08/17/2024 – Day 076 – Isaiah – Chapters 56 – 61 / Whoa, look at the breadth of coverage here in the chapter summaries!
So, the chapter summaries are in the post dated 08/09/2020. And then, there is also a posting on 05/14/22 on the subsequent cycle from J.A. Motyer’s “Isaiah” entitled: “Why is Earth’s Redemption Essential to God’s Plan?”.
For today, I am going to share commentary from “The Evidence Bible – NKJV”:
“And of whom have you been afraid, or feared, That you have lied. And not remembered Me, Nor taken it to your heart? Is it not because I have held My peace from of old That you do not fear Me?” Isaiah 57:11
“57.11 One great error of the ungodly is to think that they are getting away from sin. They assume that because God doesn’t send lightning when they violate His Commandments, He doesn’t care or doesn’t see what they do. But with each sin they are storing up His wrath that will be revealed on the Day of Judgment. See Psalm 50:21; Ecclesiastes 8:11.” (Jimmy insert: See also Hebrews 10: 26 – 39)
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“For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness shall cover the earth. And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60:2
“60:2. Is the light of the gospel vanishing? ‘Alas, alas, God’s ‘way of salvation’ is almost entirely unknown today, the nature of Christ’s salvation is almost universally misunderstood, and the terms of His salvation misrepresented on every hand. The ‘Gospel’ which is now being proclaimed is, in nine cases out of every ten, but a perversion of the Truth, and tens of thousands, assured they are bound for heaven, are no hastening to hell as fast as time can take them…”
“Unless God is pleased to grant a real revival, it will not be long ere ‘the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people’ (Isaiah 60:2), for the light of the true Gospel is rapidly disappearing … Those preachers who tell sinners that they may be saved without forsaking their idols, without repenting, with surrendering to the Lordship of Christ, are as erroneous and dangerous as others who insist that salvation is by works, and that heaven must be earned by our own efforts.” A.W. Pink
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Questions for fellowship generation, the lifelong sanctification process:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.
- Share with the group how our study is calling or confirming to you a new mission to glorify God in our times.
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Soli Deo Gloria!