HOPE IN A WORLD OF MISERY (1 OF 6)
Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7
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Hope in a World of Misery (1 of 6)
Series: Christmas - Isaiah 9:6
Robert Dawson
Isaiah 9:1-7
I do not personally know of anyone who enjoys delivering bad news. It's not a job many people are excited about or readily volunteer for. Usually the bearers of bad news are drafted or compelled by virtue of their position to do so.
I remember in NC there were a couple of occasions where I was tasked with the unenviable task of delivering bad news. When a fireman from our church woke me in the middle of the night to tell me one of our teenagers had been in a wreck and was being rushed to a hospital in critical condition. He eventually had to be life-flighted to another hospital. Alcohol and cocaine were involved. He needed someone to go tell the family. My heart sank. When one of our older men tried to take his own life and I was the first one to get to the home and after the police and ambulance arrived had to go tell his daughter, who was a high school math teacher, about her dad.
No one likes to deliver news that we know is going to cause hurt or heartache.
The prophet Isaiah had the unpleasant and unpopular job of being the bearer of bad news to God's people. His job was even more difficult because he was not telling them about some tragedy that had happened but a tragedy that was about to happen, one that had been decreed against them by God. His job was further complicated because he was not only tasked with telling them about a coming calamity but telling them why the calamity was coming. It was coming because of their sin.
The people had rebelled against God. Listen to the strong language used to describe their rebellion.
- Isaiah 1.2-4 - Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the Lord speaks, ''Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. 3 ''An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand.''4 Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offs ...
Series: Christmas - Isaiah 9:6
Robert Dawson
Isaiah 9:1-7
I do not personally know of anyone who enjoys delivering bad news. It's not a job many people are excited about or readily volunteer for. Usually the bearers of bad news are drafted or compelled by virtue of their position to do so.
I remember in NC there were a couple of occasions where I was tasked with the unenviable task of delivering bad news. When a fireman from our church woke me in the middle of the night to tell me one of our teenagers had been in a wreck and was being rushed to a hospital in critical condition. He eventually had to be life-flighted to another hospital. Alcohol and cocaine were involved. He needed someone to go tell the family. My heart sank. When one of our older men tried to take his own life and I was the first one to get to the home and after the police and ambulance arrived had to go tell his daughter, who was a high school math teacher, about her dad.
No one likes to deliver news that we know is going to cause hurt or heartache.
The prophet Isaiah had the unpleasant and unpopular job of being the bearer of bad news to God's people. His job was even more difficult because he was not telling them about some tragedy that had happened but a tragedy that was about to happen, one that had been decreed against them by God. His job was further complicated because he was not only tasked with telling them about a coming calamity but telling them why the calamity was coming. It was coming because of their sin.
The people had rebelled against God. Listen to the strong language used to describe their rebellion.
- Isaiah 1.2-4 - Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the Lord speaks, ''Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. 3 ''An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand.''4 Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offs ...
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