Grace Baptist Church – Sheboygan

Proverbs teaches us to pursue wisdom, but how do we know that we will find it? Here in Proverbs 2, Solomon gives us the answer. He teaches us that wisdom comes from God that He is a glad giver to those who seek Him.

In our passage last week, Solomon urged us to hear his instruction. He opened his heart and his voice to us, calling us to pay attention to what he has to say. In this passage he takes a different approach. He portrays wisdom as a lady, to be desired and to be listened to. That’s really the main point of this passage. Lady Wisdom is speaking to us, and we must listen.

God has designed the family to be a school of wisdom. In this sermon we take a look at that design, and we see how wisdom equips us to resist the allure of evil.

The book of Proverbs is meant to teach us how to live life well in light of eternity. It’s a book that rewards the reader with wisdom, and urges us to take wisdom to heart. In this introduction to the Book of Proverbs we hear four meditations on what wisdom is and how it's meant to affect our lives.

The focus of Isaiah 12 is on worship. But it’s more than an invitation to worship. Really, it’s a promise of worship. It’s a promise of effective salvation, in which God’s people experience and respond to the gracious character of God.

God is a God of prodigals. He is a God who is for prodigals. In this passage, Isaiah puts the fatherly heart of God in perspective for us, showing us that He is a God who recovers prodigals, who restores prodigals, and who uses prodigals to expand His kingdom.

Isaiah teaches us to hang our hope on Christ, and as we read what he has to say about him, we learn 3 important lessons: We learn to A) Have hope when things look small and feel insignificant B) Have hope, because the Spirit of God in Christ is now at work in us C) Have hope because Christ is on his throne

As the armies of Assyria approach Israel and Judah, we can feel the darkness of the day grow, but God had spoken—a remnant will remain, and they will hope in him. God secures that hope with three promises concerning this remnant, and that’s what we’re going to spend our time focusing on this morning. A passage like this expressly calls God’s people to trust in Him.

God, the good Creator of all things, sovereignly rules over all things and works them together to the praise of His glory and the good of those who hope in Him.

In the verses we’re about to read, Isaiah identifies four specific sins that were killing Israel. This is more than just a list of do’s and don’ts. It’s a scan of their heart, and it exposes the critical condition that was bringing God’s judgment on them.

The wonder of the gospel is that God fulfilled what was spoken of long ago, accomplishing His purpose and plan, even in the midst of man’s failure to recognize it, and this is what we see spoken of by Isaiah in our text today. In this passage, Isaiah speaks of the mysteries of God’s plan. He declares his faith in God’s promise. He calls out the gloom and the darkness of sin. And he presents us wit...

Before we can enjoy the blessings of the gospel, we must first embrace the offense of the gospel. What does it mean to embrace the offense of the gospel? Here are 3 practical ways in which we are meant to do this: A) We Abandon the Fears of the World (Which are very natural to us) B) We Adopt the Fear of God (Which is very alien to us) C) We Take Refuge in the Sanctuary of God

The Lord is Our Confidence

Ahaz's foolish decision to trust in his own plan instead of trusting in the power and the promise of God led Judah into some dark days. In this passage we get a taste of the days that were ahead of Judah, but we also remember the promise that God does not abandon his people. In that day, He is still with them.

God calls Isaiah to serve Judah as a prophet, but his calling isn't what you might expect.

God’s holiness is the solution for our unholiness

Defiance brings destruction

The pursuit of trivial treasure and trivial pleasure will, in the end, leave you empty. In this passage, Isaiah teaches us not to spend our lives chasing after accumulation or earthly pleasures but to set our sights completely on the true treasure of God.

Do not bear the rotten fruit of sin in your life, but live in a manner worthy of Christ, bearing the fruit of righteousness.

God glorifies Himself by making what had become fruitless and twisted, beautiful again.

The judgment of God is just, and the justice of God is right.

When society abandons the fear of the Lord and basks in rebellion against him, it corrodes into nothing.

Fear God, not man