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Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning?
and who told the ocean you can only come this far?
and who showed the moon where to hide ‘til evening?
Whose words alone can catch a falling star?
Job was dealing with a boatload of problems from friend and foe when God spoke these words to Him
Judah is living in desperate days.
They have turned from the Lord.
It is often said that everything rises and falls by leadership.
Ahaz is godless and idolatrous leader and the people have followed him.
God has increasingly allowed their adversaries to beat them up and beat them down.
Isaiah 9 and 10.1-4 repeats the phrase “in all this, His anger is not removed, and His hand is still raised to strike.”
Isaiah has had the difficult task of balancing the truths of hope and judgment.
In the bulk of chapter 10 (the passage we study today) we will see Isaiah give Judah a few important reminders.
Reminder 1
Adversity is God’s Megaphone
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”-
CS LEWIS
Note: WHEN THE LORD FINISHES HIS WORK AGAINST MOUNT ZION AND JERUSALEM
Sometimes the Adversity we encounter is not of our own doing; It is a storm of life… It is pain that has come in the normal course of living a fallen life in a fallen world.
But it is a teacher none the less (Job is an example of this)
Sometimes (like here) God has sent the Adversary.
Like Judah, we can fail to listen to God’s corrective voice in our lives and so God uses an evil enemy to provide the opportunity for repentance.
We don’t like to think that God would do this, but it is clear in Isaiah, that He SENT the Adversary to His rebellious people.
God is Lord Over Adversity
Adversity Reveals a Remnant
In both the Old and New Testament there is a emphasis placed on a remnant- a select group of people who are the real deal.
Today Christianity is not popular in America, and as a result those “identifying” as Christians is dwindling.
But does that mean there are fewer Genuine Christians?
I don’t think so.
I think we have seen a decrease nominal Christianity, but there is a strong and sold out remnant, saved and secured by the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is Hope in Adversity
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