LIFE IS UNCERTAINTY: THE WORD OF THE LORD ABIDES FOREVER
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Life Is Uncertainty
a) Isaiah that are quoted in the New Testament leads us to think about the uncertainty of this life compared to the certainty of what lies beyond.
2. The Word Of The Lord Abides Forever
Isaiah 40:6-8
6 A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.
a) The hardest thing for some people to accept is that anything is eternal. Yet God reveals that there is an eternity. Isaiah tells us that "the word of our God abides forever" (Isaiah 40:6-8). Flesh fades and withers like the flowers of the field, he says. But God’s word never fails.
b) Peter quotes this passage when making the point that we have been born again through the imperishable and abiding word of God. That means therefore that we who have believed and obeyed that word have been born again to everlasting life (1 Peter 1:13-25).
c) James alludes to this passage when he speaks of people who trust in earthly wealth being humiliated because like the flower of the grass they fade and wither. He comes back to this theme of the transience of earthly life, and encourages us to live our lives humbly in the everlasting will of God (James 1:9-11, James 4:13-17).
The End ...
1. Life Is Uncertaintya) Isaiah that are quoted in the New Testament leads us to think about the uncertainty of this life compared to the certainty of what lies beyond.
2. The Word Of The Lord Abides Forever
Isaiah 40:6-8
6 A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.
a) The hardest thing for some people to accept is that anything is eternal. Yet God reveals that there is an eternity. Isaiah tells us that "the word of our God abides forever" (Isaiah 40:6-8). Flesh fades and withers like the flowers of the field, he says. But God’s word never fails.
b) Peter quotes this passage when making the point that we have been born again through the imperishable and abiding word of God. That means therefore that we who have believed and obeyed that word have been born again to everlasting life (1 Peter 1:13-25).
c) James alludes to this passage when he speaks of people who trust in earthly wealth being humiliated because like the flower of the grass they fade and wither. He comes back to this theme of the transience of earthly life, and encourages us to live our lives humbly in the everlasting will of God (James 1:9-11, James 4:13-17).
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