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November 8 - Isaiah 43 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. Sean, here it is.
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  Wednesday, it is the 8th of November and here we are middle
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  of another week and we are working our way through the
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  early 40s in the chapters of Isaiah.
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  And if you were ever wondering, look, you might be in the middle
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  of some crazy pressure you might be well, as in our house heading
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  toward exams. And if the pressure is mounting
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  and you're wondering who is it that gets you through this.
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  This is the chapter for you today.
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  It is going to talk all about the God who saves.
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  What a wonderful thing that we don't just worship.
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  A God who is powerful and who uses his power to take over
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  kingdoms and and universes, but he uses his power to save us.
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  How do we get so blessed, Folks? I don't even understand it
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  myself, but here it is. In black and white.
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  So let us read it together as we read Isaiah chapter 43.
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  But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
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  O Israel, the one who formed you says, do not be afraid, for I
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  have ransomed you. I have called you by name.
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  You are mine. When you go through deep waters,
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  I will be with you. When you go through rivers of
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  difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire
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  of oppression, you will not be burned up.
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  The flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the
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  Holy One of Israel, your savior. I have Egypt as a ransom for
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  your freedom. I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your
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  place. Others were given in exchange
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  for you. I traded their lives for yours
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  because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
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  Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
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  I will gather you and your children from east and West.
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  I will say to the North and South, Bring my sons and
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  daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the
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  earth. Bring all who claim me as their
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  God, for I have made them for my glory.
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  It was I who created them. Bring out the people who have
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  eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
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  Gather the nations together. Assemble the peoples of the
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  world. Which of their idols has ever
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  foretold such things, which can predict what will happen
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  tomorrow? Where are the witnesses of such
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  predictions? Who can verify that they spoke
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  the truth? But you are my witnesses, O
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  Israel, says the Lord. You are my servant.
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  You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand
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  that I alone am God. There is no other God.
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  There never has been and there never will be.
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  I yes, I am the Lord, and there is no other Saviour.
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  First I predicted your rescue. Then I saved you and proclaimed
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  it to the world. No foreign God has ever done
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  this. You are witnesses.
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  That I am the only God, says the Lord From eternity to eternity.
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  I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of
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  my hand. No one can undo what I have
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  done. This is what the Lord says.
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  Your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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  For your sakes, I will send an army against Babylon, forcing
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  the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
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  I am the Lord, your holy One, Israel's creator and king.
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  I am the Lord who opened a way through the waters, making a dry
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  path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army
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  of Egypt with all its Chariots and horses.
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  I drew them beneath the waves and they drowned their lives,
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  snuffed out like a smouldering candle Wick.
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  But forget all that. It is nothing compared to what
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  I'm going to do, for I am about to do something new.
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  See, I have already begun. Do you not see it?
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  I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
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  I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
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  The wild animals in the fields will thank me.
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  And jackals and owls too, for giving them water in the desert.
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  Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so my chosen
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  people can be refreshed. I have made Israel for myself,
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  and they will someday honor me before the whole world.
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  But dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help.
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  You have grown tired of me, O Israel.
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  You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings.
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  You have not honoured me with sacrifices, though I have not
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  burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and
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  frankincense. You have not brought me
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  fragrant, calamus, or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices.
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  Instead you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me
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  with your faults. I yes, I alone will blot out
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  your sins for my own sake, and will never think of them again.
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  Let us review the situation together and you can present
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  your case and prove your innocence.
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  From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against
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  me. All your leaders broke my laws.
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  That is why I have disgraced your priests.
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  I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame
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  for Israel. Jesus, what a colossal, firm,
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  eternal foundation you place under our feet.
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  We are loved. We are forgiven.
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  We are held in your embrace. We are your family, and with
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  that secure we are able to live lives of joy and assuredness,
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  knowing that whatever goes down, the big issues are dealt with
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  and held so gently and powerfully in your arms.
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  Thank you Jesus, that you take care of all of that and love us
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  through each moment. Help us always be cognizant of
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  that incredible gift that you have given us and live with that
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  rock solid assuredness that our life lived in.
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  Faith in you brings us. We are so grateful for you and
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  we love you and we praise you and it's in your.
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  Name that we pray Jesus. Amen.