A Great Calling
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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
A. Today’s subject: Isaiah’s calling from God
A. Today’s subject: Isaiah’s calling from God
—we learn of this from the passage which was read today
B. God’s fierce demand on prophets:
B. God’s fierce demand on prophets:
C. Into this calling comes Isaiah
C. Into this calling comes Isaiah
D. Sermon 1, The Great Invitation
D. Sermon 1, The Great Invitation
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of
Chapters 2-5
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of
Chapters 2-5
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of Chapters 2-5
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of Chapters 2-5
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of Chapters 2-5
E. The calling of Jeremiah is set against the backdrop of Chapters 2-5
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A time of peace will come in the latter days,
A time of peace will come in the latter days,
Preceded by a day of judgment,
Preceded by a day of judgment,
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Judgment against Jerusalem and Judah,
Judgment against Jerusalem and Judah,
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Renewal,
Renewal,
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God’s Vineyard, 1-7
The announcement of judgment, 8-30
NOTE the word WOE
isa 5:
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What OT passage came to the mind of the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem when they heard Jesus pronouncing, “woe to you”, “woe to you”, “woe to you”, “woe to you”,
What OT passage came to the mind of the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem when they heard Jesus pronouncing, “woe to you”, “woe to you”, “woe to you”, “woe to you”,
II. BODY - The Call of Isaiah
II. BODY - The Call of Isaiah
II. BODY - The Call of Isaiah
A. Isaiah’s Preparation,
A. Isaiah’s Preparation,
1. A vision of God in heaven, 6:1-4
Before Isaiah was fit to be a spokesman for God, he first had to have a renewed knowledge of the holiness of God
The cleansing of Isaiah, 6:6
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And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”
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and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
2. The undoing of Isaiah,
Before Isaiah was fit to preach a message of condemnation to the wicked, he first had to reckon with the sin in his own heart
3. The cleansing of Isaiah, 6:6-7
Before Isaiah was fit to preach a message of cleansing to the repentant, he first had to experience God’s cleansing of his hand and heart
B. Isaiah’s Commissioning,
B. Isaiah’s Commissioning,
1. Isaiah’s call, 6:8
1. Isaiah’s call, 6:8
2. Isaiah’s message, 9-10
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14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’
3. Isaiah’s patience, 11-12
4. Isaiah’s hope, 13
III. Conclusion
III. Conclusion