Posts from July 2022

Posts from July 2022

“The Book of Nahum”

  DISCUSSION                                                      The small book of Nahum is a collection of visions that the prophet has concerning the downfall of the Assyrians.  However, the book is not entirely about the fall of the Assyrians, but He rather uses them as an example to show us that God will always punish those nations that prey on and persecute the innocent.  This is good news for God’s people…

“Can You Be Too Far Gone?”

  DISCUSSION                                       I used to work with a man who had one of the kindest, gentlest of hearts I had ever seen in someone.  I was shocked to hear that this man wasn’t attending any form of worship service and that he had never become a Christian.  I had decided that I was going to begin praying for him and invite him to come to church with me on Sunday.  I…

“Set Your House in Order”

  DISCUSSION                                         As we already know from our daily bible readings, King Hezekiah will become sick to the point of death.  However, due to his humility, God grants him fifteen more years into His service.  There is however a statement that Isaiah makes to the king that I feel is very significant for our lesson today.  Isaiah tells King Hezekiah “Set your house in order, for you shall die…”.  Although…

“Humble, Damaged & Afraid”

  DISCUSSION                                                              As Isaiah closes out his book, he gives his people a clear understanding of what God is looking for out of His people.  “But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My word” (Isaiah 66.2b).  The same message could be said for us in the church today.  If we want God to…

“Relationships”

  DISCUSSION                                                                           Could you imagine what it was like to be Adam and Eve?  You are living in paradise and you have God meeting with you and talking with you on a minute by minute basis.  It is the closest thing to heaven that this world has ever and will ever be.  Yet in Genesis 3, all that changed.  The world that Adam and Eve were living in would forever be…

“My Love Will Not Depart”

  DISCUSSION                                              We have all been there haven’t we; alone, depressed, feeling that the whole world is against us.  We are even tempted with the feeling that even God has abandoned us.  We have prayed and received no reply, we have searched and found no answers and we have cried and gotten no comfort.  It is these types of feelings that remind me of why passages like this were written.                …

“THE EFFECT OF THE RIGHTEOUS”

  DISCUSSION                         “ And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,   in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” -Isaiah 32:17-18             Did you know that there is an effect of your righteousness?  Isaiah notes that effect will “peace…quietness and trust forever”, but what exactly is righteousness?  W.E. Vines’ Greek dictionary of righteousness is… “the character or quality…

“Defining God”

  DISCUSSION                                                                     How do you define God? There are several terms that we could use such as Great, Awesome, Love, Light, Perfect, yet none of them fully give a description of the God that we serve.  Although it is comprehensive, Isaiah gives a great description of God.  “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not…

“THE POWER OF THANK YOU”

  DISCUSSION                                   In Isaiah 38, King Hezekiah had grown sick and was at the point of death.  God has already told him to get his house in order because he was not going to recover from this sickness.  It is then that we see a prayer that the King utters, literally on his death bed.  This prayer is recorded in Isaiah 38.3 … “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before…

“There is Power in the Pause”

  DISCUSSION                                           As you read through the book of Psalms, you will inevitably come to a word with which you are not familiar.  The word “Selah” is found seventy-one times within the book of Psalms.  As for its definition, no one can be completely sure; although it does seem to be a musical term.  Many people believe this to be a musical term that signifies a place in the psalm that requires a…

“The Folly of Idolatry”

  DISCUSSION                                                   In Isaiah 44-48 it seems God is trying to get His people to understand just how ridiculous their idolatry has become.  The items that they have been worshipping have all been made by human hands.  How can a deity claim any power over humanity if it was fashioned by the hands of a human?  The answer is clear; it shouldn’t have any power over man at all.  Yet it did, but only…

“THE ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY”

  DISCUSSION                             Isaiah’s words continue to be those of gloom and doom, due to the wickedness of the nation and the impending punishment to come at the hands of the Babylonians.  God does offer a ray of hope to those that will be able to return afterward.  “Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with…