Isaiah: Salvation Promised
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How have you been hurt in your life by people not keeping their promises? We all have at some point felt the pain of a broken promise. What can we as Christians use to help us get over this feeling of hurt and disappointment? Think about it and let’s see what God’s word says to us today!
Intro
Intro
Life is full of disappointments!
Many of us are used to dealing with broken promises aren’t we?
Illus: There were two shootings on Navy bases by service members this week. This is doubly hard for me because it is the loss of life and it is betrayal. A service member who has sworn (promised) to defend and protect the innocent and weak, takes life. It is a huge broken promise.
Think of the promises in your life? What promises have been broken? How have you been hurt by these?
Yet, we as Christians have something that can help us in this life as we deal with these broken promises and await the return of Jesus Christ.
Principles of Faith
Principles of Faith
Context:
Isaiah is told to prophesy to Ahaz the King of Judah.
His enemies were coming against him. (1)
Ahaz was afraid (2)
Isaiah was sent to encourage Ahaz (4) - “do not fear”
God challenges Ahaz to remain faithful in Him.
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’ ”
What can we see about God in these next few verses:
God does not leave us without confirmation of our faith in Him
(10-11) God’s grace extended through signs - evidence
(12-13) Ahaz knows not to test God - afraid
The Promise of salvation:
We know God is going to provide salvation through the tribe of Judah
But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”
Hoseah 1:7
We know that this refers to Jesus in his first coming and his second.
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
Heb 7:
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
God is promising to preserve a lineage for Jesus - the savior of God’s people
So, as Ahaz was king of Judah, God was promising him protection - salvation
We see this confirmed in (16) - future oriented - NT
This promise includes
a virgin birth (14)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Mt
And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
A Son
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
Direct quote of Isaiah
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
A savior
Immanuel
A name used for God directly by Isaih
and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
A present God
Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.
Jesus
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Mt
Jesus - derivative of Joshua - “to call for help” Hebrew
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Col
God promised to save his people and we can see this come to fruition in Jesus Christ, the incarnation
When we celebrate his birth we celebrate God saving his people
obedient (15-16) son
This is how God saves his people
reference to the obedience required to fulfil the covenant of works that Adam failed to uphold
This salvation is offered to us through faith
Conclusion
Conclusion
Here is a wonderful fulfillment of a promise of God where we can see it clearly prophesied in the OT and fulfilled in the NT
How can Christians get through times of disappointment and hurt due to broken promises:
We look to the promises of God that are never broken
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Heb 6:13-
Illus: Abraham and Isaac -
Abraham was promised a son
Then God sent him to Mt Moriah to sacrifice this beloved son
Why?
God wanted to show that his promise could be trusted and it would not be broken
Abraham builds the altar and prepares to slay his only son as God commanded - when he is stopped by an angel
App: How is it that we can overcome the hurt and disappointment of broken promises?
Cling to the promise of salvation by God
It will never be broken
It can be clearly seen in the first coming, incarnation, of Jesus Immanuel
This is why the writer of Hebrews can say:
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Heb 6
Let us be encouraged as we go into Christmas that the promises of God are a certainty. Salvation belongs to his people! And, in this we know salvation will come when Christ returns.
And all God’s people said - AMEN!