Church Notes - 4 January
Psalm 93
'Light of the World'
Isaiah 10:33 - 11:11
Isaiah pictured the Assyrian army as a forest - very large, very dangerous.
- But he has hope that the LORD will rescue him.
- The LORD deals with the forest/army.
What do you have worry about in 2015?
- God can deal with our problems!
1 Peter 5:7
God is there to help and guide.
The Cross is the ultimate answer, the ultimate hope.
Jesus has already defeated His enemies.
Our anxieties are temporary.
Isaiah 11:1
Jesus is our green shoot. All our hope and expectations are in Him.
People face loss
- Sin caused the loss of the Pre-Fall world.
God has a restoration planned.
- Justice
- Peace
- Wholeness
verses 6 - 9
Describes the world after the Second Coming.
Isaiah 12
'Nothing but the Blood'
Communion - It is what it symbolises tht is important.
- We have the absolute freedom to come into God's Presence.
We are abundantly free.
Jesus took us back into relationship with the Father.