2013/12/08
Christ Church
Prayer,
from Psalm 72
from Psalm 72
Children,
Matthew 3.1-12
Matthew 3.1-12
Message,
Isaiah 11.1-10
Isaiah 11.1-10
Blessing,
from Romans 15.5-13
from Romans 15.5-13
Gospel
of Isaiah and overlap with Matthew’s gospel:
of Isaiah and overlap with Matthew’s gospel:
Brood of vipers – the religious class!
Who told you to flee the coming
wrath? Bear fruit of repentance
wrath? Bear fruit of repentance
Not harm or destroy on my holy
mountain
mountain
Earth full of the knowledge of the
LORD (not just the religious)
LORD (not just the religious)
Axe at the root of the trees, cut down
thrown into the fire
thrown into the fire
Bear fruit worthy of repentance
Even the tree itself is not
necessary to be Abe’s kids
necessary to be Abe’s kids
Stones will do!
Isaiah’s
songs of salvation matched with judgment, presuppose destruction
songs of salvation matched with judgment, presuppose destruction
Look, the Sovereign, the LORD of hosts, will
lop the boughs with terrifying power; the tallest trees will be cut down, and
the lofty will be brought low. He will
hack down the thickets of the forest with an ax, andLebanon with its majestic trees
will fall (Isaiah 10.33-34)
lop the boughs with terrifying power; the tallest trees will be cut down, and
the lofty will be brought low. He will
hack down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and
will fall (Isaiah 10.33-34)
Isaiah: From the stump or root a new shoot
Repent – for the kingdom of heaven has
come near
come near
A shoot from the stump/root of Jesse
… new royal figure
… new royal figure
Out
of utter destruction, God does a new thing
of utter destruction, God does a new thing
Disaster relief story (Shares of Ministry)
New
thing is not just new but impossible
thing is not just new but impossible
Scutt’s cat lying with the fox
Spooky playing with the baby rabbit
Bamboo viper
What is natural? To devour
Are
we the vipers? (John the Baptizer)
we the vipers? (John the Baptizer)
Kicking the soccer ball into my opponent
“The
poem is about deep, radical, limitless transformation in which we – like lion,
wolf, and leopard – will have no hunger for injury, no need to devour, no
yearning for brutal control, no passion for domination” (Brueggemann, 103).
poem is about deep, radical, limitless transformation in which we – like lion,
wolf, and leopard – will have no hunger for injury, no need to devour, no
yearning for brutal control, no passion for domination” (Brueggemann, 103).
REPENT
– and invite God to do the impossible
– and invite God to do the impossible
Resources:
Walter
Brueggemann. 1998. Isaiah 1-39.Louisville ,
KY
Brueggemann. 1998. Isaiah 1-39.
