Comfort and Hope: Proclaiming God's Eternal Word
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Comfort, comfort my people says your God, speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she is received from the Lord's hands double for all her sins. A voice cries in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God. [00:01:04]
Every valley shall be lifted up and every mountain and who will be made low, the uneven ground shall become level and the rough places are plain, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. [00:01:28]
All flesh is grass and all its beauty is like the flower of the field, the grass withers the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it, surely the people are grass, the grass withers the flower fades by the word of our God will stand forever. [00:02:00]
Go on up to a high mountain o Zion herald of good news lift up your voice with strength o Jerusalem herald of good news, lift it up fear not say to the cities of Judah behold your God, behold the Lord God comes with might and his arm rules for him. [00:02:10]
He will tend his flank like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. This is the word of the Lord, thanks be to God. Father thank you that your word is fixed in the heavens. [00:02:36]
The intentions of God for his people triumphed over their rebellions notice that the intentions of God for his people triumphed over their rebellions, and the intentions of God for us his people triumph over our frailties, the people who have known struggles in their lives who have strayed from God's ways. [00:10:49]
The infallibility of scripture, we don't believe in that scripture is infallible because we can prove it to be infallible, we can prove it to be infallible on what basis then do we declare the infallibility of the bible, the answer is that the only ground of witness to the infallibility of scripture is scripture itself. [00:12:54]
Scripture testifies to its own origin to its own power to its own character and to its own authority for there is nothing higher or stronger than scripture itself, you can think that out on your own but we must proceed sticking with that notice then the source of the message is here before us. [00:13:19]
You will never ever come to believe the bible savingly you will never ever come to trust the bible unreservedly as a result of someone giving you compelling logical arguments that come from outside the scriptures themselves i guarantee you it will never happen the only way that a man or woman will ever come to a convinced view of the word of God. [00:14:28]
The natural person does not receive the things of the spirit because they're foolishness to them you go back to work tomorrow and tell people well we had a bit of a talk yesterday concerning the message we're supposed to proclaim to the world oh says a friend and what was that well it's the message about God coming in Jesus. [00:15:09]
You started to read the bible and the bible pointed you to Jesus, and as it pointed you to Jesus you discovered that that life is found in Jesus, and having discovered that life is found in Jesus, you came to invite Christ to be your life, that his life might be lived in and through you. [00:16:02]
The source of the message is scripture itself what is the substance of the message well i'm not going to reread it but it is there in these verses before you, what is the messenger to cry coming back to where i was a little earlier i mean this is a question i get all the time. [00:16:17]
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Every valley shall be lifted up and every mountain and who will be made low, the uneven ground shall become level and the rough places are plain, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. [00:01:28]
All flesh is grass and all its beauty is like the flower of the field, the grass withers the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it, surely the people are grass, the grass withers the flower fades by the word of our God will stand forever. [00:02:00]
Go on up to a high mountain o Zion herald of good news lift up your voice with strength o Jerusalem herald of good news, lift it up fear not say to the cities of Judah behold your God, behold the Lord God comes with might and his arm rules for him. [00:02:10]
He will tend his flank like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. This is the word of the Lord, thanks be to God. Father thank you that your word is fixed in the heavens. [00:02:36]
The intentions of God for his people triumphed over their rebellions notice that the intentions of God for his people triumphed over their rebellions, and the intentions of God for us his people triumph over our frailties, the people who have known struggles in their lives who have strayed from God's ways. [00:10:49]
The infallibility of scripture, we don't believe in that scripture is infallible because we can prove it to be infallible, we can prove it to be infallible on what basis then do we declare the infallibility of the bible, the answer is that the only ground of witness to the infallibility of scripture is scripture itself. [00:12:54]
Scripture testifies to its own origin to its own power to its own character and to its own authority for there is nothing higher or stronger than scripture itself, you can think that out on your own but we must proceed sticking with that notice then the source of the message is here before us. [00:13:19]
You will never ever come to believe the bible savingly you will never ever come to trust the bible unreservedly as a result of someone giving you compelling logical arguments that come from outside the scriptures themselves i guarantee you it will never happen the only way that a man or woman will ever come to a convinced view of the word of God. [00:14:28]
The natural person does not receive the things of the spirit because they're foolishness to them you go back to work tomorrow and tell people well we had a bit of a talk yesterday concerning the message we're supposed to proclaim to the world oh says a friend and what was that well it's the message about God coming in Jesus. [00:15:09]
You started to read the bible and the bible pointed you to Jesus, and as it pointed you to Jesus you discovered that that life is found in Jesus, and having discovered that life is found in Jesus, you came to invite Christ to be your life, that his life might be lived in and through you. [00:16:02]
The source of the message is scripture itself what is the substance of the message well i'm not going to reread it but it is there in these verses before you, what is the messenger to cry coming back to where i was a little earlier i mean this is a question i get all the time. [00:16:17]
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