Life in the Lord’s Service

Isaiah 56-66

About the Sermon

Isaiah's 55th chapter offered us a feast of rich food without price, forgiveness and fellowship at the cost paid by the Suffering Servant. We might be tempted to think that Isaiah should be done at that point. What more is there to offer? What more is there to give? Apparently at least eleven more chapters. And this is good news, for God sent his Servant to suffer and rise for more than our forgiveness but for our complete transformation. In this final section of Isaiah's prophecy, chapters 56–66, we see how great a transformation our Lord has in mind, not only of his people but of the entire cosmos.

About the Series

How did Jesus learn about who he was and what he came to do? How did those who wrote about Jesus in the New Testament Scriptures come to fully grasp the significance of his death and resurrection? From the Old Testament Scriptures and from the book of Isaiah in particular. In this short series we turn to what are often called the Songs of the Servant in the book of Isaiah. Many years before Christ came, Isaiah told us what our savior came to do and why: to grant us forgiveness and life. Or, put another way, to bring rebels from the wilderness of sin and death into the paradise of life with him.
How did Jesus learn about who he was and what he came to do? How did those who wrote about Jesus in the New Testament Scriptures come to fully grasp the significance of his death and resurrection? From the Old Testament Scriptures and from the book of Isaiah in particular. In this short series we turn to what are often called the Songs of the Servant in the book of Isaiah. Many years before Christ came, Isaiah told us what our savior came to do and why: to grant us forgiveness and life. Or, put another way, to bring rebels from the wilderness of sin and death into the paradise of life with him.

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