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November 14 - Isaiah 46 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's Sean here.
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  It is great to have your company.
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  Thank you for joining me or inviting me rather to join you.
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  I should say it's all about you, friend.
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  It's not about me. And today we are going to
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  continue reading through the book of Isaiah and in fact the
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  rest of the week as we read through Isaiah.
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  This week really is God through Isaiah telling his people
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  trapped in far away Babylon that God is still in charge and he is
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  trying to convince his people that they need to trust in him
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  and that he will ultimately save them and bring them back and
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  give them salvation. And today he will do that by
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  basically bagging out Babylon's God, saying that they are pretty
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  much useless and not able to do anything.
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  And then as we will see, he will contrast that with him who is an
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  alive and incredible God as the week goes on.
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  So today's reading is. A good reminder for us to make
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  sure that we keep God at the top of the pile of priorities in our
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  life as He alone is God. So let's read this together.
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  The words of Isaiah in Isaiah chapter 46, Bell and Nebo.
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  The gods of Babylon bow as they are lowered to the ground.
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  They are being hauled away on ox carts.
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  The poor. Beasts stagger under the weight.
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  Both the idols and their owners are bowed down.
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  The gods cannot protect the people and the people cannot
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  protect the gods. They go off into captivity
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  together. Listen to me, descendants of
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  Jacob, all you who remain in Israel.
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  I have cared for you since you were born, yes.
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  I carried you before you were born.
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  I will be your God throughout your lifetime until.
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  Your hair is white with age. I made you and I.
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  Will care for you. I will carry you along and save
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  you. To whom will you compare me, who
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  is my equal? Some people pour out their
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  silver and gold and hire a Craftsman to make a God from it.
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  They will bow down and worship it.
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  They carry it around on their shoulders and when they set it
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  down it stays there, it can't even.
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  Move and when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
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  It can't rescue anyone. From trouble.
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  Do not forget this. Keep it in mind.
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  Remember this, you guilty ones. Remember the things I have done
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  in the past. For I alone am God.
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  I am God, and there is none like me.
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  Only I can tell you the future before it happens.
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  Everything I plan will come to pass for, I do whatever I wish.
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  I will call a swift bird of prey from the east, a leader from a
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  distant land to come and do my bidding.
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  I have. Said what I would do, and I will
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  do it. Listen to me, you stubborn
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  people who are so far from doing right for I am ready to set
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  things right. Not.
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  In the distant future. But right now, I'm ready to save
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  Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.
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  Thank you God that you are a God who believes in second chances
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  and third chances and fourth chances and 989th chances.
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  Here we are making mistake after mistake, letting you down again
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  and again with the silly, selfish, sinful ways that we
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  unfortunately lead our lives. But.
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  Here you are, as evidenced in this chapter, that when your
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  people turn away from you, you don't just abandoned them, but
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  you go to great lengths to show them that you are sovereign and
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  to draw us back to you. We see that you're a sovereign
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  Lord, and we once again and not the last time.
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  Today we re offer ourselves to you.
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  We are your children. We are a living sacrifice,
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  living each day to worship and serve you.
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  Thank you that you continue to forgive and to draw us back and
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  to invite us into your family and your mission in this world.
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  We. Thank you and we praise you and
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  we pray all these things in the name of Jesus.
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  Amen.