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Isaiah 40:1 · BSB
40:1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
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…so it's a really helpful text, I think, for us to get introduced to the text of Mark as we uh start with Mark. But so we're gonna be reading fromIsaiah 40, verses 1 through 5. Isaiah 40, 1 through 5. Starting in verse 1. Comfort, comfort, my people, says your God. I love those words. Comfort, comfort, my people, says…
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…not the discouraging business. So the key word is comfort. Now, I'd like to put a couple of verses that we'll end with on the screen here.Isaiah 40, verse 1. Notice this verse. God says, comfort, comfort my people, says your God. How many times does he say it in the verse? Two. Go to the next verse.…
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…be prophetic utterance for some of us. Could be for the rock family. I'm going to read these verses over us. Won't you close your eyes? This isIsaiah chapter 40, verses 1 through 5. Comfort, comfort, my people, says your God. Speak comfort to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is…
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…have heard the first part of Isaiah chapter 40. And also probably the very last part of Isaiah chapter 40. Let's just begin reading in verse 1.Isaiah chapter 40, verse 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, and that…
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…for our purposes, the story picks up, and the people find themselves in exile. They find themselves in a broken place, and this is what we read,Isaiah chapter 40, verses 1 through 2. It says, Comfort, comfort, my people, in exile and brokenness, in a waywardness, comfort. Says your God, speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim…
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…time to just sit there and kind of pray through some of this on your own. And then I will close us in prayer. So, all right, let's pray. Looking atIsaiah 40, verse 1. Lord, thank you that you are the comforter, Lord, of your people. You comfort us, God. And there's just so many ways that we seek comfort outside…
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…from your homes and you're going to live in a foreign land. Troubles lie ahead. And it's with these troubles in mind that God now speaks throughIsaiah chapter 40 verse 1. Comfort, comfort, comfort, my people, says your God. God will sustain you and help you. He will strengthen you and he will keep you. He will be…
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…who would comfort the people of Israel by redeeming them from their sins and bringing in an everlasting kingdom. I'll just show you one text.Isaiah chapter 40, verse 1. The prophet cries out, Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her…
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…disregarded by God. We are spiritual Kevins, ignored, outsiders to his plans. You know, to follow the theme of Isaiah 40 that we picked up fromIsaiah 40, verse 1, this really is one of the big discomforts of the Christian life, isn't it? Chapter 40 is all about the comfort of God in an uncomfortable world.…
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…glory to your people Israel. And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. Now what does the consolation of Israel mean? InIsaiah 40, verse 1, Isaiah is prophesying. It's God speaking through him. And it speaks of one that will be a comfort to Israel, it will be a comfort to God's people.…
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…we're going to read a few passages that, that you can see this in, this piece, this maybe missing piece. But we're going to start this morning inIsaiah 40:1-five. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her…
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…I want you to hear this morning the hope that God is calling out to you. The message of my sermon this morning is cries of comfort. InIsaiah chapter 40, verses 1 through 8, God speaks to the prophet through the prophet Isaiah regarding a future time of deportation and exile for God's people. They will be conquered,…
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…of what Simeon sees in Jesus, I'm going to quote different lines from the book of Isaiah to help you see the richness of where he saw it. And so inIsaiah 40, verse 1, the prophet says, Comfort my people. Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God. And when Simeon saw Jesus walk into the temple, he said, This…
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…But an answer for me personally came in a profound way that day when we came to the book of Isaiah 40. And this is what we read that morning.Isaiah 40:1-8. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned,…
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…Simeon longed for the consolation of Israel. This is pointing back to a prophecy, a promise about the Messiah when he would come. If we look atIsaiah 40, verse 1, speaking of the Christ who would come, it says, Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. This is what Simeon was longing for: the Messiah who…
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…at Isaiah 40. It's a wonderful part of of scripture. A lot of us will will know it very well. Isaiah 40, we're gonna read the first eight verses.Isaiah 40:1. Comfort comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned,…
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Tonight, our reading is fromIsaiah chapter 40, verses 1 through 5. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin…
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…toxins becomes not only an issue of obedience, but an element of love and care as well. Sometimes the word of our king is comforting. For example,Isaiah 40, verse 1, God says, Comfort, comfort my people. That's a great message to declare, isn't it? Sometimes God's message is corrective. If we go just a chapter…
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…born, like back in Isaiah chapter 40, God kind of said to them, Hold on, hold on, don't go, don't quit on me, okay? I know what I'm doing. This isIsaiah chapter 40, verse 1and 2. Comfort. Comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is…
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…God's magnificent temple that Solomon built is going to be leveled. Their homes are gone, their families are uprooted. Everything is in turmoil.Isaiah 40, verse 1then says, Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is…
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