Sermon Tone Analysis

If Romans is the greatest book in the Bible, Isaiah must be the second greatest and deserves the title of the greatest book in the Old Testament

When chapters were added in the 12th century by Stephen Langton it appears that he intentionally divided it into 66 chapters, the number of books in the Bible.He then divided the two parts of Isaiah into 39 and 27 chapters, the number of books in the Old and New Testaments.

The truths of Christmas in one book of the Bible

In the year King Uzziah died - around 740BC

Isaiah died around 681 BC

The central theme of the book is God himself, who does all things for his own sake (48:11).

Isaiah defines everything else by its relation to God, whether it is rightly adjusted to him as the gloriously central figure in all of reality (45:22–25).

God is the Holy One of Israel (1:4), the One who is high and lifted up but who also dwells down among the “contrite and lowly” (57:15), the Sovereign over the whole world (13:1–27:13) whose wrath is fierce (9:12, 17, 21; 10:4) but whose cleansing touch atones for sin (6:7), whose salvation flows in endless supply (12:3), whose gospel is “good news of happiness” (52:7), who is moving history toward the blessing of his people (43:3–7) and the exclusive worship due him (2:2–4).

He is the only Savior (43:10–13), and the whole world will know it (49:26).

To rest in the promises of this God is his people’s only strength (30:15); to delight themselves in his word is their refreshing feast (55:1–2); to serve his cause is their worthy devotion (ch.

62); but to rebel against him is endless death (66:24).

This morning we want to focus on Isaiah and the Lord Jesus Christ

Jesus is not a man who became mythically famous, He is the eternal God who became biblically humble

Jesus grew up