Title: Expounding on the Book of Isaiah-13
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(Isa 12:1-6) “On that day you will say, O LORD, you were once angry with me, but now your wrath has rested and I will give thanks to you. Behold, God is my salvation, and I trust in you. There will be no fear, for the Sovereign LORD is my strength and my song and my salvation; therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. On that day you will say again, Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and remember his works. Declare among all the nations, and say that his name is exalted, to the praise of the LORD, for he has done a wonderful thing; let it be known to all the world; lift up your voice, you inhabitants of Zion, and say, “Great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”
1. God works to make His existence known to all.
1) He wants everyone in the world to live in the true truth.
- Is preaching God really a religious commitment?
* God is the source of all things.
* All things are made according to the scientific principles created by God and are not changed
* Every object of existence has a unique gene and it does not change.
* Modern science has proven the principle of such scientific creation.
* Even after thousands of years, human beings have changed their cultural form, worldview, and values, but the fundamentals are the same
- First of all, you made yourself known through nature.
(Romans 1:20) “From the foundation of the world his invisible things, even his eternal power and divinity, have been clearly seen and understood in all things that have been made; therefore, they are without excuse.”
* Through human incompetence, God made us aware of the existence of God. : the rule of nature
(Zechariah 4:6) “It is not by might, not by might, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.”
* In the face of natural disasters, human beings are only futile.
* Regardless of his position, power, knowledge, or wealth, he is powerless in the face of the power of nature.
* The power of nature is not the power of nature, but only the power of the one who made it.
- God has constantly made himself known to man through the man he has chosen.
* In the Bible, God is the primary author and the secondary author is man.
* God has made the truth known and communicated to those whom he has chosen.
* The Bible is what God made known, written by His elect.
* The Ten Commandments are the representative parent method of all the writings of the Bible.
(Exodus 20:3-11) “You shall have no other gods before me; you shall not make for yourself a carved image, or make for yourself any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing fathers to sons to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing kindness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes my name in vain. Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall work hard to do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. Therefore, neither you nor your son or your daughter, nor your male servant or your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who sojourns in your gates, do any work; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them; Therefore I, the LORD, blessed the sabbath day, and made it holy.”
* God is not greedy or arrogant. just telling the truth
* The truth was made known so that everyone would not fall into vain things.
- Through all circumstances of a man in the faith of God, he does not forget himself.
* Sometimes by discipline, sometimes by refinement, and by the grace of blessings that God gives.
(1 Corinthians 1:8) “The Lord will establish you blameless to the end on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Philippians 1:6) “We are sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion by the day of Christ Jesus.”
2) Today's hymn of thanksgiving is thanksgiving and praise to the living God.
- It is a genuine response to the present God.
* It is a confession of faith in God and the praise of joy accompanying it.
* As the God of creation, he confessed that he was the true salvation and the one to depend on.
* We are living as God's creatures in the place where God created them.
* It is our duty to truly respond to God, who is our life and the source of our lives.