A Vision of Hope (3 of 5)
Series: Let There Be Light
Dave Gustavsen
Isaiah 6:1-13
We're taking this Advent season to look at the first few chapters of the book of Isaiah. Isaiah was addressing the Jewish people at a time when things had gotten dark. There had been an invasion by an enemy nation, so instead of feeling peaceful and secure, they felt anxious and jumpy and scared. Like-''what's going to happen next?'' Can you relate to those feelings? It is truly tragic-we've been doing this series for three weeks-talking about darkness, and it seems like every week there's some new example of darkness in our world.
So Isaiah is speaking to people whose world has gotten dark. And the question he raises is this: in the midst of so much darkness, where do you find hope?
So in chapters one and two, he basically says, ''Let me tell you where you're not going to find it.'' Chapter 1 says you're not going to find the answer in religious practices. Because the people of Judah were very devout-they attended the temple; they brought sacrifices; they burned incense; they had silver fish on the bumpers and St. Christopher statues on their dashboards... but their hearts were far from God. It was empty religion, and it only created more darkness. And then Chapter 2 says you're not going to find the answer in human potential. The nation had developed some wealth and military strength, and their success had made them arrogant. It sounds crazy, but the people of God were moving toward secular humanism...and the darkness was growing deeper.
Chapters 3, 4 and 5 basically repeat and reiterate what it says in the first two chapters. So today we turn to chapter six. Isaiah 6 is not only one of the best-known chapters of Isaiah; it's one of the most memorable scenes in the whole Bible. So if the answer to the world's darkness is not found in empty religion, and if it's not found in human pride, where do we find it? Let's listen to the vision of Isaiah chapter 6:
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Series: Let There Be Light
Dave Gustavsen
Isaiah 6:1-13
We're taking this Advent season to look at the first few chapters of the book of Isaiah. Isaiah was addressing the Jewish people at a time when things had gotten dark. There had been an invasion by an enemy nation, so instead of feeling peaceful and secure, they felt anxious and jumpy and scared. Like-''what's going to happen next?'' Can you relate to those feelings? It is truly tragic-we've been doing this series for three weeks-talking about darkness, and it seems like every week there's some new example of darkness in our world.
So Isaiah is speaking to people whose world has gotten dark. And the question he raises is this: in the midst of so much darkness, where do you find hope?
So in chapters one and two, he basically says, ''Let me tell you where you're not going to find it.'' Chapter 1 says you're not going to find the answer in religious practices. Because the people of Judah were very devout-they attended the temple; they brought sacrifices; they burned incense; they had silver fish on the bumpers and St. Christopher statues on their dashboards... but their hearts were far from God. It was empty religion, and it only created more darkness. And then Chapter 2 says you're not going to find the answer in human potential. The nation had developed some wealth and military strength, and their success had made them arrogant. It sounds crazy, but the people of God were moving toward secular humanism...and the darkness was growing deeper.
Chapters 3, 4 and 5 basically repeat and reiterate what it says in the first two chapters. So today we turn to chapter six. Isaiah 6 is not only one of the best-known chapters of Isaiah; it's one of the most memorable scenes in the whole Bible. So if the answer to the world's darkness is not found in empty religion, and if it's not found in human pride, where do we find it? Let's listen to the vision of Isaiah chapter 6:
1 In th ...
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