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If you take the Bible seriously, it will alter the way you think and the way you live. The Bible is unsafe to our current way of living and getting more so with each passing day. Join us in being unsafe to our culture and the prevalent current worldview.
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Do you think that you are able to succeed in life by your own will? Being prideful and self-centered is one of the most dangerous sins because you are directly defying God. You are telling God that He isn’t good enough and that your ways are better than His. Seems silly when you say it out loud doesn’t it? In today’s message, Pastor Ken is going to encourage you to lean into God. Don’t get prideful and think you can do everything on your own. God is there and ready to help you in your times of need.
Do you ever make a decision based on fear or urgency without seeking God’s will? Today, Pastor Ken warns of decisions made in terror or fear. When you are not trusting in God, your human reasoning can paralyze you, or result in poor decisions. In the Old Testament, when the Canaanites heard of God’s power, they became fearful and lost their courage. When believers are not looking to God for wisdom, they lose their courage and their effectiveness for Him. “Do not fear,” is a timeless message.
When you see God’s judgment towards our nation, do you ever want to give up? When people mock the word of God and those who follow God, do you get discouraged? In today’s message, Pastor Ken reminds believers that God does disperse judgment to those who reject him, and he reminds all of us that those who reject God’s word will grow harder and harder in the heart. However, God instructed Isaiah to continue sharing His message regardless of the destruction and desolation that he witnessed.
Do you desire to attend a church that makes you feel good or one that teaches the pure truth of God’s word, even if it is not what you want to hear? In today’s message, Pastor Ken warns us of the Laodicean church as described in the book of Revelation. That church was more concerned with wealth and culture than it was with following God. It was the church of the “end of the age.” Those churches do not teach the Bible today. They teach what is popular. Be careful what church you follow.
Is the message of Isaiah relevant today? In today’s message, Pastor Ken compares our culture of people who are not following God, to what he calls a digital Babylon. Our nation is as unfaithful as the people to whom Isaiah was delivering God’s message. No longer does our culture view the Bible as the central authority over society. People today view the Bible as only one authority to interpret human experience, at best. Most ignore it. We must return to the authority of God’s word.
When God forgave Isaiah of his iniquities it was comprehensive. In today’s message, Pastor Ken reminds us that God’s forgiveness is complete. When God forgives us, it covers our past, present, and future sins. He says our past has been dealt with and our future will be different. This story of Isaiah is a beautiful picture of grace given by God’s son. God takes care of the sin problem and forgives all our iniquities, just as He made Isaiah “clean.” Don’t live underneath the guilt of sin. Be forgiven.
Have you ever wondered why the cherubim said, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” and repeated the word three times? Wasn’t one time enough? In today’s message, Pastor Ken explains the importance of the repetition of this word. In the Hebrew culture, three witnesses were needed for confirmation. Thus, the three “Holy’s” were the ultimate proof of God’s holiness. It could also refer to the Godhead; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that each is holy. Regardless, there was nothing more holy than God.
Can you imagine what it would be like to be in the presence of God and to actually see Jesus? In today’s message, Pastor Ken says that throughout the Old Testament, God reveals himself through His Son. Sometimes He is called the angel of the Lord or appears in the cloud by day and pillar of fire at night to the Israelites. As Isaiah is worshiping in the temple, His eyes are opened. He sees the unseen realm and receives a revelation from God. The pre-incarnate Jesus Christ appears to Isaiah.
Have you ever started out on one mission for God, and then found God leading you to change or enhance that calling? In today’s message, Pastor Ken teaches about God’s call on Isaiah’s life and the expansion of his ministry. Isaiah had already been warning and preaching to a largely unresponsive audience. God amends or maybe even reaffirms His call on Isaiah’s life to share a very distinct message. Like the prophet, we are commissioned to be a witness for our Lord and we should obey.
God doesn’t need any man specifically to carry out His will and do great things for Him. He doesn’t need anything. He’s God. But, He’s not just going to make mountains move through you if you don’t first come to Him in surrender. Pastor Ken’s going to show you the glimpse of God we get from Isaiah today, and that He has good plans for you thought out in Heaven by Him and His council. Nothing else can compare to the joy of knowing Him and knowing your future is secure for eternity because you have faith in Him.
Isaiah had a powerful and detailed message for God’s people. Through his song and his prophecies, he made God’s message clear that they needed to work on their hearts. They once followed God but turned their backs on Him, and now they had to suffer the consequences unless they turned back to Him in repentance. It’s the same thing we must do today. Sin always ends in eventual destruction, but a life surrendered to Christ is one that’s free of the fear of death and with an eternal peace and joy.
There’s nothing brutal about following God’s Word and staying faithful to Him. Although it’s definitely not easy to always choose Him over sin, it is rewarding. Do you want God to use you to the fullest extent possible? Do you want to see God provide your needs in ways that only He can, and to guide your steps when you don’t know what to do? Today, Pastor Ken’s going to show you how simple it is! It’s surrender: surrendering your life to Jesus to let Him work in and through you and doing what He says.
Isaiah had a message that was simple, but important. God sent the message to His children that they turned their backs on Him again. They followed false teachings that were contrary to the laws God had laid out for them. Today, Pastor Ken is going to show you how important that message still is for us today, in an age where there are constant distractions and temptations hurled at you by the enemy to trip you up in your walk with God. It’s important like never before to stay rooted firmly in God’s Word.
God can and will move in amazing ways in you if you let Him, but it takes action on our part, too. It takes surrender to Him and a willingness to give up your own temporary pleasures to follow wherever He leads you. Today, Pastor Ken is going to show you the song that Isaiah wrote to God’s people when they started leaving God to serve idols, and the betrayal they put God through. Where once blessings were poured out and promised, now is the looming punishment that will come unless they turn back to Him.
Isaiah was a prophet and a man of God bringing a message to repent from their sin, and God’s children didn’t listen to Him. He brought to them a song, as Pastor Ken’s going to show you today, and sang it for them. What the people liked at first, however, turned out to be telling the story of their rejection of God’s love and their pursuit of sin instead. They rejected God once again after He so graciously had blessed them and supplied all their needs out of His great love for them.
Do you struggle with pride? Being prideful is a dangerous sin, yet it’s one of the hardest to come to terms with. We all sin and we all fall short of the glory of God. So if you think that you have it all figured out, the truth is that you don’t. Nobody is sinless and nobody can say that they are a better Christian than another person. In today’s message, Pastor Ken is going to encourage you to do some self-examination. Are you constantly seeking God and denying yourself? If not, it’s time to surrender to God.
Is it a sin to wear makeup and fancy clothing? Well, it depends. It depends on your heart's intention while doing it. Are you trying to attract other men and women for lustful reasons? Are you trying to attract attention to yourself? Or do you simply appreciate fashion and beauty? In today’s message, Pastor Ken is going to challenge you to think about how you present yourself to God. Dressing up and looking nice isn’t a sin, as long as you are doing it in a way that is honoring and pleasing to God.
Does God look at you differently depending on what you wear or look like? Of course not. God doesn’t judge a person based on their appearance. He knows your heart. He knows your thoughts. He doesn’t care that you wear expensive jewelry or clothing. In today’s message, Pastor Ken is going to remind you that God doesn’t worry about your physical appearance, but He does care about your spiritual posture towards Him. If you are dressing to impress others, don’t let it get in the way of your relationship with God.
Pastor Ken illustrates in his message today what happens when followers of Jesus do just that. Follow Him in words, thoughts, and actions. In the book of Isaiah, Israel needed to trust and accept what God was telling them, making changes where necessary. because if not the nations of Judah and Israel were headed for hard, hard times. For a complete undoing of their way of life. With repentant hearts, they needed to turn back to God. What do we need to change today? In our personal lives and in our nation.
A leader leads. A good leader listens and inspires, and is competent with how things work. Today Pastor Ken’s message talks about the different leaders of Judah who were young and immature. They weren’t quite ready for all that responsibility. This caused the nation some undue struggles. I mean, really, it’d be like putting a baby in charge of watching an older sibling. It just doesn’t work that way. Do we see this today in our world? Let’s be the mature voice in the dark that stands for truth before it’s too late.
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