont have to learn from what he hears or what he sees....
........... but just like smell, he will be able to figure out what you can’t figure out any other way!
(pause)
And that’s good news.....
......especially when you run into a life situation that you don’t know how to figure out!
When you’re trying to figure out........
"what kind of trouble is this I’m in?”
It’s good to know that Christ is not CONFUSED!”
(pause and optional expound)
Look at it now....
The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
The text says....
.....the next thing we should look for is that former enemies would coexist in harmony.
(pause)
He says....
......there is a restorative power in the hand or our helper
.......God has the power to put things back in order the way they are supposed to be!
(pause)
And......
If anything has ever fallen out of place in your life..............
........you can really appreciate this verse right here
And..........
....I’m talking about the stuff that you tried to put back in order that was BUCK WILD!
(slight pause)
...........and you couldn’t figure it out
....the wolf and the lamb
.....the leapord and the kid
.....the cow and the bear
I wonder if there’s anybody in here that understands that Christ is the only one who can put this back in order!
(pause and expound)
Look at it now.....
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Because
According to the text Isaiah starts describing what this Kingdom community would look like once Hope arrives....
And in this verse he shares how diverse the people are going to be.....
In other words...
.....once God’s hand starts gathering
.....there’s not going to be any prejudice, only love and righteousnes judgement as God looks at our faith!
(slight pause)
And in the next few verses he shares how great the sense of Unity would be in this community...
He will raise a signal for the nations,
and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
the hostility of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not be hostile towards Ephraim.
The text says.....
....watch this.....
Jealousy will depart
Hostility will be cut off
And watch how he NAMES those in the same family who have been locked up in a fight and torn apart....
The tribes of Judah and Ephraim........both descendants of Abraham who had been torn apart....
And some of us in here are experiencing this tearing, and struggle........
But the prophet is saying..........
Hang in there,
....because “HELP is on the way!”
(pause)
And so basically,
.....the Lord is promising outward and inward peace!
(pause)
And look at it because in verse 14 he says....
But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west,
together they shall plunder the people of the east.
They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites shall obey them.
In other words....
Not only will they come together........
But.............
When they come together they will experience ULTIMATE VICTORY!
(pause and expound)
And so.....
.........the Lord is promising that even thought we may have some enemies
.........through our suffering there is a VICTORY coming
(pause)
Biblical barrel-
The Church is strengthened............
.....and the right hand of God spreads out and covers this world
And the bible says.....
“After you have suffered for a while....I will restore and establish you!”
(pause and expound)
Look at it now......
And the Lord will utterly destroy
the tongue of the sea of Egypt;
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind;
and will split it into seven channels,
and make a way to cross on foot;
The text says.....
In God’s amazing power.....
God’s going to open up a way......
.....that everybody thought was shut up!
(pause)
Because this Egyptian sea and this Nile river represent what protects the country.......
.....and shuts off every entrance
(pause)
But the prophet says.....
“Help is on the way”
(pause)
....and God is going to “Wave his hand!”
...............over what has been SHUT UP and SHUT OFF
.......and
“With his scorching wind”
Wind (Hb) - Ruach - Holy Spirit
(pause)
And so.....
God’s spirit is going to OPEN up a WAY when there was NO WAY
(pause and expound)
Watch this.......
so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
And so not only is God going to make a way out of no way.........
And once God gathers everyone together through the Gospel....
.....no one will be able to prevent them from crossing over!
But the text says.......
HELP is going to BUILD something that the bible calls.........
.......A HIGHWAY!
FREEDOM family.............
.......there are some families that are looking for a way out of no way
...............and there are some people that are expecting something to happen for them
(pause)
And I wonder if there’s anybody in here that’s willing to......
Help me Build this highway!!
Look at somebody and holler............
Help is on the way!!
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