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In our passage last week, Solomon urged us to hear his instruction. He opened his heart and his voice to us, calling us to pay attention to what he has to say. In this passage he takes a different approach. He portrays wisdom as a lady, to be desired and to be listened to. That’s really the main point of this passage. Lady Wisdom is speaking to us, and we must listen.

The book of Proverbs is meant to teach us how to live life well in light of eternity. It’s a book that rewards the reader with wisdom, and urges us to take wisdom to heart. In this introduction to the Book of Proverbs we hear four meditations on what wisdom is and how it's meant to affect our lives.

God has designed the family to be a school of wisdom. In this sermon we take a look at that design, and we see how wisdom equips us to resist the allure of evil.

The focus of Isaiah 12 is on worship. But it’s more than an invitation to worship. Really, it’s a promise of worship. It’s a promise of effective salvation, in which God’s people experience and respond to the gracious character of God.

God is a God of prodigals. He is a God who is for prodigals. In this passage, Isaiah puts the fatherly heart of God in perspective for us, showing us that He is a God who recovers prodigals, who restores prodigals, and who uses prodigals to expand His kingdom.

Isaiah teaches us to hang our hope on Christ, and as we read what he has to say about him, we learn 3 important lessons: We learn to A) Have hope when things look small and feel insignificant B) Have hope, because the Spirit of God in Christ is now at work in us C) Have hope because Christ is on his throne

In the verses we’re about to read, Isaiah identifies four specific sins that were killing Israel. This is more than just a list of do’s and don’ts. It’s a scan of their heart, and it exposes the critical condition that was bringing God’s judgment on them.

God, the good Creator of all things, sovereignly rules over all things and works them together to the praise of His glory and the good of those who hope in Him.

As the armies of Assyria approach Israel and Judah, we can feel the darkness of the day grow, but God had spoken—a remnant will remain, and they will hope in him. God secures that hope with three promises concerning this remnant, and that’s what we’re going to spend our time focusing on this morning. A passage like this expressly calls God’s people to trust in Him.

The wonder of the gospel is that God fulfilled what was spoken of long ago, accomplishing His purpose and plan, even in the midst of man’s failure to recognize it, and this is what we see spoken of by Isaiah in our text today. In this passage, Isaiah speaks of the mysteries of God’s plan. He declares his faith in God’s promise. He calls out the gloom and the darkness of sin. And he presents us with the hope of God’s promise to break that gloom through Christ the King.