THE GIFT OF NEW STRENGTH
God Gives New Gifts – Part 4 of 4
Advent 2022
Isaiah 35:1-10
vv. 3–4 “Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, ‘Be strong; fear not!’” (esv)
Luke 7.22 “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.” (esv)
NEW STRENGTH COMES FROM HEARING THAT JESUS …
BRINGS Spring ALONG WITH HIM
v. 1 “… the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.” (csb)
vv. 2 & 4 “They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.” (esv)
2 Corinthians 4.6 “… God … made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” (niv)
BRINGS Eden ALONG WITH HIM
Genesis 3.17 “… cursed is the ground because of you …” (esv)
BRINGS Us Home WITH HIM
v. 10 “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing …” (esv)
v. 8 “… a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness.” (niv)
Hebrews 12.14 “… without holiness no one will see the Lord.” (niv)
v. 9 “… but the redeemed shall walk there.” (esv)
v. 4 “Behold, your God will come … He will come and save you.” (esv)
John 1.29 “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
Mark 10.45 “… the Son of Man came … to give his life as a ransom for many.”