saith the Lord: . It is the most gracious, as well as wondrous of all conferences. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.'" Explanation and Commentary of Isaiah 1:18 Or, is it in thy thought to say to God, "Wherein have I sinned so much against Thee?" The confessory part of this prayer belongeth to us now; and strange it is, that there is such odds of the Lord's dispensations, when there is no difference in our conditions; always we know not how soon the complaint may be ours also. Will you state your case to Me! The extant works of St. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are. 1. IV. Sermons about Isaiah 1:18-19 - SermonCentral.com These sinners are such in face of every obligation of love and gratitude to Jehovah, arising out of peculiar blessings and privileges. Is any merry? II. Charles KingsleyThe Good News of God, "But we are all as an Unclean Thing, and all Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags,"Isaiah lxiv 6, 7.--"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," &c. This people's condition agreeth well with ours, though the Lord's dealing be very different. thy God summons thee to His audience chamber! Since God has provided a salvation for you, has He not a right to stipulate the means by which you shall apply to yourself the benefit of that salvation? 3. I. Faith is reasonable. The brute beasts of the field know their master. III. At least the ox and donkey recognize their source of provision. Ask Him if He has not given you this very desire Himself, and inquire if He intends to sharpen your thirst and yet withhold the waters of life. He has also invited you to come and reason with Him. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 2. Neither the religion of the pagan world, nor the philosophy of the Greeks, nor the power and civilisation of the Romans afford much ground for this belief in human nature. Philippians 2:3 says "in humility value others above yourselves." That's a challenge for all of us as we reopen. 4. 2. The Whole Bible Well, you are not much of a fool if you know you are; the biggest fools are those who never know that they are fools. Pardoning Grace. But there is something to be remembered at this point. (Admonition 31.) We are to understand this of the sinner, not of his sins. A Marriage Made In Paradise - Genesis 2:18-25. Wisdom Literature It is the most gracious, as well as wondrous of all conferences. Close Filters . II. --ISAIAH i. 2. Our text says, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord," and one of the commonest complaints of the Bible is that people will not reason. But how does the promise do away with the objection? 2. The Family According To God's Pattern - Genesis 2:15-25. The word "why" is a great word of the reason, and its sister word is "because." This power exists, notwithstanding the devastations of depravity. 2. 1. But nowhere is the inadequacy of wisdom and of law to draw forth the power there is in man to reform his own character, better illustrated than in the case of the chosen people of Israel. 1-7. 1. The word, scarlet, has the idea behind it of double dyed. God cries out to earth and heaven, and says, "These are the only limits of man's life I can recognise the earth on which he walks, on the surface of which everything is done, the heavens over his head, which look down upon every transaction of his life; that is the basis of My reasoning, and that alone." The nature of the case shows that WE ARE TO ADDRESS OUR REASONS AND MAKE OUR APPEAL, NOT TO JUSTICE BUT TO MERCY. 12, 13. You may also plead His honour; that, seeing He is under oath, and stands committed before the universe, you may ask Him what He will do for His great name if He refuse to forgive a repentant and believing sinner. 4. The prophecies give us a strong reason to believe. 4. short bed and narrow covers. He shall be filled with his own works. December 13, 1776 John NewtonOlney Hymns, The Expositor's Bible. These colours are selected because of their exceeding brilliancy. We have already seen enough to show the intense and all but universal corruption which ruined the true work of the Church in Antioch, and still more in Constantinople. "Very well," says man, "let this be the ground of our reasoning. 2. Therefore He has fully opened the way for the freest and fullest communion on this point. Why not? "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; and though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." 3. 5. 1-2, cf. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Sermons on Isaiah 1:18: showing 16-30 of 128 Filter Results Sort By. 3. Pauline Epistles Or, dost thou say in thine heart "I hate the knowledge of God's ways Religion is a weariness to me. when it was told Jacob that Joseph, his beloved son, whom he had long mourned as dead, was alive and well, and governor of Egypt, his heart fainted, "for he believed them not." The minister, teaching as he does the doctrine of human corruption and helplessness, it is absurd that he should tell men to repent. Again, we are living under A MORAL GOVERNMENT that is reasonable, one that can be defended and rested in. B. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord." Hast thou always been led by My Spirit?". Notice . 2. Sermons From Isaiah. The Christian's distress arises from his apprehension, The text says, that "the backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways." Sermons Search Results: Isaiah 1 18 Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Sermons on isaiah 1 18: showing 1-15 of 128 Sort By Scripture Clear Scripture Filters Rating 5 stars 4 stars or more 3 stars or more Any Rating Date Last Week Last Month Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last Year Any Time Denominations *other (4) Adventist (2) Blank indifference towards Him is far more frequent than conscious hostility. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. II. Confession of sin is rational, but so is the confession of Jesus Christ. It seems to be an expression borrowed from courts of justice, and is tantamount to saying, "Let us hear the cause of the defendants.". Newton discovered that law, and applied it first to some trivial things; then he and others applied it to more distant and sublime things, until we now know it to be a law prevailing in the whole system of things, and among the bodies that roll in space; but how comes it that all the bodies in earth and heaven are directed by this law? It would be neither honourable to God, nor good to your fellow men, nor really beneficial to yourself. 2. Exegetic. God's offer of salvation and the forgiveness of sins is the most reasonable offer ever made. Oh, there seems to be an awful moment between that first clause of the text and what follows. (2) Another relation between things which is still more important for the reason, is that of cause and effect. What does God answer? I. Prophets The Old Testament 3. Isaiah - A Study Guide (Executable Outlines) The guilt of guilt lies in the use of power without love. That mental and moral inaction, so fatal to our spiritual prospects, gets no countenance from the Word of God. I am to give REASONS WHY DESPERATE CHARACTERS SHOULD ACCEPT THE INVITATION. II. the Bishop of Derry. It is always taken for granted that if people only would think, they would love and obey God. "Come, make my name your trust and stay. They were a people "laden with iniquity. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Showing us, in the next place, that God proceeds upon the assumption that man ought to be prepared to vindicate his conduct by reasons. "R. Phinehas, in the name of R. Hoshaia, saith, There were four hundred and sixty synagogues in Jerusalem: every one of which had a house of the book, and a house of doctrine," "A house of the book for the Scripture," that is, where the Scripture might be read: "and a house of doctrine for traditions," that is, the Beth Midrash, where traditions might be taught. Made in sundry times and in divers manners, it ever remains substantially the same. Denomination: Pentecostal. A PROPOSITION TO STOP AND REASON THE MATTER WITH JEHOVAH. This faculty is bestowed on different individuals in very different degrees. This is what God requires. Of all beings, God is most easily influenced to save. True religion is the most reasonable thing in the world. says another, "I should not mind about hereditary tendencies; but my difficulty is that I have been habitually committing sin." THE INVITATION, "LET US REASON TOGETHER." A. Pros Eunomion. Some only have the outline available. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, What Sin Does to Men'Ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Up with the axe, and cut the rope! Then it was reasonable that He should die. God governs humanity through the mediation of Christ. They who, as rulers, were set for an example of obedience to God, integrity among men, are rebels and thieves' comrades. (3) But this process can be turned the other way. 3. 1. The Exercise That Benefits Forever I Timothy . THE GRACIOUS PROMISE. Another thing is, that it is by faith alone we are made partakers of pardoning mercy. 6d. Our God is an awesome God. Not its faculties of contrivance and logical investigation, as you see them developed in the arts and sciences. You shall be so cleansed, that not the shadow of a spot, nor the sign of a sin, shall be left upon you. FIRST SERIES, 1887-8. thy God summons thee to His audience chamber! THE REMEDY FOR SIN its effectiveness, certainty, and readiness. III. Isaiah lxiv 6, 7.--"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," &c. This people's condition agreeth well with ours, though the Lord's dealing be very different. INTRO: Sin is a dominant subject in the Bible. General Epistles "Though your sins be as scarlet," etc. Dread not the meeting. Blank indifference towards Him is far more frequent than conscious hostility. Yet in the midst of all these mercies, sin everywhere abounds. frivolously ignores, never meditates on. I give you the opportunity of stating your own casein your own terms." Sermons Search Results: Isaiah 1 18 20 Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Sermons on isaiah 1 18 20: showing 1-15 of 135 Sort By Scripture Clear Scripture Filters Rating 5 stars 4 stars or more 3 stars or more Any Rating Date Last Week Last Month Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last Year Any Time Denominations *other (4) Adventist (2) "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. 4. 3. THE TEXT IS NOT WITHOUT ADMONITION AND COMFORT TO THE BELIEVING CHRISTIAN. But a wider application, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, 1St Day of Month. For those who lament their transgressions and yet forsake them not are to be admonished to learn to consider anxiously that they cleanse themselves in vain by their weeping, if they wickedly defile themselves in their living, seeing that the end for which they wash themselves in tears is that, when clean, they may return to filth. What Does Isaiah 1:18 Mean? - Bible Verse of the Day (Isaiah 1:12). II. 1. Pardon is an act of justice as well as of mercy. We turn at once to the country in which we dwell, to find the sins which are as the "scarlet" or the "crimson" dye. The confessory part of this prayer belongeth to us now; and strange it is, that there is such odds of the Lord's dispensations, when there is no difference in our conditions; always we know not how soon the complaint may be ours also. Although the demand precedes the offer of forgiveness, we are not to suppose that the work of reforming is to precede the enjoyment of the Divine gift. Infinite purity seeks to reason with infinite vileness! Introduction Being accused of having hands full of blood was a serious accusation. 7IN ANSWER TO PRAYER:--Do you know any one tied and bound? Then somebody else answers, "Well, I would accept it, but I have always failed." At a more convenient season I will seek God"? Sermon - "GOD'S PARLEY" Part 1 - Isaiah 1.18 - Identity Digital Many a man hath soon done with that a general notion of sin is the highest advancement in repentance that many attain to. 3. PDF Sermon Outlines By Pastor Gary L. Hall - Island Ford Baptist Church Take a hundred men at random as they hurry through Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, The Great Suit: Jehovah Versus Judah'The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Wonderful prophesies. All this wickedness clothes itself in the garb of religion. Notice, too, the perfection of pardon, which is expressed by making scarlet as snow, and crimson like wool. 1. Sermons about Isaiah 1 18 20 - SermonCentral.com Redeem then the time, and catch the golden opportunities of gain to thy soul. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point The Jewish division of the latter prophets--prophets in the more restricted sense of the. ISA 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; ISA 1:20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." The principle was in the heart of God from an eternity. Still, though your sins be red like crimson, they shall be as wool God knows how to effect this transformation by the working of the Holy Spirit. But here, the authority is as unassailable as the invitation is cordial, and it is issued on the authority of God Himself. God said to man, "Come, let us reason together." THERE IS DESIRED THE EXERCISE OF WISE CONSIDERATION. 6. This is the strength and the majesty of the Christian faith, that it challenges men by the first principles of reasoning to defend themselves, as sinners, before the Almighty. Open your Bible please to Col. 1:18-19. Pentateuch Is it not well suited to your case? But now, I would like to give a clearer and simpler explanation of what its work is. This power is God's forgiveness. Rather than consider reasonable alternate views. 2 Samuel. Or are they the just consequences of disobedience? Scripture: Isaiah 1:19. 1-7. Look at my life as it lies within the circle of its religious action and exercises, the sacrifices I bring to you, the incense I offer, the fasts I make. by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999, 150 pages.) By doing good we shall find the highest good. I do not say that reason can trace in every point the connection between the death of Christ and the pardon of sin; but, at all events, reason can clearly make out that, because God's honour is provided for by the sacrifice of Calvary, and that this sacrifice must have been of so stupendous a value as to render possible the salvation of every human being, there is, therefore, nothing to shrink from in the challenge of our text. Is it not reasonable to believe the God of truth? This proposition is not only the proof of the grace of God; but that grace itself is the vindication of His righteousness. "Thou fool, this night, it may be, thy soul shall be required of thee". look to Jesus. By the Rev. Let Me know your reasons for having done so. III. Is it reasonable to cultivate friendship with the wise, the good, and the great? I. 2. It is distressing to find the same moral apostasy, the same revolting unreality, 1 "Where are the mourners, [1] (saith the Lord) "That wait and tremble at my word, "That walk in darkness all the day? Either God must abate His claims, lower rebellion, or else logic must rule, justice must have its way. What says God in reply? Say to a man you are not to be punished for your sin, and yet you may live in it still, and what worse turn could you do him? He shall be filled with his own works. 4. Can it be considered as a hard condition that we should relinquish those practices which cost the Son of God His life; and which, if He had not died for them, would have cost us our souls? God appeals to fixed principles of right. By reading in the third verse, you will perceive again that the text is addressed to men who are worse than beasts. II. A marked feature of the portraiture, here drawn, is that they are sinners under the light of Jehovah's special revelations and appointed ordinances. 3. The existence of an extraordinary principle in the Divine government of God. That indeed were impossible. The nation was, as it were, dried up and made inflammable; the idol was as the 'spark' or the occasion for destruction. The Jewish division of the latter prophets--prophets in the more restricted sense of the E. Infinite purity seeks to reason with infinite vileness! II. 1. We are not wrong partially, not wrong here and there, with little spots of light and blue, between the errors, but we are wrong altogether, shamefully, infamously wrong! Isaiah chapter 2. If amongst ourselves we do so, it is in an infinitely higher degree true in the case of Almighty God. The words of this text contain a PROMISE OF PARDON OF THE FULLEST FORCE. 1. We rise toward our highest possibilities only as we live by the unseen. Fighting A Good Fight I Timothy 1. The very possession of their superior privileges, when they abused them, brought upon them a severer punishment. How can I ever be the friend of God as my sins are so prominent? 1. But if God is love, and loves His children as we love ours, then the incarnation is reasonable, it is inevitable. When we want anything of God, we should always consider whether we can present good reasons why it should be granted. This is the first sermon of a six message series written by Pastor Jack Van de Hoef based on the book Live Justly by World Renew and Micah Challenge. Something requires to be done, but how? Is it reasonable to make a good bargain? And then, the soul within us rises up and asks, "Why is this, if God be infinitely reasonable, if He reasons with such force and conclusion, why does He not follow out His reasoning to its logical conclusion? I. 1. THAT MAN, THOUGH DEPRAVED, BY RIGHTLY AVAILING HIMSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAY BE ENTIRELY CLEANSED OF HIS SINS. This power exists as the chief glory of human nature. Take again some of the FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF SUPERNATURAL RELIGION. This power exists as an unquestionable fact. --ISAIAH i. Let us try to follow God's reasoning in this chapter. But He could not have made it unless it were just to do so; nor would He have made it unless it were possible for man to meet it. B. Inconsideration (3) 1. I. Take a hundred men at random as they hurry through, 'The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. It would be as great a fallacy as could be alleged against the Gospel were it to be said that it does not commend itself to man as exactly what he needs, so that when he receives it it must be on the strength of external testimony and not at all in the consciousness of its meeting his necessities. 'Doth not know' i.e. II. Whilst all sinners forever will have the power of moral reasoning, only now on earth are they invited to a merciful conference with God. We often feel ourselves outside the boundaries of God's grace. Johannine Writings Yet you have no argument at all; you have only the promise a most free and gracious one, but still only a promise "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed By the Rev. Plead the desire you feel to be completely delivered from sin. Is a house on fire? Good reasons are more sure to have their due and full weight on His mind than on the mind of any other being in the universe. Whenever we have considered the reasons for God's actions till they have really moved and persuaded us, they will surely move Him. 1. All in this together. The first of these we know God cannot do. These relations between things with which the reason has to deal are of different kinds, but of whatever kind they are, the reason has to deal with them. How could the Judge of all the earth thus wink at iniquity? If we are Christians, God wants to make some other trades with us. 2. God reasons with man ON THE BASIS OF MAN'S WHOLE LIFE. Many a man would spend more affection, Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. I think I hear another say, "But I am a man of such strong passions." If so, how do you like it? Is God not just? God says, "Why do you do this! Nothing lees than this is the fitting moral position for a sinner towards God. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point
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