A new MP3 sermon from Knock Free Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:
Title: Formed By God For God
Subtitle: Isaiah
Speaker: James Maciver
Broadcaster: Knock Free Church
Event: Sunday Service
Date: 10/4/2015
Bible: Isaiah 44:21
Length: 33 min. (64kbps)
Overview: 1. GOD-S -FORMING- OF THE UNIVERSE--- verses 6 and 24 - Creator and Redeemer are often combined in Isaiah--- in the OT -create-d-- has an emphasis on bringing a thing into being--- the emphasis in -forming- is on giving shape to, or crafting a thing--- these concepts combine power and purpose - ie it-s the Designer at work-----2. GOD-S -FORMING- OF A PEOPLE-----a- redemption - verses 6, 22-24 - note again Redeemer and Creator together--- -redeem- means to buy back captives - usually by payment of a ransom--- see 43-3-4 - Israel are enslaved, then freed by God, by a lamb-s death---- this redemption anticipated Jesus- - Mark 10-45, 1 Pet.1-19 and Eph.1-7------b- pardon - verse 22- - see 43-25 - -blotted out- means erased completely--- hence God-s command - appeal in verse 22b and see 1-18----3. THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD -FORMING- A PEOPLE-----a- ownership - verse 21 Israel is God-s property, his servant---- hence the seriousness of idolatry - by it God-s ownership is rejected------b- security - v21b - -not forgotten- means always positively remembered---- just as idols cannot begin to remember so God cannot ever forget---- this gives hope in prayer as in 64-8 - it is to the One who Formed---- note a corresponding -remember- in v.21- - ie we are to take this to heart-
Title: Formed By God For God
Subtitle: Isaiah
Speaker: James Maciver
Broadcaster: Knock Free Church
Event: Sunday Service
Date: 10/4/2015
Bible: Isaiah 44:21
Length: 33 min. (64kbps)
Overview: 1. GOD-S -FORMING- OF THE UNIVERSE--- verses 6 and 24 - Creator and Redeemer are often combined in Isaiah--- in the OT -create-d-- has an emphasis on bringing a thing into being--- the emphasis in -forming- is on giving shape to, or crafting a thing--- these concepts combine power and purpose - ie it-s the Designer at work-----2. GOD-S -FORMING- OF A PEOPLE-----a- redemption - verses 6, 22-24 - note again Redeemer and Creator together--- -redeem- means to buy back captives - usually by payment of a ransom--- see 43-3-4 - Israel are enslaved, then freed by God, by a lamb-s death---- this redemption anticipated Jesus- - Mark 10-45, 1 Pet.1-19 and Eph.1-7------b- pardon - verse 22- - see 43-25 - -blotted out- means erased completely--- hence God-s command - appeal in verse 22b and see 1-18----3. THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD -FORMING- A PEOPLE-----a- ownership - verse 21 Israel is God-s property, his servant---- hence the seriousness of idolatry - by it God-s ownership is rejected------b- security - v21b - -not forgotten- means always positively remembered---- just as idols cannot begin to remember so God cannot ever forget---- this gives hope in prayer as in 64-8 - it is to the One who Formed---- note a corresponding -remember- in v.21- - ie we are to take this to heart-