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Trust in God, Not in Egypt 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Today, we're looking at chapters 30 and 31 of the book of Isaiah. Verse 15 of chapter 30, for thus says the lord god, the holy 1 of Israel, in returning0:21 and rest, you shall be saved. In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. Alright. So let me do a little review. The northern kingdom of Israel had fallen captive to Assyria in 70:33 21 BC after 3 years 3 year siege of Samaria, which was their capital. Now the reason for their fall was their idolatry and their rejection of God and his ways. So the southern0:45 kingdom of Judah had watched all this unfold, and then Assyria begins to threaten Judah. They first put them under tribute, and then later in 7 0 1 BC, they0:56 sieged there was a siege of Jerusalem. Now the prophecy of chapter 30 happened somewhere in between. Now some scholars suggest it was 7 14 BC. But keep in mind that Hezekiah was the king,1:08 and he was, he was a good king. He was 1 of better kings of Judah. But there is a history. There was a history of them running to every place but God in their time of need. I mean, they were look always looking for love1:19 in the wrong all the wrong places. So Judah, at this time, had sent a, had sent representatives to Egypt to seek assistance, and that's when Isaiah is given this message to1:30 deliver to Judah. Verse 1, chapter 30. Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, who take counsel, but not of me, and who devise plans, but not of my spirit,1:42 that they may add sin to sin. Wow. Who walk to go down to Egypt and have not asked my advice to strengthen themselves in the strength of pharaoh and to trust in1:54 the shadow of Egypt, a shadow which is passing. So here they had that God was their creator. God was the he had created the nation and provided everything for them,2:06 and and they wouldn't seek counsel of him, but they would go to the very place that they came out of bondage from. Wow. Doesn't that sound familiar? Therefore, the strength of pharaoh shall be your shame,2:18 and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation. So chapter 31, verse 3, Isaiah states this, now the Egyptians are men and not God, and2:30 their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, both he who helps will fall and he who is helped will fall down. They all will perish together.2:42 Now their rebellion was what, because of their rebellion, they would not consult or confide in God in their moment of need. Alright? They they2:54 profess to be children of God, but they did not trust in God. You know? And and and just a note on this, they they sent a, a caravan of their wealth to3:05 Egypt to try and secure Pharaoh's favor and his help when, you know, it would have cost them nothing but humility and obedience to secure the help of god. Verse 8,3:17 now go write it before them on a tablet and note it on a scroll that it may be for a time to come forever and ever. Now here Isaiah is told to actually write this down. You know, of course, we3:29 live in an age of of video, and reading and writing is not popular. It's not a popular form of communication anymore. However, it has more staying power. And the Lord says, I want3:41 this word out there. I don't want it to be forgotten. Verse 9, that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the lord, who say to the seers, do not see3:53 into the prophets, do not prophesy to us right things, Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy to see. They had those itching ears. Get out of the way. Turn aside from the4:05 past. Calls the holy 1 of Israel to cease from before us. We don't wanna hear what God has to say. Now this prophecy was to Judah, but its principles are to our benefit. Any nation4:17 that has been given the light of the truth and enjoyed the blessings of God, but then turns its back on that truth, telling the prophets not to speak the words of God, but to speak what they want to hear,4:29 words that affirm their ways, which are counter to the ways of God. Well, guess what? Whoever does that is going to encounter the same fate as we read here. Verse 12. Therefore, thus says the holy 1 of Israel, because4:41 you despise this word and trust in opposition and perversity and rely on them, therefore, this inequity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall4:53 whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant. And he shall break it like the breaking of a potter's vessel, which is broken in pieces, he shall not spare. So there shall not be5:04 found among its fragrance a frag its fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth or to take water from the system. It'd be smashed. Couldn't put it back5:16 together. The breaking would be sudden. It would be seismic. Everything would be fine, then it wouldn't. Everything would be fine. We're okay, but then it wouldn't be. Judah responded to this5:28 warning and and and and as prophesied, right, they they responded. And as God prophesied, as we see later,5:40 Jerusalem was delivered from Assyria. However, this this also this prophecy also points to the Babylonian captivity. It would come over a hundred years later. So God's protection and5:52 prosperity plan, his plan is not difficult. Okay? Look. Verse 15, for thus says the Lord God, the holy 1 of Israel, in returning and rest, you shall be saved. In quietness and confidence shall be your6:03 strength. The psalmist in in Psalm 27 14 writes, wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.6:15 Don't run down to Egypt. Don't go back to that place of bondage. Rather trust in the Lord. You know, waiting is trusting. Right? And trusting is obeying.6:27 Matthew Henry writes this. He says, quote, and we must rely upon God with a holy confidence that he can do what he will and will do what is6:39 best for his people. And this will be our strength. It will inspire us with such a holy fortitude as will carry us with ease and courage to all the difficulties6:52 we may meet with, end quote. Now that's good. Verse 16. And you said, no. We will flee on horses. Therefore, you shall flee.7:04 And we will ride on swift horses. Therefore, those who pursue pursue you shall be swift. So they said, we'll flee on horses. Yeah. You'll flee. I'm not gonna be on a horse. And and you said,7:16 we'll ride on swift horses. Well, those who pursue you will be swift. 1000 shall flee at the threat of 1. At the threat of 5, you shall flee till you are left7:28 as a pole on top of a mountain and as a banner on a hill. Now despite the disobedience alright. Look what god does.7:40 Verse 18. Therefore, the lord will wait that he may be gracious to you, and therefore, he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the lord is a god of justice.7:52 Blessed are those who wait for him. Now we we need to hear and understand the graciousness of god. Yes. He is righteous. Yes. He will judge. And, yes, he will,8:04 and he does punish. But his desire is to show mercy and to be gracious. God's desire is to be our source of provision and our protection. You know,8:16 god is for us if we will turn to him and obey him. Romans 8 31 says, what then shall we say to these things? If god is for us, who can be against us? He who8:28 did not spare his own son, but delivered him up for us, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Verse 19, for the people shall dwell in8:39 Zion at Jerusalem. You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When he hears it, he will answer you. And though the lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction,8:51 yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers. You know, know, as they turn to God, he said he said he would restore their ability and9:04 not only their ability, but their desire to hear the words of the preachers and the prophets. And not only would there be the the the public ministry, but the private the private prompting of the9:16 Holy Spirit. Verse 21. Your ear shall hear a word behind you saying, this is the way walk in it. Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left. You see,9:28 the power of the word in our lives is, is remarkable as we read, as we study, as we meditate upon god's word. The holy spirit then9:40 uses that to speak to us and to direct us. Go this way. Go that way. The word of god says we but we have to have the word in our heart. We have to abide in it. Now this return to god is accompanied by a turn9:51 from their idols as they seek god with their whole heart. So you can't worship god and mammon. You can't you can't hold on to the idols and god at the same time. Verse10:03 22. You will also defile the covering of your images of silver and the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing. You will say to them, get away.10:15 You'll be finished with them no more. And look what accompanies the placing of our trust in the lord. Look at verse 23. 3. Then he will give you rain for your seed with which10:27 you sow the ground. And bread of the increase of the earth, it will be fat and plentiful. In that day, your cattle will feed in the large plant large pastures. So what10:39 is it that accompanies our trust in the lord? The blessing of the lord. When we trust in him, when we obey him, when we walk with him and yield to him, the blessing of the lord follows. Doesn't mean we don't have any10:49 difficulties. Doesn't mean that at all. But it means that his provision, his protection will be upon us. Alright. Chapter 31 is really just an a a concise restatement of what we11:01 read in chapter 30. So I encourage you to read it. We're not gonna have time to get into chapter 31, but it's essentially a summary of what we read in chapter 30. Father, thank you for your word. And,11:13 lord, I pray lord, I I I earnestly pray for each of us that we would learn from those who have gone before us that have, lord,A Call to Spiritual Renewal 11:25 walked, away from your word, away from your truth and have become either hardhearted or become intoxicated with your blessings and and just refuse to yield to you. Lord, I pray that we11:36 would hear your word, that our ears would not be shut. Our eyes that we would see, lord, that we would see your word. We would hear your word. We would meditate upon your word. We would move based upon the word of the11:48 holy spirit. So, father, I pray and ask the holy spirit to continue to guide us in this journey. And, lord, that your word would continue day by day, transforming us12:01 and changing us and sanctifying us that we might be used for your purposes for your kingdom. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Alright. Let me just remind you once again the, second journal is12:13 out part 2, which begins January. So we're just a couple weeks away from that. And if you'd like to get a copy of that, f r c dot o r g slash bible or simply text journal to 612:24 7 7 4 2. That's journal to 6 7 7 4 2, and I'll send you a link where you can get the second part, the second journal for our journey through the word.12:36 Until next time, keep standing on the word.12:41 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day,12:53 you can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot org slash bible.In this video 0:09 Trust in God, Not in Egypt11:15 A Call to Spiritual Renewal
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