GATES OF BRASS, BARS OF IRON IN ISAIAH 45:2
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Isaiah 45:2
Isaiah 45:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
2 ‘I will go before you
And make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
1. Gates of Bronze, Bars of Iron
a) At times, we face gates of bronze and bars of iron. Can we see why it is necessary for God's people to have so many gates of bronze and bars of iron; that is, trials and tribulations? Indeed so! It is to bring us into a personal relationship with our Lord and to make our religion a reality rather than like those of carnal works and the dead letter.
b) Who would have imagined that such pain we suffer could be called holy? Not a large number, we are sure. Nevertheless, if these hard things we are enduring are of God, and if they are working a holy change in our lives, they are then holy! They could be nothing less.
c) God’s thoughts, however, are different. His thoughts are not man’s thoughts, and His ways are not man’s ways. God’s thoughts and ways are foolishness to the carnal minded man. That is why many look upon those in His dark pavilions as having missed the mark. More than a few who seek after all those things that entice the Gentiles, believe God has been angered and is measuring out His wrath upon those who are under the shadow of death while in His pavilion of darkness. Religious people who are void of understanding cannot see that those under the shadow of His wing are God’s Treasure of Darkness.
d) Nevertheless, when we are weak He is strong. Jesus became poor that we, His body, might become rich. God told Jeremiah that before he could build or plant he had to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, Jeremiah 1: 10.
The End ...
1. Isaiah 45:2Isaiah 45:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
2 ‘I will go before you
And make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
1. Gates of Bronze, Bars of Iron
a) At times, we face gates of bronze and bars of iron. Can we see why it is necessary for God's people to have so many gates of bronze and bars of iron; that is, trials and tribulations? Indeed so! It is to bring us into a personal relationship with our Lord and to make our religion a reality rather than like those of carnal works and the dead letter.
b) Who would have imagined that such pain we suffer could be called holy? Not a large number, we are sure. Nevertheless, if these hard things we are enduring are of God, and if they are working a holy change in our lives, they are then holy! They could be nothing less.
d) Nevertheless, when we are weak He is strong. Jesus became poor that we, His body, might become rich. God told Jeremiah that before he could build or plant he had to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, Jeremiah 1: 10.
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