S10E07: Learn to Do Good (Prophet Margins pt. 6)

Sermon #510

We now shift our attention to the southern kingdom of Judah and the major prophet Isaiah.  Isaiah prophesied at the same time as Amos and Hosea, yet his audience was found in the king's court in Jerusalem.  He was affluent and well educated.  Perhaps it is for this reason that so many of his prophetic visions were quoted and alluded to in the New Testament in regards to Jesus Christ.  Yet even though he had a position of influence, he was also willing to clearly and courageously deliver God's message to the people - a message that was not a word of praise, but of judgment.  In prosperous and stable times, the religion of Jerusalem had become mechanical and loveless.  God used Isaiah to call the people to a deeper relationship with him, a life of obedience and devotion rather than meaningless religious rituals.

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Recorded at Hudson UMC on August 7, 2022

S.D.G.