In week 2 of Anchored: A Journey Through Isaiah 55, Pastor Eric Shelner, our Boulder City Congregation Pastor, preaches from Isaiah 55:3-5. In this sermon,… Read More
Anchored: A Journey Through Isaiah 55 Jesus is So Much Better // Isaiah 55:3-5
“Incline your ear, and come to me hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.” Isaiah 55:3-5
“Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live;” Isaiah 55:3a
“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” Isaiah 55:2
Why do we so often settle for mediocre satisfaction in our spiritual lives?
Four reasons Jesus is so much better!
“Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live;” Isaiah 55:3a
Four reasons Jesus is so much better! 1. He is the true invitation (v.3a)
“So Christ reasons with us, begging us to stop wasting our lives on things that will never satisfy. He pleads with us to come in out of the cold and have a seat at his banqueting table, and he will satisfy our hearts with water, milk, wine, and the choicest of foods. And the price is astonishing: zero for us but infinite for him, for Jesus paid his blood for this feast. So we are to “buy” it without money, meaning to commit to it by faith, knowing that God himself is the one who gave us that faith.” Andrew Davis
Four reasons Jesus is so much better! 2. He always keeps his promises (v.3b)
“Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.” Isaiah 55:3
“When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” 2 Samuel 7:12-13
Four reasons Jesus is so much better! 3. He leads with truth and action (v. 4)
“Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.” Isaiah 55:4
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:1-10
Four reasons Jesus is so much better! 4. He invites everyone (v. 5)
“Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.” Isaiah 55:5
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”" Revelation 7:9-10
Why do we so often settle for mediocre satisfaction in our spiritual lives?
We don’t actually know Jesus.
1. Stop settling for counterfeits 2. Accept the invitation
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