Isaiah
Isaiah 1
When Religion Becomes Evil SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: We begin today a new series of sermons on what to me is the greatest book in the Old Testament. From the frequency with which New Testament writers quote Isaiah, I would assume that they too held it in very high esteem, for Isaiah is quoted far more than any other prophet. He is mentioned 21 times by name, and chapter 53 alone is quoted or alluded to at least 85 times in the NT. …
Isaiah 5:1-7
The Parable of the Vineyard SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The more time I spend reading and studying the book of Isaiah, the more I become aware of the complexities of the book and the less inclined I am to try to preach it systematically, chapter by chapter. The book is by no means chronological, and the great prophetic themes that we will be getting into shortly will have to be gathered from scattered passages. At the same time, I am becoming more and…
Isaiah 6:1-13
The Prerequisites for Divine Service SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Today I want to take you to the sixth chapter of Isaiah and the account of Isaiah’s commissioning by God for divine service. The reason we are moving from chapter 1 directly to chapter 6 is the striking contrast between the formalistic worship which was denounced in chapter 1 and the true and spiritual worship which we find in chapter 6. I believe as we view these two kinds of worship on successive Sundays,…
Isaiah 9:6, Ephesians 2
SERIES: ADVENT 20 Prince of Peace SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus DATE: December 19, 2010 Note: This sermon was preached on Christmas Sunday in Wichita, my last Christmas as Senior Pastor. Introduction: Peace. Everyone desires it and nearly everyone talks about it, especially at Christmastime. We are all familiar with the words of the great company of angels who appeared to the shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Peace is one of the few themes of…
Isaiah 36, 37, 43:1-3
SPECIAL DAY: Sunday after 911 When You Pass Through the Waters SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus DATE: September 16, 2001 Introduction: As the astounding events of this past week continue to unfold, many thinking people are tempted to ask, “Where is God? Is He blind that He cannot see? Is He deaf that He cannot hear? Is He dumb that He cannot speak? Is he paralyzed that he cannot move? Where is God?”[i] In the 43rd chapter of Isaiah, the Lord speaks through His prophet: “Fear not, for I…
Isaiah 38
The Day God Changed His Mind SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This afternoon you are watching the Olympics and enjoying a relaxing day with the family. About 4:30 you begin to feel ill and by 9:00 you must be taken to the emergency room at the hospital. From there you are placed in a private room and for the next several days undergo a battery of tests and X-rays. Finally on Thursday the doctor in charge brings you the news. You’ve got a fast-spreading cancer and…
Isaiah 39
Pride Goes Before Destruction SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Proverbs 16:18 reads, “Pride goes before destruction,And a haughty spirit before stumbling.” That’s what the Lord says, and it’s true. It’s a principle that all of us need to be reminded of from time to time, for there is hardly a human being who is not susceptible to pride at one time or another in his life. C. S. Lewis wrote, “There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which everyone in the world…
Isaiah 44
The Idiocy of Idolatry SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Sarcasm is generally thought of as being a rather low form of communication. It bites, it stings, and it tends to destroy relationships. No wonder that Thomas Carlyle called it “the language of the devil.”[i] Strange, then, isn’t it, that God employs biting sarcasm and contemptuous ridicule in His Word, not just once, but frequently when discussing one specific subject? In view of that fact, I believe it would be wise if we were to pay special…
Isaiah 51:1-3
Hewn from a Rock SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Two weeks ago there was a series of articles in the Wichita Eagle-Beacon about one of the richest men in the United States, George Ablah of Wichita. The article talked about his childhood, his education, his family, his early financial difficulties, and how he made it big in the world of high finance and real estate development. I was particularly interested in one interview in which Ablah stated that he didn’t personally take credit for…
Isaiah 53
Jesus, The Suffering Servant SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was one of my last five sermons as pastor of First Free, St. Louis. Introduction: I have struggled a lot with what I should preach in my final five Sundays with you, concluding on February 1. Obviously, I cannot complete the journey through Matthew that we started a little over a year ago and which we interrupted at chapter 12 with the recent series on Marks of a Healthy Church. There’s not enough…
Isaiah 7, 9, 11, 61
The Advents of Messiah SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Over the past three months we have considered many of the narrative portions of Isaiah, plus some didactic passages, and even a parable from the pen of this great OT man of God. However, we have done virtually nothing with the prophetic portions of the book. And since most of the book was predictive prophecy when it was written, and much of it is still future today, it is important for us to rectify this…
Isaiah–The Coming Kingdom of God Part 1
The Coming Kingdom, Part 1 SCRIPTURE: Isaiah, various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This is the first sermon of a two-part series on the Kingdom of God, which is a topic broached throughout Isaiah and other prophetic books. Introduction: We are within a week of winding down an abbreviated exposition of the Book of Isaiah. What started out to be a year-long excursion through this monumental Old Testament treatise has turned out instead to be of less than four months’ duration (due to my…
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