Witnesses to the Uniqueness of God — part 2 (43:8-44:22)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 35 : Witnesses to the Uniqueness of God — part 2 (43:8-44:22)

Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : The folly of idolatry (44:6-20) – No Other Rock (44:6-8) – THE LORD OUR GOD (v 6) — JESUS CHRIST WAS YAHWEH INCARNATE (v 6) — FUNDAMENTAL PROOF OF THE DEITY OF ISRAEL’S GOD (v 7) — BECAUSE GOD IS GOD, DO NOT FEAR (v 8) — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : The folly of idolatry (44:6-20) – Idolaters are Nothing (44:9-11) – CHRISTIANITY IS A SUPERNATURAL RELIGION — THE ‘CHAOS’ OF PAGANISM (v 9) — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : The folly of idolatry (44:6-20) – Idolaters are Confused (44:12-17) – IDOLATRY IS HARD WORK (v 12) — HUMANISM IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL IDOLATRY (v 13) — MAN TURNS GOD’S BLESSINGS INTO A CURSE (v 15-17) — ISAIAH NOT ALONE IN HIS RIDICULE — Witnesses for God’s uniqueness : The folly of idolatry (44:6-20) – Idolaters are Blind (44:18-20) – IDOLATERS BLIND BY CHOICE — MAN’S ADAMIC NATURE — ‘TOTAL DEPRAVITY’ — A. Negatively : not that every sinner is – (a) destitute of conscience for the existence of strong impulses to right, and of remorse for wrongdoing show that conscience is often keen – (b) devoid of all qualities pleasing to men and useful when judged by a human standard for the existence of such qualities is recognized by Christ. – (c) A sinner is prone to every form of sin, for certain forms of sin exclude certain others – (d) intense as he can be in his selfishness and opposition to God, he becomes worse every day. – B. Positively : that every sinner is – (a) totally destitute of that love to God, which constitutes the fundamental and all-inclusive demand of the law. – (b) He is chargeable with elevating some lower affection or desire above regard for God and his law – (c) he is supremely determined, in his whole inward and outward life, by a preference of self to God. – (d) Every sinner is possessed of an aversion to God which, though sometimes latent, becomes active enmity, so soon as God’s will comes into manifest conflict with his own – (e) he is disordered and corrupted in every faculty, through this substitution of selfishness for supreme affection toward God. – (f) The sinner is credited with no thought, emotion or act that divine holiness can fully approve – (g) is he subject to a law of constant progress in depravity, which he has no recuperative energy to enable him successfully to resist. – Remember the Lord (44:21,22) – ‘REMEMBER’ : BECAUSE OF WHO I AM, I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU — THE ROOT PROBLEM : SIN — HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY