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

Send us Fan Mail We continue to look at "in that day" speaking specifically of the end of the great tribulation and the start of the millennial reign of Christ. Here we have a song of restoration. It is a song of a beautiful vineyard. This vineyard represents Israel. It is a beautiful counterpart to the vineyard song of Isaiah chapter 5. All provision and protection in the millennial rei...

Send us Fan Mail In this study, we take time to look at God's incredible grace extended towards the wicked. In spite of God's amazing, continual grace extended towards those committed to evil, they remain committed to their evil refusing God's grace. The end for them will be eternal disaster. We come back to the faithfulness of God and wonder of the millennial kingdom to come. It wi...

Send us Fan Mail The singing of the remnant continues. Both of Israel and the nations that have made it through the great tribulation sing in joyful celebration. These are those who have put their full faith and trust in Jesus. They have made it through the 70th week of Daniel by the blood of the Lamb. In this song is a great verse that gives us all a wonderful promise from God. "You will kee...

Send us Fan Mail We are now at the end of the 70th week of Daniel, the seven year tribulation in which the final judgment of God is meted out. There are those from Israel who have place their full faith and trust in the finished work of Jesus. There are also a remnant among the nations who have place their trust in the finished work of Jesus as well. This group of believers now break out in to a s...

Send us Fan Mail We begin this message with a charge and a challenge for 2023. Since March of 2020, the world has seen a whirlwind of massive changes on a scale that sets this time apart from all other times in human history. As a church, we stand on the precipice of the rapture of the church. The world stands on the precipice of the establishment of a one world government, the rise of the Antichr...

Send us Fan Mail Israel, currently coming to the end of their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, are faced with a great battle against the Canaanites. They cry out to the LORD and He gives them a great victory. With the battle over, Israel showed great courage and faith. While the battle was a great test of faith, it is after the battle that our greatest test of faith takes place. We must al...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah now proclaims the burden against Tyre. Tyre was a coastal city strategically located on the Mediterranean coast. They were a ruthless materialistic commerce center upon whom the whole region depended. This evil system of commerce was deeply, inseparably intertwined with idolatry. Idolatry is the worship of demon gods. As believers, we cannot be immersed in the world system...

Send us Fan Mail Here we have set before us a lesson in godly leadership. Much is written about Christian leadership. There are many messages and conferences addressing Christian leadership. But this passage contains a great message that far exceeds all the books and conferences that man is able to compile. We are given a clear contrast between the characters of an ungodly leader and a godly leade...

Send us Fan Mail This passage has such a strong message for the church today. What ails you was the question to Juday then. What ails us is the question to the church today. We as a church have transgressed in so many ways. We have left our first love through so many seemingly small acts of disobedience that gradually turned in to large acts of transgression. Leaders filled with pride and indiffer...

Send us Fan Mail Who do we make alliances with? Where do we place our expectations? Do we place our trust in government, the economy, education, ministries or the church, career, relationships, medicine or science? Do we actually think that our country, this world is going to get better?  Everything that we make alliances with other than God will ultimately fail. Our alliances, our expectation mus...

Send us Fan Mail In this study Isaiah presents to us the decline and collapse of Egypt. As we look at what Isaiah has to say concerning Egypt nearly 2700 years ago, it is amazing realize that what is happening in our nation today is practically identical to what was happening in Egypt back then. Egypt was a nation coming under the judgment of God. God first set all the Egyptians against one anothe...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah now declares the burden against Damascus. Israel, the northern kingdom had made an alliance with Syria rather than putting their trust in God. Therefore, the Northern Kingdom would become partakers in the judgment that would come upon Syria. Who we trust in is critical. Who we make alliances with is critical.  As Christians, our total faith and trust must be in Jesus Christ...

Send us Fan Mail Moab was being offered refuge from the judgment of God. It would require the setting aside of their pride and humbly surrendering to Israel and their God. Yet Moab refused. Famous for their pride. Steeped in their pride. They simply rejected God's gracious offer of refuge. Moab's vile pride, their refusal to humbly surrender to Israel shattered any hope of gaining refuge...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah continues to declare the burdens that God has given to him. He completes his burden against Babylon which includes a burden against the Assyrian empire. He then proclaims a burden against Philistia and then Moab. There is so much to learn as we hear and look into these burdens. One is that we have so many lessons provided for us through biblical history foretold to us by Go...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we continue to look at both the far and near prophesy concerning the destruction of Babylon and its king. We see some of the near fulfillments accomplished in 539 bc. Yet we also see much remaining to be fulfilled in the days before us. As we look at the final demise of the King of Babylon, we realize that we are looking at the fall of Satan. Satan was lifted up in p...

Send us Fan Mail God has displayed His justice in the chastisement poured out on His people. His sovereignty in raising up the Assyrians as a tool of His justice and judging them for going beyond His call upon them. We also saw God's faithfulness in working through His remnant, reminding them of the promise of His Messiah who will set up the eternal kingdom of God. But now, Isaiah now begins...

Send us Fan Mail We are most certainly living in the last days. Jesus is coming soon! The greatest danger the church faces in these last days is deception. Jesus, Peter, John Jude and Paul all warned of the growing and dangerous deception we would all face in the days just prior to the return of Christ. It is so easy for us to get caught up in the political, economic and social issues of our day....

Send us Fan Mail As we come to the conclusion of this section, we are once again introduced to the Messiah. We first see His righteous character endowed by the Holy Spirit. We see how He will rule and govern. His reign will define His character. The conditions that will exist in His eternal reign will be void of wickedness. There will be justice and equity. It will be a time of unimaginable peace....

Send us Fan Mail In this study we twice see the phrase, "And it shall come to pass". This phrase reminds us of the certainty of God's word. His word will never fail. God alone speaks of things to come in past tense. He can do so because it is His word. The word of God has never failed, nor will it ever fail. We also see the recurring theme of a remnant. God is always at work, and He...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah alternates back from prophesying about millennial kingdom to the present day and the Judgement that will come upon the Northern Kingdom as well as the Assyrian empire.   The people's hearts were filled with pride and arrogance. They took the judgment of God lightly. They believed that in spite of how severe God's judgment was, they could build back better than eve...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah has been bringing a strong scathing message against the people. The have chosen the path of apostasy. They have chosen the path of the backslider. They have chosen to turn from the known truth. They refuse to fear God, to live in obedience to God's word and they have defiantly chosen the power of man over the power of God. While this happened nearly 3000 years ago, it...

Send us Fan Mail God speaks directly to Isaiah. He challenges Isaiah in both a challenging and encouraging way. Isaiah has been called by God to speak the truth of His word to a people that will not see, hear or understand. Those who are called to speak the truth of God's word will have no popularity even amongst God's people. Therefore, Isaiah, like all those called by God to speak His...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to look at the prophesy given to Isaiah concerning the Northern Kingdom and Syria alliance. This great threat looms ominously against Judah, the southern kingdom. God has amazingly, graciously offered to King Ahaz, a most wicked and vile individual, protection from this evil alliance. All he must do is believe. Yet King Ahaz refuses to trust in the power of God and pla...

Send us Fan Mail God displays His amazing grace, love, longsuffering and justice as He sends Isaiah to the wicked, vile king Ahaz. Ahaz has lived in absolute rebellion and defiance toward the LORD in spite of having every reason to put his full trust in God. In his present situation, Ahaz has no desire to trust in the power and protection of God in spite of God's gracious offer through Isaiah...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah having been thoroughly prepared by God for ministry is now able to hear the voice of God calling him to ministry.  As God described the ministry that He was calling Isaiah to, it did not sound like a successful ministry at all. In fact, in the eyes of men, it would be deemed a failure. True ministry that God calls us to is not deemed successful by quantifiable results. It i...