JESUS THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE
Isa 59:1-4, 15-21
GOD KNOWS YOUR SINS
V:1. Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
A. In these first two verses. God indicates to us His omnipotence,
His omnipresence, and His omniscience.
1. Too short to save: His omnipotence, all power
2. Ear to dull to hear: His omnipresence, everywhere all the time
3. Your iniquities have separated you: His omniscience knows
everything
B. By God\’s grace, we are protected from our enemies and given
Eternal life
1. God hears our conversation and judges them as evil or good.
2. The evil that we do separates us from God.
3. Perhaps our prayers are not effective because of our sins.
GOD JUDGES THE EVIL THAT YOU PLAN
V:3. For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;
no one pleads his case with integrity.
They rely on empty arguments and speak lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
A. Those who don’t know Lord and those who reject His teaching
are self-centered and only interested in promoting
their own agendas.
1. When we are not God-centered, we are under the influence
of the devil and his demons.
2. The more we get from God the more evil our desires are.
WE WERE CHOSEN TO BE GOD’S ROLE MODELS
B. The Jewish people were elected by God to be His role models.
1. Freed from Egyptian control, they reject God’s priesthood.
2. In I Samuel 8:7, they rejected Samuel and his sons as judges and
demanded a king so they could be like the surrounding nations.
3. This was a milestone in Israel’s break away from God as their
ruler. This took place around 1098 BC
4. Instead of having God as their King, they chose to
have a man as their King
5. Almost 400 years later, God warns Israel of an impending
destruction of their nation as a result of their sins.
6. Israel was no longer the holy nation He planned them to be.
C. The Church was designed by God to be the role model for the
world.
1. As long as we worship the Lord we have nothing to fear
2. He ordained us to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
3. We are to follow His commands in dealing with each other.
4. When we show love and compassion to our neighbors,
God returns the favor to us.
Mark 4:24
\”Consider carefully what you hear,\” he continued. \”With the measure
you use, it will be measured to you — and even more.”
THE TRUTH SHOULD PREVAIL
Isa 59:15-21
V:15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him,
and his own righteousness sustained him.
A. The nation of Israel had degenerated to the point that God took notice
and decided to chastise the whole nation.
1. Evil thoughts and actions, and injustice were common.
2. God is not pleased when we know to do right and refuse
to follow His guidance,
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn\’t do it, sins.
3. When we fail to what is right, God will chastise us.
James 5:1-2
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that
is coming upon you.
4. God is not pleased when we see injustice and we want take a stand
for His righteousness.
5. To keep our mouth shut when we see injustice enables the
oppressor.
Isa 1:17
learn to do right! Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
B. When we don’t stand for righteousness, God in His own time
Will step in right all wrongs
1. We lose the opportunity to strengthen our faith when we remain
silent.
2. Gal 6:9-10
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who
belong to the family of believers.
SEE JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR
V:17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation
on his head;
he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a
cloak.
18 According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
A. Jesus is the Lord of our salvation.
1. He put on human flesh to bring justice to His elect, and to
provide the way to the Kingdom of God, through His atoning
blood.
2. His mission statement is found in Isaiah 61
Isa 61:1-2
the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord \’s favor
3. Victory over His enemies and salvation to the elect
was completed in His first coming with His
death on the cross.
4. The judgment of His enemies, Satan, and His demons, will
be completed after His second coming.
5. While we await Jesus second coming, the breastplate of rightness
covers our hearts, and the helmet of salvation covers our minds.
WILL YOU BE READY WHEN JESUS RETURNS?
V:19. From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath of the Lord drives along.
20 \”The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,\”
declares the Lord .
21 \”As for me, this is my covenant with them,\” says the Lord . \”My
Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will
not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or
from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever,\”
says the Lord.
A. This part of the prophecy will not be fulfilled until the 1000 year
reign of Christ on the earth.
1. After Christ\’s second coming, there will be a 7 year tribulation
period, after which Satan will be bound for 1000 years.
2. Doing that 1000 year reign of Christ, Satan will not have
influence over man.
3. The devil is allowed to roam seeking who he may devour until
the second coming of Christ.
Rev 20:2
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and
bound him for a thousand years.
B. At the coming Judgment day, everyone shall worship Jesus
Isa 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear.
1. Those who accepted Christ as Lord and Savior will worship
in His Glory.
Rev 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The
second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God
and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
THE WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE
John 14:23
Jesus replied, \”If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My
Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home
with him.
THANK JESUS FOR OUR HOPE IN HIS RETURN
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst. Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston, Texas 77041
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