Preparing the Road to Revival
Isaiah 56:1-57:21
Isaiah 57:14 (ESV)
And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from My people’s way.”
Isaiah 57:15 (ESV)
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 57:16 (ESV)
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the breath of life that I made.
Isaiah 57:17 (ESV)
Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
Isaiah 57:18 (ESV)
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Isaiah 57:19 (ESV)
creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the Lord, “and I will heal him.
Isaiah 57:20 (ESV)
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57:21 (ESV)
There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 57:14 (ESV)
And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from My people’s way.”
1. Our God Dwells in the
Isaiah 57:15a (ESV)
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place …
Isaiah 56:1 (ESV)
Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon My salvation will come, and My righteousness be revealed.
Isaiah 56:2 (ESV)
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
2. Our God Reaches to the
Isaiah 57:15b (ESV)
… also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 57:16 (ESV)
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the breath of life that I made.
Isaiah 57:3 (ESV)
But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
Isaiah 57:4 (ESV)
Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit,
Isaiah 57:5 (ESV)
you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
3. Our God Heals and Restores
Isaiah 57:17 (ESV)
Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
Isaiah 57:18-19a (ESV)
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, creating the fruit of the lips.
4. Our God Alone Offers Authentic
Isaiah 57:19b (ESV)
“Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the Lord, “and I will heal him.
Isaiah 57:20 (ESV)
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57:21 (ESV)
There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”