Title: Fallen Israel (Isaiah 41:1-16)
Content Israel, who fell deeply into idolatry, became a fool who had eyes, but could not see, and had ears, but could not hear. Because of this, they were taken captive to Babylon and suffered all sorts of hardships. However, God's love was revealed in the midst of all these difficulties.
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1. Fallen Israel 1) Spiritually blind Israel
“See clearly, ye blind.” The blind refers to Israel who has sinned. not knowing God
refers to the ignorant. Because they were deeply engrossed in idolatry, they lifted up their eyes to the glory of God.
that could not be seen. We must be able to see the works of God with our spiritual eyes. You must be able to see God who is still living and working. You must see God's salvation. We should be able to see that God is still with us even now. We should see and know the world we live in right away, but more importantly, we need to open our eyes to see God. Therefore, we must have faith that always looks to God so that our souls do not darken, and we must become believers who often pray for us to open our spiritual eyes and see the work and glory of God.
2. Israel the Spiritually Deaf
Deaf = People who do not hear God's voice calling for repentance, do not hear the trumpet of warning, and do not hear God's voice. We must open our spiritual ears to hear the voice of love speaking to the world. We long to hear the voice of God and we must pray with an open mind to hear that voice.
3. Foolish Israel
“You see many things, but you do not pay attention; your ears are open, but you do not hear.” Israel, seeing much of His glory, showed no interest in God. is.
The reason Israel, the chosen people of Hanami, became so foolish is because they left the word of God and lived their own life. least you forget them, least they depart from your heart as long as you live. Make them known to your sons and your grandchildren.
Once we leave God and live according to our calculations and methods, we become fools.
4. Consequences of the Fall 1) Disobedience makes us slaves to Satan. Therefore, by obedience, the saints
It should be used as a tool for glory.
2) Falling into the chaos of the wicked. He asks us to rescue us from the big and small snare in our lives.
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