Scripture: Isaiah 11 and 12I. You have hope of a coming king.A. Who is this branch of vs. 1 who would bear fruit? Jesus. He is a shoot from the stump of Jesse, King David’s father. God had made a great promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-13: “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”B. Jesus would be anointed with the Holy Spirit (vs. 2). What gifts would Jesus have as king because He was filled with the Spirit? Verses 2-5 say Jesus would have the gifts of wisdom, power, reverence for God, faithfulness and righteousness. In short, Jesus would be the perfect king. And Jesus would come not just as Judah’s king. He would come to fight for Judah as a warrior (vs. 4-5).II. You have hope of a curse reversed.A. Jesus would bring with him a kingdom that would restore and secure the harmony of the Garden of Eden, before Adam and Eve and all of humanity fell into sin. In Isaiah 11:6 we see that Jesus will bring peace to all of creation – even animals. Jesus would come as the new Adam. In Genesis 1:28 God had commanded the first Adam to be fruitful, to fill the earth and subdue it and to rule over the animals. Jesus the King is now putting that mandate back on track.B. God is angry with humans because of our sin and rebellion against Him (Isa. 12:1). But God’s anger has turned away from His people. The angry God has become your Savior. The curse has been reversed! How? At the cross, God’s anger and God’s judgment fell on Jesus for your sin. And when you trust that Jesus died for your sins, you can sing with God’s people the words of Isa. 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation.”III. You have hope of a cosmic joy and peace.A. There was hope for the whole world in Isaiah’s message. In Isa. 11:10, the prophet says that “in that day, the root of Jesse (King Jesus), who shall stand as a signal for the peoples – of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.” People then from every nation, all the nations listed in Isa. 11:11, will rally around the flag of King Jesus. Who are we making God’s great deeds of salvation known among? The peoples (Isa. 12:4). We learn in Isa. 12 that worship is mission and mission is worship. Worship leads to you telling other people about Jesus.Application:Let us live then with faith not fear, with hope not despair, with trust in God and not in man.Sources:The BibleCommentaries by J.A. Motyer, Tim Chester, Derek Thomas and David Jackman.Sermon Discussion Questions1) How does the description of the Branch in Isaiah 11 focus our hope? What are the characteristics of the Branch and how are they true of Jesus?2) In what ways does the rule of Jesus reverse the curse of the Fall of Adam and Eve? How and where does God’s anger get removed from humanity?3) What will the worship of Jesus necessarily lead to? What can Jesus do for all those who feel like they are living in exile?
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Scripture: Isaiah 11 and 12I. You have hope of a coming king.A. Who is this branch of vs. 1 who would bear fruit? Jesus. He is a shoot from the stump of Jesse, King David’s father. God had made a great promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-13: “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”B. Jesus would be anointed with the Holy Spirit (vs. 2). What gifts would Jesus have as king because He was filled with the Spirit? Verses 2-5 say Jesus would have the gifts of wisdom, power, reverence for God, faithfulness and righteousness. In short, Jesus would be the perfect king. And Jesus would come not just as Judah’s king. He would come to fight for Judah as a warrior (vs. 4-5).II. You have hope of a curse reversed.A. Jesus would bring with him a kingdom that would restore and secure the harmony of the Garden of Eden, before Adam and Eve and all of humanity fell into sin. In Isaiah 11:6 we see that Jesus will bring peace to all of creation – even animals. Jesus would come as the new Adam. In Genesis 1:28 God had commanded the first Adam to be fruitful, to fill the earth and subdue it and to rule over the animals. Jesus the King is now putting that mandate back on track.B. God is angry with humans because of our sin and rebellion against Him (Isa. 12:1). But God’s anger has turned away from His people. The angry God has become your Savior. The curse has been reversed! How? At the cross, God’s anger and God’s judgment fell on Jesus for your sin. And when you trust that Jesus died for your sins, you can sing with God’s people the words of Isa. 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation.”III. You have hope of a cosmic joy and peace.A. There was hope for the whole world in Isaiah’s message. In Isa. 11:10, the prophet says that “in that day, the root of Jesse (King Jesus), who shall stand as a signal for the peoples – of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.” People then from every nation, all the nations listed in Isa. 11:11, will rally around the flag of King Jesus. Who are we making God’s great deeds of salvation known among? The peoples (Isa. 12:4). We learn in Isa. 12 that worship is mission and mission is worship. Worship leads to you telling other people about Jesus.Application:Let us live then with faith not fear, with hope not despair, with trust in God and not in man.Sources:The BibleCommentaries by J.A. Motyer, Tim Chester, Derek Thomas and David Jackman.Sermon Discussion Questions1) How does the description of the Branch in Isaiah 11 focus our hope? What are the characteristics of the Branch and how are they true of Jesus?2) In what ways does the rule of Jesus reverse the curse of the Fall of Adam and Eve? How and where does God’s anger get removed from humanity?3) What will the worship of Jesus necessarily lead to? What can Jesus do for all those who feel like they are living in exile?
Scripture: Exodus 14:19-31/John 5:19-24I. Your story is about leaving darkness for light.A. The story of Israel being saved from Egypt comes in 3 sections referring to the time of day: dusk (vs. 19-20), night (vs. 21) and morning (vs. 27). Israel then escapes darkness and death and moves into the light of freedom and life on the other side of the Red Sea. Egypt’s end is the darkness of night, covered over by the waters (vs. 28). But Israel left the darkness coming out of the sea toward the rising sun. The power of Egypt then was no match for the power of God.B. Your story, like Israel’s story, is about leaving behind a great enemy. In our case, the enemy is not Pharaoh but Satan. Satan attacks God’s people with lies, sorrows, battles, terrors and testing just like Pharaoh attacked Israel. All these attacks from Satan leave our world dark. But God steps into every Christian’s story to lead you away from Satan and sin and darkness and into the brightness of the Promised Land.II. Your story is about leaving destruction for a new creation.A. The story of exodus is the story of creation all over again. God brings light on Israel in Ex. 14:20 – an echo of what God said at creation in Gen. 1:3: “Let there be light.” Then in Ex. 14:21 the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind (the same Hebrew word as the word Spirit). Gen. 1:2 says that “the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” The waters separate to create dry land at the Red Sea just like at creation (Gen. 1:9).B. Over and over in the Bible, water represents judgment and destruction. Jesus was not saved from destruction in water. In Mark 10:38 Jesus called his death a baptism, but it led us to a new creation. The Apostle Paul connects the exodus and baptism in 1 Corinthians 10:1-2: “For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.”III. Your story is about leaving death for life.A. Just like Moses plunged into the waters of the Red Sea and all who followed him emerged on the other side unharmed, Jesus plunged into the waters of death so that following Him we might pass through death unharmed into resurrection life (John 5:24). Hebrews 2:14-15: “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.”Application:Rejoice that you have already passed through the waters of death in Jesus.Sources:The BibleCommentaries by T.D. Alexander, D.A. Carson, Peter Enns & Tim Chester“The Lamb of God” by Nancy Guthrie/”Exodus Old and New” by L. Michael MoralesSermon Discussion Questions:1) What kind of darkness in your life have you left behind now that you are following Jesus? The light protected Israel from Egypt. How has God’s light protected you?2) What are some echoes of the creation story in Genesis 1 that you see in the Exodus story? In what ways have you become a new creation since your conversion?3) In defeating death at the cross, what else did Jesus defeat? If Jesus is victorious over death, then what do we need to be afraid of?
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Scripture: Isaiah 11 and 12I. You have hope of a coming king.A. Who is this branch of vs. 1 who would bear fruit? Jesus. He is a shoot from the stump of Jesse, King David’s father. God had made a great promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-13: “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”B. Jesus would be anointed with the Holy Spirit (vs. 2). What gifts would Jesus have as king because He was filled with the Spirit? Verses 2-5 say Jesus would have the gifts of wisdom, power, reverence for God, faithfulness and righteousness. In short, Jesus would be the perfect king. And Jesus would come not just as Judah’s king. He would come to fight for Judah as a warrior (vs. 4-5).II. You have hope of a curse reversed.A. Jesus would bring with him a kingdom that would restore and secure the harmony of the Garden of Eden, before Adam and Eve and all of humanity fell into sin. In Isaiah 11:6 we see that Jesus will bring peace to all of creation – even animals. Jesus would come as the new Adam. In Genesis 1:28 God had commanded the first Adam to be fruitful, to fill the earth and subdue it and to rule over the animals. Jesus the King is now putting that mandate back on track.B. God is angry with humans because of our sin and rebellion against Him (Isa. 12:1). But God’s anger has turned away from His people. The angry God has become your Savior. The curse has been reversed! How? At the cross, God’s anger and God’s judgment fell on Jesus for your sin. And when you trust that Jesus died for your sins, you can sing with God’s people the words of Isa. 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation.”III. You have hope of a cosmic joy and peace.A. There was hope for the whole world in Isaiah’s message. In Isa. 11:10, the prophet says that “in that day, the root of Jesse (King Jesus), who shall stand as a signal for the peoples – of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.” People then from every nation, all the nations listed in Isa. 11:11, will rally around the flag of King Jesus. Who are we making God’s great deeds of salvation known among? The peoples (Isa. 12:4). We learn in Isa. 12 that worship is mission and mission is worship. Worship leads to you telling other people about Jesus.Application:Let us live then with faith not fear, with hope not despair, with trust in God and not in man.Sources:The BibleCommentaries by J.A. Motyer, Tim Chester, Derek Thomas and David Jackman.Sermon Discussion Questions1) How does the description of the Branch in Isaiah 11 focus our hope? What are the characteristics of the Branch and how are they true of Jesus?2) In what ways does the rule of Jesus reverse the curse of the Fall of Adam and Eve? How and where does God’s anger get removed from humanity?3) What will the worship of Jesus necessarily lead to? What can Jesus do for all those who feel like they are living in exile?
