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[2309.76 --> 2339.76] Christ. |
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[2549.68 --> 2579.66] That's King, that's King, |
[2579.66 --> 2609.64] Oh, isn't that you, yeah. |
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[2849.60 --> 2879.60] So, I need to ask you, I need to ask you, I'm going to ask you, I need to ask you, I need to ask you, |
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[2909.60 --> 2919.60] ourselves there, but you're not here. |
[2919.60 --> 2926.26] No, there is always more that can be said about love and especially the love of God. |
[2927.14 --> 2932.14] And specifically, we will be narrowing down to one aspect of God's love, |
[2932.36 --> 2937.10] something that blends this passage of Isaiah today into our modern context and into our lives. |
[2937.78 --> 2940.00] The main point of today's sermon is this. |
[2940.94 --> 2946.74] The love the Father has for his Son is the love God has for you. |
[2946.74 --> 2953.96] The same love of God for his Son is the same love of God for you. |
[2955.58 --> 2962.44] And how that idea relates to the passage today from Isaiah and Matthew won't be obvious at the beginning, |
[2962.76 --> 2965.38] but it will start to become clear as we dive in. |
[2965.78 --> 2968.76] And so I ask you to follow me as we go on a bit of an adventure. |
[2970.74 --> 2976.04] Today, we will be learning about love from Isaiah 42, verses 1 to 9. |
[2976.04 --> 2979.68] And Matthew 12, verses 15 to 21. |
[2980.04 --> 2981.70] But we will get to Matthew later. |
[2982.26 --> 2985.32] So open up your Bibles, your devices to Isaiah 42, 1 to 9, |
[2985.52 --> 2988.96] and we will begin another Advent sermon on love. |
[2988.96 --> 2997.56] Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. |
[2998.26 --> 3002.04] I will put my spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. |
[3002.64 --> 3006.48] He will not shout or cry out or raise his voice in the streets. |
[3007.18 --> 3011.56] A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. |
[3011.56 --> 3015.20] In faithfulness, he will bring forth justice. |
[3015.72 --> 3020.32] He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on the earth. |
[3021.12 --> 3023.78] In his teachings, the islands will put their hope. |
[3024.68 --> 3027.86] This is what God, the Lord, says, the creator of heavens and earth, |
[3028.36 --> 3033.88] who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, |
[3034.04 --> 3039.62] who gives breath to its people, and of life to those who walk on it. |
[3039.62 --> 3042.42] I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness. |
[3043.02 --> 3044.92] I will take hold of your hand. |
[3045.38 --> 3048.54] I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people |
[3048.54 --> 3052.36] and a light for the Gentiles, to open the eyes that are blind, |
[3052.70 --> 3057.60] to free captives from prison, and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. |
[3058.44 --> 3060.60] I am the Lord, that is my name. |
[3060.86 --> 3064.86] I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. |
[3065.50 --> 3068.88] See, the former things have taken place and new things I declare. |
[3068.88 --> 3072.88] Before they spring up into being, I announce them to you. |
[3073.88 --> 3074.94] The word of the Lord. |
[3078.48 --> 3082.80] When reading this passage, it's important to note that there are two sections. |
[3083.36 --> 3087.98] The first section is verses 1 to 4, where God is describing his servant |
[3087.98 --> 3090.44] and what his character is like and what he will be like. |
[3090.92 --> 3094.56] Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. |
[3094.56 --> 3101.30] In the second section, verses 5 to 9, God is speaking about his relationship with this servant |
[3101.30 --> 3104.00] and what he will do for and with him. |
[3104.10 --> 3105.84] He's speaking to the servant. |
[3106.78 --> 3110.84] I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness, and I will take hold of your hand. |
[3110.84 --> 3116.34] So, in the first section, God starts off by introducing this figure |
[3116.34 --> 3119.82] and introducing him as someone who he upholds and delights. |
[3120.50 --> 3124.68] This servant, this chosen one, is an individual who God takes pleasure in |
[3124.68 --> 3129.20] and who God actively makes sure that he accomplishes the thing for which he sent him. |
[3129.20 --> 3134.00] God is the source of this man's strength and good character. |
[3134.50 --> 3137.32] And it goes on to add that God will put his spirit upon him. |
[3137.84 --> 3139.20] And what will he do? |
[3139.66 --> 3141.86] He will bring justice to the nations. |
[3143.06 --> 3147.22] Now, if you're an Israelite from that time in which Isaiah is writing, |
[3147.86 --> 3150.04] it means that your prayers have been answered. |
[3150.68 --> 3152.24] The line of David has arrived. |
[3152.46 --> 3154.50] Israel is going to be a kingdom again. |
[3155.08 --> 3158.42] You are going to be free and rid of those nations that have surrounded you, |
[3158.42 --> 3160.82] particularly Babylon and Assyria, |
[3161.34 --> 3165.74] who have been slaughtering your people or politically pushing you around. |
[3166.40 --> 3168.58] Finally, Israel is going to be on top. |
[3168.92 --> 3172.48] Your enemies will finally get what they deserve for the evil things they did to you |
[3172.48 --> 3174.58] and to God. |
[3175.32 --> 3179.76] If you are an Israelite, then when you hear about God's justice, |
[3179.76 --> 3181.98] you might be thinking about God's judgment. |
[3183.42 --> 3186.04] And this idea is not a far leap of logic. |
[3186.04 --> 3190.18] In 1 Samuel, chapters 9 to 11, |
[3190.64 --> 3193.64] it details the rise of King Saul, |
[3193.76 --> 3195.40] the first king of Israel, |
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