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Oct 27, 2019

The Redemption Story Continues

Passage: Isaiah 54:1-17

Speaker: Chip Reed

Series: Isaiah

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: love, story, redemption, husband, bride, redeem, pursue

This passage in Isaiah is a continuation of the redemption story. It shows God’s excitement for (and our response) to his redemption in the previous chapters (52-53). In chapter 52 he tells them that redemption is near. In 53 he tells them how it is going to happen. In 54, he tells them what to do once they have been redeemed (their response to redemption/their mission/the fulfillment of their calling as his people). 

Order of Worship

PRELUDE:  Song - She Must and Shall Go Free

CALL TO WORSHIP: ​Psalm 100:1-5

READING: Isaiah 44:6,22-23a

MUSIC: 

CONFESSION OF FAITH: Heidelberg Catechism (Selections)

ALL: We believe that the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence, is our God and Father because of Christ his Son. 

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God and saves us from our sins.  We believe that salvation cannot be found in anyone else; it is futile to look for any salvation elsewhere. 

We believe that the Holy Spirit is eternal God and that He has been given to us personally, so that, by true faith, He makes us share in Christ and all his blessings, comforts us, and remains with us forever.

MESSAGE: The Redemption Story Continues

CENTRAL TEXT: Isaiah 54:1-17

ILLUSTRATION: Les Miserables 

RESPONSE: Ephesians 5:1-2

BENEDICTION: Hebrews 13:20-21

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES:

  • Genesis 2:24
  • Exodus 34:12-16
  • Deuteronomy 32:21
  • Isaiah 62:4, 5
  • Ezekiel 34:25-31
  • Hosea 2:7
  • Zephaniah 3:17
  • Matthew 28:18-20
  • Romans 2:4
  • Romans 8:5-6
  • Galatians 4:25-28
  • Ephesians 5:31-32
  • Revelation 21:1-4

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DISCUSSIONS QUESTIONS:

  1. In chapter 52-53, God redeems his children at his own (great) expense. In chapter 54 the redemption story continues. As a result of their redemption he gives them three commands: 1) Sing! 2) Enlarge your tents! 3) Fear not! 
    1. Why did he command these things to Israel
    2. How might these things apply to you in your particular story? 
  2. Tim Mackie, from The Bible Project defines covenant this way, “A covenant is a partnership to accomplish a particular thing together.” What is God wanting to accomplish through his, “Covenant of peace,” mentioned in verse 10?
  3. How significant is it for you that the God of the Universe wants to partner with his people/you?
  4. What keeps you from believing that he wants to partner with you?
  5. Give an example of a time when you got a strong sense of this partnership with God.
  6. In what ways do you believe God is calling you/you all step out in faith to continue his Redemption Story with you/you all?

QUOTES:

  • “Isaiah 54:1 may be one of the most disobeyed commands in the Bible. Our exaggerated sense of decorum is the last bastion of pride holding out against the gospel.” - Ray Ortland
  • “A covenant is a partnership to accomplish a particular thing together.” - Tim Mackie (The Bible Project podcast)
  • “The old covenant people of God, who failed to bless the world, were like a barren woman. Under the new covenant, God’s people become the mother of a growing family.” - ESV Study Bible
  • “God is not promising oppressive world domination but that, through his people, his righteous reign and the knowledge of him will spread throughout the world.” - ESV Study Bible
  • “God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.” - Soren Kierkegaard
  • “The church is the place where good news is preached; Gospel is good news; good news makes people happy; happy people sing. But then, too, unhappy people may sing to cheer themselves up” - John Calvin 
  • “Evolving from the Puritans to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Oprah Winfrey… Americans have sought to author their lives as redemptive tales of atonement, emancipation, recovery, self-fulfillment, and upward social mobility” - Dan McAdams (Professor of Psychology Northwestern University) 
  • “We tell stories because  we’re broken creatures hungering for redemption,” - Mike Cosper (The Stories We Tell)

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