
What follows is my notes from the evening service of the first night of Shepherd’s Conference 2014. The speaker was Mark Dever.
Establishing the need: How are you brother pastors?
There are those here tonight in ministry who are:
- The Resigned
- The Hopeless
Isaiah has a Word for you. Turn to Isaiah 34-35.
Context:
- Chapters 1-11 Warns Judah
- Chapters 12-27, God’s call to repent
- Chapters 28 onwards, Judah Judged
- Recurring theme: Judgment and Salvation
Outline:
- Chapter 34 Judgment
- Chapter 35 Salvation
Do you feel you are about to give into fear of days ahead?
- Hold on, God’s judgement is coming (Chapter 34)
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- It will be universal (v.1-4)
- Don’t forget when God waits to vindicate, He waits to vindicate His name!
- He has more of an incentive to vindicate His name than just vindicate us! We need to remember that.
- It’s for us (v.5-8)
- It’s is final (v.9-17)
- Real description here but also pictures of future judgment
- Look at verse 10, “forever.”
- Application: Know that God’s judgment never ned but our trials do.
- Hold on, God’s Salvation is coming (Chapter 35)
- Wilderness/desert will bcome like spring again
- Glory of nature restored, a window of God’ glory (v.2b)
- This include the justice of God
- Hebrews 12 quotes Isaiah 35:4, which is the point of the whole book of Isaiah
- God is a bigger problem one will face, and also a bigger solution than that the nations poses
- Application: Remember the fullness of God’s goodness
We need to preach this “Judgment/Salvation” today. This is not strange, rememebr Jesus’ prayer “Thy Kingdom Come,” would does that mean?
God will put an end to all injustice.
Look at verse eight, note “highway” is a highway to God. We of course know Jesus is the Way to God.
Look at verse ten, we have singing.
Let not the enemy win, let us go through our trials in a way that glorifies God, let us rejoice in God in our suffering.
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