Witnesses to the Uniqueness of God — part 1 (43:8-44:22)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 34 : Witnesses to the Uniqueness of God — part 1 (43:8-44:22)

Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : You are my witnesses (43:8-13) – PAST OR FUTURE? (v 8) — THE TRIAL OPENS (v 9) — THE LORD CHALLENGES THE IDOLS (v 9) — GOD CALLS HIS WITNESSES: ISRAEL (v 10) — FIRST THE MESSENGER, THEN THE MESSAGE (v 10) — THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY (v 10, 11) — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : God delivers his witnesses (43:14-44:5) – God’s Power : Then and Now (43:14-21) – NOT MERELY PAST DELIVERANCE BUT FUTURE DELIVERANCE AS WELL — RETURN FROM BABYLON (v 14, 15) — THEOLOGY OF THE OT IN MICROCOSM (v 15) — INTRODUCTION TO THE LORD’S AMAZING COMMAND (v 16, 17) — THE LORD’S AMAZING COMMAND (v 18-21) — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : God delivers his witnesses (43:14-44:5) – Salvation by Grace, Not by Performance (43:22-28) – ISRAEL HAD NOT TRULY WORSHIPED THE LORD (v 22) — OUTWARD CONFORMITY IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR INWARD OBEDIENCE (v 23, 24) — THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THE OT SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM — GOD HAD NOT BURDENED HIS PEOPLE, RATHER THEY HAD BURDENED HIM (v 23, 24) — ISRAEL’S ONLY HOPE: THE CHARACTER OF GOD (v 25) — IF ISRAEL DID NOT DESIRE GRACE, ‘THEN PLEASE REMIND ME WHAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN’ (v 26-28) — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : God delivers his witnesses (43:14-44:5) – The Promised Spirit (44:1-5) – CONTINUING THOUGHT — THE UNDESERVED ARE BLESSED (v 1, 2) — GOD HOLDS ISRAEL IN HIS HEART (v 2) — WAS ABRAHAM TO BE CHILDLESS? (v 3) — WATER, DRY LAND AND PENTECOST (v 3) — THE GENTILES WILL WANT WHAT ISRAEL HAS (v 5)