A THEME OF ISAIAH: GOD'S LAW GIVES LIGHT
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. A Theme Of Isaiah
a) One of the great themes of Isaiah is spiritual light and darkness. The early chapters of Isaiah include a call to walk in the light of the Lord, and make three strong statements about light and darkness, including a prophecy about Jesus.
Isaiah 2:5
“Come, house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord.”
b) This still remains God’s call and a condition of fellowship with him. John writes to Christians that "God is light and in him there is no darkness at all... If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:5-7).
2. God's Law Gives Light
Isaiah 8:20
"To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no dawn."
a) People who have no dawn remain in the night. They do not see the light of day. People who have no light in them — who have experienced no sunrise in their soul — can be enlightened by only one source, the law and the testimony of God. Today of course God's law or new covenant has come to us through Jesus who was the light of mankind bringing grace and truth (John 1:4-5, John 1:17-18).
The End ...
1. A Theme Of Isaiaha) One of the great themes of Isaiah is spiritual light and darkness. The early chapters of Isaiah include a call to walk in the light of the Lord, and make three strong statements about light and darkness, including a prophecy about Jesus.
Isaiah 2:5
“Come, house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord.”
b) This still remains God’s call and a condition of fellowship with him. John writes to Christians that "God is light and in him there is no darkness at all... If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:5-7).
2. God's Law Gives Light
Isaiah 8:20
"To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no dawn."
a) People who have no dawn remain in the night. They do not see the light of day. People who have no light in them — who have experienced no sunrise in their soul — can be enlightened by only one source, the law and the testimony of God. Today of course God's law or new covenant has come to us through Jesus who was the light of mankind bringing grace and truth (John 1:4-5, John 1:17-18).
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