by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GREEDY CAPITALISM WITH ITS ROOT MOTIVATION OF PRIDEFUL SELF-SUFFICIENCY WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD AS PROSTITUTION – YET A REMNANT WILL BE RESTORED AND SANCTIFIEDINTRODUCTION:We come to the conclusion this morning of Isaiah’s section of Ten Oracles of Judgments...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SELF-RELIANCE LEADS TO CONDEMNATION – WHETHER THE FAULT LIES WITH THE LEADER (AND HIS PRESUMPTUOUS SELF PROMOTION) OR WITH THE PEOPLE (AND THEIR PROCLIVITY FOR HERO WORSHIP)INTRODUCTION:In the first half of the Oracle of the Valley of Vision directed against...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE REFUSAL TO TRUST IN GOD CONSTITUTES THE UNPARDONABLE SIN AS DIVINE PROTECTION IS REMOVED FROM THE SELF RELIANT WHO BLINDLY PARTY THEIR WAY TO DESTRUCTIONINTRODUCTION:We have been studying the section of chapters 13-23, the judgments against the various...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THERE WILL BE NO STAY OF EXECUTION WITH RESPECT TO GOD’S JUDGMENT PLANS FOR THE NATIONS – REGARDLESS OF HOW GENERAL OR HOW PRECISE THE REVELATION OF HIS TIMELINEINTRODUCTION:Verses 11-17 are definitely related to the earlier oracle against Babylon in the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: HORROR STRIKES THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THE DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF TRUSTING IN THE ARM OF THE FLESHINTRODUCTION:Horror movies have never been something that our family has watched. How can you call it entertainment to be scared out of your wits by graphic...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EGYPT WILL FACE DESERVED JUDGMENT AND EXPERIENCE UNDESERVED BLESSING – BUT WILL NEVER BE A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SALVATIONINTRODUCTION:As Isaiah continues in this section with his oracles against various nations, he comes to the country of Egypt to the south...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD AND WORSHIP HIMINTRODUCTION:This past week our nation remembered the anniversary of the awful events of 9/11 – the destruction of the two World Trade Centers in NYC and the loss of almost 3,000 lives. People...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DON’T FORGET GOD BECAUSE HE WON’T FORGET YOU –FORGETTING GOD DISHONORS HIM GREATLY BUT DOES NOT CANCEL OUT HIS COVENANTAL REMNANT PROGRAMINTRODUCTION:Events of this past month have focused the world’s attention on the nation of Syria and its capital city...
