The Way-An in-depth study of God's Word with Paul Orr

Send us Fan Mail Israel would experience great and inexplicable deliverance from the LORD. The only response to God when He performs great acts of deliverance in our lives is that we would sing a new song. Israel sang the song of Moses when God delivered them through the Red Sea. In heaven there will be new songs being sung. And when Jesus Christ returns, defeats all His enemies and establishes Hi...

Send us Fan Mail We are now presented with the first of four Servant songs in Isaiah. These songs refer to God's Messiah, Jesus.  In this first song we are first presented with the character of His Servant.  God's Servant, although powerful beyond description, he has a matchless tenderness. He displays great humility in His ministry. And finally, He is just. He possesses a righteous just...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue our study in chapter 41, we see the entire idol worshipping world standing trial before Almighty God. In the midst of this trial God takes time to comfort His people. At the heart of this encouragement from God to His children is that they would fear not. This is not just a word of comfort and encouragement it is a command from God. With this command comes the promi...

Send us Fan Mail Fear not. This is a great often repeated command throughout the scriptures. No where in all of scripture are we as children of God given permission to fear anything in this world. We are commanded to fear God and fear absolutely nothing else.  Fear of anything other than God in the life of a believer will destroy our faith. When we as believers live in fear of the things of this w...

Send us Fan Mail We come to the verse that so many of us are familiar with. But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. This is a verse often referred to when life gets tough, or the crisis arises in their lives. While this verse certainly applies to these great and difficult...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah commands the people to "Behold your God".  What a great, important and critical command for all of us as true followers of Jesus Christ. To behold our God always is the key to living a mature, victorious life in Christ. Behold your God is the lens through which we must view everything. All that we are, all that comes across our path, all that attacks and seeks to...

Send us Fan Mail We now begin the second half of Isaiah. We go from an emphasis on the judgment of sin to restoration, deliverance and the grace of God. This portion of Isaiah is referred to as the book of consolation. We begin by hearing God speak words of comfort to His people. These are words of great tenderness and power. These words are spoken directly to the heart of His people.  In spite of...

Send us Fan Mail The focus of Isaiah now pivots. Up to this point the focus has been primarily on the Assyrian threat. Starting in this chapter the focus will now look ahead to the coming Babylonian empire as the times of the gentiles will be established. In this chapter we have a great lesson set before us. King Hezekiah was indeed one of Judah's greatest kings. In obedience to God's wo...

Send us Fan Mail In this chapter, Hezekiah is face with a personal crisis. Isaiah the prophet has just delivered to him a word from the LORD. The God's word that Isaiah delivers, declares that Hezekiah's current sickness is a sickness that will lead to death in the immediate future. God, through Isaiah, tells Hezekiah to get his house in order. Hezekiah hears the word of God through Isai...

Send us Fan Mail God now answers Hezekiah through His prophet Isaiah. God's word through Isaiah is in response to the prayer of Hezekiah God speaks both to the king of Assyria and Hezekiah. To Hezekiah, God tells him that  Jerusalem will be delivered and God will also sustain them in the aftermath of Assyria's defeat. The same is true for us today. God will deliver us from all our enemie...

Send us Fan Mail Hezekiah recieved the report from his leaders concerning all that the Assyrians had declared. His response was dramatic. He tore his clothes, repented and humbled himself. He then sought to know God's word in this dire situation. The Assyrians then doubled down on their blasphemous rant against God by putting it all in writing. Their desire was to intimidate and frighten Heze...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to look at chapter 36 which lays out before us an incredible picture of the spiritual warfare we will face and how we are to respond to it according to the scriptures Judah is surrounded and under siege by a massive international army. Judah has no resources left. They have every reason to give up. The only thing they have left is their trust in God. The enemy speaks b...

Send us Fan Mail We now come to a historical break in Isaiah. The next four chapters will bridge the first half of Isaiah with the last half. Chapters 36 and 37 give a fitting conclusion to the first half. In these two chapters, all that Isaiah has said up to this point is validated. Chapters 38 and 39 will be a springboard for the final chapters of Isaiah. We begin by seeing the massive Assyrian...

Send us Fan Mail We have been away on vacation and so there has been a brief break in the teaching from Isaiah. During this time, I was able to review our current world situation as it relates to God's word and the prophesies found in His word. Now to try and look at all the things going on at the ground level would be absolutely impossible. So much is happening so quickly.  There is a conver...

Send us Fan Mail We now come to the conclusion of the first half of Isaiah. It is a fitting conclusion as we once again look in vivid detail at the millennial reign of Christ to come. It is a time longed for by all of Israel since God's promise to Abraham. It is a time that all true followers of Jesus long for. A time of true peace, true prosperity and true fertility throughout the earth.   J...

Send us Fan Mail First, we would like to wish every follower of Jesus Christ a blessed and joyful resurrection day. It is great that the death and resurrection of our Savior is proclaimed throughout the world. May God by the power of His Holy Spirit open the hearts and ears of those who are so desperately lost in their sin. In this study, we take a vivid look at God's final judgment, Armagedd...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah now declares God's sixth and final woe of this section. Unlike the others, this woe is against the Assyrians. All the plundering and treachery that they cruelly committed against others would now come against them. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap, Galatians 6:7 Hezekiah, although one of Judah's best kings, had...

Send us Fan Mail In this chapter Isaiah proclaims to us Christ the coming king. How amazing that one day we will be taken out of time and enter into eternity with Jesus, our righteous king forever.  But before Jesus returns and set up His eternal kingdom, God's final judgment must take place. God's final judgement takes place in Daniel's 70th week, a time very close on the horizon. ...

Send us Fan Mail This fifth woe is a continuation of the fourth woe. Judah has put their trust in the wisdom and military might of Egypt rather than in God. The wisdom and might of Egypt is less than zero before God. How sad that Judah would refuse to put their trust in God who cannot fail and place their trust in Egypt who can only fail. Sadly, both Judah who sought ungodly help will perish as wi...

Send us Fan Mail We now take another pause in the woes declared upon the rebellion of Judah and look ahead to the ultimate restoration that God promised to His people. In this brief break from God's impending judgment, Isaiah reminds us of God's grace, mercy and His justice. He declares to us the blessing of waiting upon God in the midst of terrible trials and tribulation. He also descri...

Send us Fan Mail We now come to the fourth woe against Judah. This woe deals with the fact that Judah made an alliance with Egypt rather than God in order to gain protection from the Assyrians. How did Judah, God's people, get to this point. It all started with pride. Pride not repented of at its inception will rapidly expand, contaminate and destroy everything it touches. As followers of Chr...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah now delivers a third woe to God's people. Judah, filled with pride, hypocrisy and disobedience, is now convinced that they could hide their thoughts and actions from God. They declare, "who sees us?" "Who knows us?" How ridiculous. Everything is known to God.  Their thinking is completely twisted and turned around. These are God's people who ha...

Send us Fan Mail We now take a look at Isaiah's second woe for Jerusalem. The first woe dealt with pride and drunkenness. This woe deals with hypocritical religious activity displayed in her empty worship. God has no desire for hypocritical empty worship. His response of judgment, designed to discipline not destroy, will be both stunning and brutal. God responds with images of warfare. God wi...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we look at the fact that Jesus Christ is our sure foundation. A true Christian life is built solidly upon Jesus Christ and His word. There is no other foundation. Not only is Jesus our sure foundation, but He also gives us clear instruction as to how we are to build our lives, ministries and His church. Everything built on Jesus must be built in righteousness and jus...

Send us Fan Mail We now begin a new section. This section consists of six woes. Woes is a strong declaration of certain impending judgment from God. The unbelief of Israel has brought these woes upon them. Sadly, Israel, both the Northern and Southern kingdoms were believing and trusting in everything but God. The first woe deals with their pride and the awful drunkeness that results from their pr...