Sermon Tone Analysis

Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings.

At the time of Isaiah’s ministry, Judah was a sinful and unjust nation.

Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was God’s chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God.

With support from Micah and the godly King Hezekiah, their enemies were held at bay and a revival swept through the nation of Judah (; ).

Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God.

The bulk of the book of Isaiah consists of the prophet Isaiah giving voice to God’s assessment of Israel’s failure to live up to the covenant between God and Israel.

Isaiah is the first of the major Old Testament “writing prophets

Isaiah was a prophet in the southern kingdom of Judah

The book of Isaiah reveals God’s judgment and salvation.

God is “holy, holy, holy” (), and therefore He cannot allow sin to go unpunished (; ; ; ; ).

Isaiah portrays God’s oncoming judgment as a “consuming fire” (; )

At the same time, Isaiah understands that God is a God of mercy, grace, and compassion (; ; ; ; ; ).

The nation of Israel (both Judah and Israel) is blind and deaf to God’s commands (; ).

Judah is compared to a vineyard that should be, and will be, trampled on ().

Only because of His mercy and His promises to Israel, will God not allow Israel or Judah to be completely destroyed.

He will bring restoration, forgiveness, and healing (43:2; 43:16-19; 52:10-12).

Wow

I know God is a loving God!

A God of forgiveness

A God of patience

But we never like to talk about the God that is Jealous and through out the Old Testament proven to show that he can become upset…

Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings.

At the time of Isaiah’s ministry, Judah was a sinful and unjust nation.

Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was God’s chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God.

With support from Micah and the godly King Hezekiah, their enemies were held at bay and a revival swept through the nation of Judah (; ).

Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God.

He can become displeased

What If?

God’s anger kindled...

A disappointed parent

What If?

Isaiah

What if God told us…

I’m tired of your offerings

I’m tired of your service

I’m tired of your church conferences

Strong words of displeasure

God doesn’t have to listen

This verse messed me up!

Israel was in a terrible condition!

Could you imagine God speaking these words to us…

When you spread out your hands… - I will hide my eyes from you

Even though you make many prayers - I will not listen

We must remember this is under the law… They needed Prophets to hear from God and priest to atone for their sins…

Isaiah 1:16

God new what they had to do but knew they didn’t have the ability to do it!

God’s Plan

Reason: argue, make legal dialogue, i.e., reason together in a legal case or dispute

argue, make legal dialogue, i.e., reason together in a legal case or dispute

What is the dispute

Though your sins are like scarlet - “They shall” be as white as snow

Though they are red like crimson - “They shall” become like wool

This is why I’m so thankful for God sending his son Jesus

I could never make myself clean - I could never change on my own…

God new that I would have the same problems as Isreal but He had a plan…

You can not have a true relationship with a holy God with a sinful life - God’s Plan

He talking to Isaiah but had me in mind…

Though your sins are like scarlet…

Josh

My sins represented the scarlet robe…

White as snow - That is, the deep, fixed stain, which no human power could remove, shall be taken away.

In other words, sin shall be pardoned, and the soul be made pure.

scarlet—the color of Jesus Christ’s robe when bearing our “sins” (Mt 27:28).

So Rahab’s thread (Jos 2:18; compare Le 14:4).

The rabbins say that when the lot used to be taken, a scarlet fillet was bound on the scapegoat’s head, and after the high priest had confessed his and the people’s sins over it, the fillet became white: the miracle ceased, according to them, forty years before the destruction of Jerusalem, that is, exactly when Jesus Christ was crucified; a remarkable admission of adversaries.

Hebrew for “scarlet” radically means double-dyed; so the deep-fixed permanency of sin in the heart, which no mere tears can wash away.

Though they are red like crimson - “They shall” become like wool

Though your sins appear as deep-stained, and as permanent as the fast color of crimson in wool, yet they shall be removed - as if that stain should be taken away from the wool, and it should be restored to its original whiteness.