In That Day

Q: What does the Bible say about salvation in Isaiah 12?

Isaiah 12 presents a song of praise, highlighting that God is the source of salvation and comfort for His people. In Isaiah 12, the prophet portrays a future event where God's people rejoice in their salvation and comfort from Him. The chapter emphasizes how God has turned away His anger and offers His people hope and strength. It illustrates a transformative moment when God's chosen ones will realize that He alone is their salvation, exclaiming joyfully, 'God is my salvation' (Isaiah 12:2). This passage reflects not only on Israel's historical context but also on the broader promise of redemption fulfilled in Christ for the church, the true Israel, which includes all believers throughout history.

Q: How do we know that God’s anger can be turned away?

God's anger is turned away through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who reconciles us to Himself. God's anger towards sin is a recurring theme in the scripture, highlighted throughout the books of the Old Testament. However, Isaiah 12 affirms that in the promised future, God’s anger will be turned away, providing comfort and salvation to His people. This transformation is ultimately realized in the New Testament with the coming of Christ, who bears God's wrath on behalf of sinners, thereby reconciling them to God. In Romans 5:8-10, it is confirmed that while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ensuring that God's anger may be turned away for all who believe in Him.

Q: Why is the concept of God’s sovereignty important for Christians?

God's sovereignty assures Christians that He is in complete control and governs all things for His glory and the good of His people. The sovereignty of God is foundational in Reformed theology, affirming that God reigns over all creation, orchestrating every event according to His divine purpose. This is vital for Christians because it reassures us that nothing occurs outside of God’s will and plan. In Isaiah, the prophecy of salvation illustrates God's control and faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. Moreover, Romans 8:28 reinforces this teaching by confirming that all things work together for good to those who love God. Believing in God's sovereignty encourages Christians to trust Him in the midst of trials, knowing He works for their ultimate good and His glory.

Q: How is God's grace demonstrated in Isaiah 12?

Isaiah 12 showcases God's grace by revealing His mercy and salvation offered to His people despite their sinfulness. In Isaiah 12, God's grace is profoundly illustrated through His promise of salvation and comfort to Israel, highlighting a transition from judgment to mercy. The chapter opens with a recognition of God's anger but quickly transitions to a celebration of His grace as He offers comfort and redemption. This grace is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who provides salvation to all who believe. Ephesians 2:8-9 further emphasizes that it is by grace we are saved through faith, not of ourselves; it is the gift of God, reflecting the same gracious character of God as seen in Isaiah. The chapter encourages believers to recognize their dependence on God’s grace for salvation and life.

Q: What does 'living water' mean in the context of salvation?

'Living water' symbolizes the eternal life and spiritual sustenance found in Christ, essential for true salvation. 'Living water' refers to the life-giving, eternal sustenance offered by Jesus, as shown in Isaiah 12:3. This imagery of water signifies not just physical thirst but spiritual refreshment and renewal in Christ, who provides the only true satisfaction for our souls. In John 4:14, Jesus declares that whoever drinks of the water He gives will never thirst again, referring to the Holy Spirit's indwelling and the eternal life that results from faith in Him. This concept reassures Christians of the complete sufficiency found in Christ's salvation—He quenches our deepest spiritual needs and assures us of everlasting life in Him.

Well, he pushed the record button for me so I can take my reminder off. I always tend to forget to push the record button at first. So good morning, everybody. Zoom land and future sermon audio listeners and all of you. Thank you for being here. This morning's study will be coming out of the book of Isaiah, and it's titled In That Day, Isaiah chapter 12.

So this chapter is a chapter that brings us what amounts to a song of praise and thanksgiving to the nation Israel, by extension, the church, both now and then, through Christ the Redeemer. It begins with the account of Israel's uncomfortable state and condition, which we see in the very first verse, but then looking forward to the Redeemer of Israel and a comfort to be provided them in Christ. the very foundation of her salvation and strength. It goes on to speak of how the people will then be heard singing songs of praise and exhortations to all of Israel to join in the songs of celebration. So follow along if we will, and we will read Isaiah chapter 12.

And in that day you will say, O Lord, I will praise you, though you are angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and you comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid, for Jehovah the Lord is my strength and psalm. He also has become my salvation. Therefore, with joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

And in that day, you will say, praise the Lord, call upon his name. Declare His deeds among the peoples. Make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for He has done excellent things. This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst. Isaiah is giving us a description of the future earthly kingdom of the Messiah on earth expressing a future that includes a promise that God's people will praise him when that day comes.

He proclaims that they will see that his anger has turned away and he is now a comforting source for them. They come to understand that God alone is their salvation, strength, and song. They will be encouraging each other to spread the news to the world. He goes on to say they will tell stories of what he has done and to invite everyone to join them in exalting his name.

The celebration will include loud shouting, joyful singing, all because the Holy One of Israel is now with them. What a wonderful picture we have of the salvation and redemption that God has bestowed on his chosen people, the church, the true Israel. In other words, that blessed group, the elect.

As we take a look at verse one, we can see Isaiah is speaking of a future event as he starts out by saying, in that day. At the time that the prophecy was being delivered, Israel was, well, it was being Israel. It doesn't take much study to see how many instances where the Old Testament nation of Israel was not exactly obedient people to the God. There are several passages where the disobedience of Israel brings about that anger of God that is referenced in verse one. One place in scripture that identifies and explains God's reason for His anger against Israel is found in just a few chapters back, Isaiah chapter nine. Let's take a quick look at this little bit of the history behind this anger.

In Isaiah 9, verses 1 through 5, we see a great prophecy about the future of Israel, a future day of salvation, describing a coming light that transforms shame into glory, sorrow into joy, and warfare into peace for God's people. It looks forward to a change from gloom as it speaks to a people walking in darkness, being made able to see a great light. They express a great joy, rejoicing an increased faith that is plainly pointing to the grace of the gospel and the arrival of the Messiah, the anointed one, the redeemer of Israel. I'm gonna pick up reading in verse six. Excuse me verse 6 where we are left with no doubt as to who or what this great light is speaking to So reading starting with verse 6 of chapter 9 Isaiah chapter 9 for to us a child is born to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders and He will be called wonderful counselor mighty God everlasting Father Prince of Peace of the greatness of his government and peace, there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. I'm sure there are some who will maintain something other than the obvious here. These few verses identify testify to our Lord and Christ, the Messiah. There is only one who fits the wonderful titles we have been given here. Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have life in his name.

That is what the Apostle John tells us in John 20 verse 31, again showing what is meant when we are told that the law and the prophets testify of Christ. That is what their purpose was. Worship God where the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And that comes from Revelation 19 verse 10.

What we have here is a promise of the one to come. It speaks to his authority proclaiming the government will be on his shoulders. All the titles detailed here reinforce that authority. He is sitting on David's throne, not only establishing it, but upholding it with justice and righteousness for all eternity.

And to back all this up, we have these words, the zeal of the almighty Lord will accomplish this and nothing can stay in God's hands. We go on in the next several verses to see why at this time in the nation of Israel's existence, just why we are talking about God's anger that he has directed against them. I'm not gonna read this whole section here, but I will pick out a few of the highlights found in verses eight through the end of the chapter. In verse eight, the Lord has sent a word or a warning against Israel that there was a great destruction coming their way.

So what do they do? They show their pride, their arrogance, and total lack of fear of God. They scoff at the warning, saying, the bricks are coming down. We will just rebuild with bigger, better, fancier bricks. They cut down all of our sycamore trees. We will just replace them with fine cedars. So the Lord has promised, sent out a multitude of armies against them, and Israel was severely defeated. and faced the destruction that they had been warned about.

I'm in Isaiah chapter nine, starting there in verse eight. Isaiah is describing how the misplaced confidence of the people of Israel, their pride and arrogance about their own self-reliance, being completely convinced in their ability to survive and rebuild following any attack from their enemies. They completely turned their back on God and refused to trust in him or ask him for help. In verse 12 we are told just how complete this defeat was, as it says that the Syrians and the Philistines devour Israel with their open mouth. This is all a true picture of man's reliance on their own works, trying to do something that only God can do.

But the bad news for Israel was yet to come because of what the end of verse 12 says. In spite of all this, his anger does not turn away, and his hand is still stretched out. And Israel's problem with God's anger does not end there, as there are two more times in chapter nine, and then one time in chapter 10, we read those very same words. In spite of all this, his anger does not turn away, and his hand is still stretched out.

But if we go on now to chapter 11, we begin to get a glimpse of he who was to come. Reading there, starting in verse one, we are introduced to the branch of Jesse. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse. From his roots, a branch will bear fruit.

The spirit of the Lord will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding the spirit of counsel and of might, the spirit of the knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And he will delight in the fear of the Lord. So a shoot comes up from the stump of Jesse, a branch from the root, a prophecy of Christ as the obedient son. It speaks here of the seven spirits of the Lord resting on that branch, each one deserving a thorough study by themselves. But I want to just briefly mention the last one, the fear of the Lord, which he delights in. So what is the fear of the Lord?

It is described as living with proper respect reflected in actions and attitude, a profound reverence, adoration, and respect for God's authority and power. It's not speaking to a feeling of terror or a desire to avoid him, but quite the opposite. This fear is characterized as a gift of the Holy Spirit, leading to a desire not to offend God and a delight in his will, as seen by Christ himself.

Compare that to what we know about Christ after reading Philippians 2, where it says, who being in the very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage. He made himself nothing by taking on the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death on a cross. Our Savior, who was every bit God, yet did not see being equal to God while as a servant here on earth, but instead out of the reverence and love for the Father, and the fear of God was obedient unto death, even unto a cross. Now compare that to the disobedience of the tribe of Jacob and the rest of Israel that we read about back in Isaiah 9, as they displayed no confidence in God, no desire to be obedient, no fear of God, once again meaning that lack of adoration, reverence, or any respect for his authority.

And what did it bring? His anger does not turn away and his hand is still stretched out. How nice it would be to be able to say it ended there in chapter 9, but it continues right on through Isaiah and is shown to be rampant through most all the books of the Old Testament with plenty of instances in the New Testament. We will be looking in a bit at how The prophet Jeremiah dealt with many of the same behaviors at some 100 years after Isaiah. And of course we know the Israel of Israel's time was not alone in this sinfulness against God. It is still going on.

The lack of respect, fear of the Lord, the adoration is all still rampant today, will be tomorrow and on and on. It is rampant even in many of the so-called churches of today. The truth there, we do not serve the same Christ. Their Christ is compliant to man's will, ineffective, non-sovereign, and is a far cry from the Christ that we serve.

But let's take a look at what we can see about man's state after the fall and continues on, even now and beyond, and will continue until the time that Christ will return in total victory over sin, death, and the grave, establishing the new heavens and the new earth, free from all the effects of the fall.

Turn, if you will, to Romans chapter 3. We'll see what Paul has to say about the fate of man up to that point. In this chapter, Romans In this chapter of Romans, Paul declares that all people, both Jews and Gentiles alike, are under the power of sin. Paul cites a compilation of Old Testament scriptures that declare no one is righteous, understands, or seeks God. The passage highlights humanity's total depravity, vile speech, violence, lack of fear of God, everyone accountable.

Even though there are plenty of accounts in the Old Testament with very similar wordings and conclusions, by going to Paul's account here in Romans 3, we bring it home to include not only the Old Testament Israel, but the New Testament Israel. We know it as the true Israel, the church that makes up the elect, made up of the elect, but yet, as seen here, has not escaped the effects of the fall. specifically speaking here of Jew and Gentile and how there is no difference. So Romans 3, starting at verse 9, what shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all, for we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

As it is written, there is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God. All have turned away. They have together become worthless. There is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Ruin and misery mark their ways. and the way of peace they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes.

This is not a pretty picture. This is the bad news of the gospel. I have said other times when standing up here that there's no way you can ever understand how good the good news of the gospel is until you understand just how bad the bad news was. And this is the bad news. And if this is where the story were to end, the rest of the bad news is we, as all of mankind, would be without any hope. But there is hope because there's more to the story.

Picking up reading in verse 19 of Romans 3, now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law. that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. I'll break in right there.

The law does not provide any protection from God's eternal judgment for sin, not for Jews nor for Gentiles. Instead, the law tells us just how much we are deserving of God's wrath. his anger, because now we are able to understand the ways in which we have sinned against him. The law takes away any and all arguments that would claim we are worthy of any mercy on our own merits. Clearly, the law shows us we are not. On our own, all of us would be found guilty of our sins.

And as Paul says, every mouth will be stopped. but God has provided a way out, a path of hope. We'll pick up reading with verse 21. But now the righteousness of God, apart from the law, is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, but being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed to demonstrate at the present time his righteousness that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. So right at the very beginning of this reading, we see something that tells us things have changed. The first two words of our reading, but now, two very important words. We read at the beginning of verse nine, how the sinfulness of man was the rule, not the exception.

God looks down, sees there was no one seeking him. No one feared him. The enmity against God was rampant. The news was bad. There was no good news. Then, to make things worse, the law is introduced, and instead of providing a way out, it showed itself to be the covenant of death. It did not bring righteousness. It did not bring life. It was completely the opposite on both accounts.

But Isaiah the prophet, as it was purposed by God, wrote of a time, a day, he says, in that day. You, though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away and you comfort me. There's going to be a change. So Israel that day, look forward to it. Paul speaks to that day of change when he says, but now, brothers and sisters, that day is upon us.

The saints of the Old Testament times and saints of today, we have all been saved in the same exact way. And now we all praise God constantly for the faith he has given us to believe. All God's elect share in that gift because as Paul stated in verse 22, it is through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all who believe. It is by the grace of God and his gift of saving faith that any of us can believe in Christ our Savior and be free from that wrath, that anger, from God that enveloped all of the nation of Israel, as we have seen in Isaiah 9 and 12. And what that faith does for us, it gives us that reason to praise God. Our spiritual separation from God has been reconciled in Christ. Our enmity is gone. We are no longer at war with him. We, in fact, find comfort in him. Though you are angry with me, your anger is turned away and you comfort me.

For us, It's more what we read in Romans 5, that God demonstrates his own love toward us and that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. In Colossians 1, 21 and 22, Paul says this, once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior, but now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body from death to present you, holy in his sight, without blemish, and free from accusation.

Yes, once we were alienated from God. Enemies in our minds, why? Because of our sinful and evil behavior. You see anything that we New Testament saints may have in common with those of the Old Testament? As a result of the fall, man became separated from God, resulting in his anger with them, because of their constant rebellion and disobedience. Likewise, we also were alienated from God. In Romans, Paul declares, we were at enmity with God.

That sounds to me like we're all in the same boat and without that proverbial paddle. But then in verse 22, we have those two powerful words pop up again, but now. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death. present you holy in his sight without blemish and free from accusation. But now, or as Isaiah would say, in that day, we have been reconciled to God. And as we remember what verse two of our text in Isaiah 12 says, behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid for Jehovah the Lord is my strength and song He also has become my salvation. It is the same for all God's sheep, all to his glory because of what Christ did for us on our behalf, going to the cross, dying for our sin, being raised by God on the third day, resulting in the securing for us our inheritance in heaven. The prophet Hosea said he will bind up our wounds. After two days, he will revive us. On the third day, he will restore us that we may live in his presence. Our deliverance means we have a guaranteed citizenship in heaven. We all owe it to that day. Jew and Gentile, Old Testament saints and New Testament saints, there is no difference.

The next passage of scripture I'd like to look at is found in Jeremiah 23. If you'd like to go there in your Bibles, Jeremiah and Isaiah both addressed similar problems with Israel, primarily unfaithfulness, idolatry, and disobedience to God's commands. They both prophesied about judgment and called for repentance before Jerusalem's destruction. They also both looked forward in faith to Israel's deliverance.

Jeremiah has this to say about that day and gives us the identity and the name of the deliverer. So reading in Jeremiah 23, beginning at verse five, behold, the day is coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, a king who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days, Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called the Lord our righteousness. There we see him again, that branch of Jesse. As Jeremiah says, which is in complete harmony with the words of the prophet Isaiah, that day is coming. And with that day, there's a great comfort in their salvation, trust, freedom, and rest. For Jehovah the Lord is my strength and song. He also has become my salvation.

This is what the Lord has purchased by his shed blood for his chosen people from before the foundations of the world, the many spiritual blessings in Christ. Looking at what we are told in Ephesians chapter one, verse three, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace by which he made us accepted in the beloved. This statement tells us that every blessing we could possibly need has been given us in Christ. He came from heaven to earth to bring us every blessing we need.

There is the old gospel song that tells us to count our blessings one by one. I'm not sure how much time that author had in his life But our blessings are so innumerable, even in our daily lives, I can't imagine what the final count would be in a lifetime. As we tie up here the first couple of verses in Isaiah 12, we can see just a few of those many blessings being shared with us by the prophets.

Because of Christ's sacrifice for his brothers and sisters, we no longer fear the wrath of God. All of Israel now counts him as Savior. No bigger blessing could there be. We are free from that anger. Because of that, we have rest. We have strength through faith. We have a new song to sing, and we have a salvation and a Savior we can trust in.

Paul goes on here to speak of our blessing of being in God's predestination, sharing in God's glory by the salvation of his people, and the rights we have as children of God, accepted in the beloved. Believers are blessed because God chose before creation to save us. That salvation came at a great cost, the death of his one and only begotten son.

As John 3.16 says, from God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. As children of God, we can be confident that God will give us what he has promised, namely an eternity with him. And then moving on to verse three of our text in Isaiah chapter 12.

Therefore, with joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Water, the great sustainer of life. You can live without food for a month plus but you likely won't make it a week without water. Here we are being told about a very specific water from a very specific place. Water from the wells of salvation. So of course, the mind, at least mine, goes right to the Samaritan woman at the well. So let's turn, let's go there. John chapter four. Water that is important to our daily living is not the same water that is being talked about when Isaiah says, therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Water that we drink daily will only temporarily fulfill our needs. We must constantly go back to that source from where we drew it because we will be thirsty again. Christ here is going to reveal this living water that he must give because there is no amount of work we can do to obtain it. He gives it to us, and once we have this water, we will never thirst again.

So John chapter 4, starting at verse 7, a woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, give me a drink. For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to him, how is it that you being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman. For the Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.

Jesus answered and said to her, if you knew the gift of God and who it is who says to you, give me a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. The woman said to him, sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep.

Where then do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock? Jesus answered and said to her, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst, but the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.

This is that water from the wells of salvation that Isaiah chapter 12 is referring to. This is the water of life. This is the water that is salvation itself. This is not water that we physically drink, but it is the water that resides in every saved person. As Jesus says to the woman, if she drinks water from the well she is driving her bucket into, she will soon thirst again. But the water that he gives because a fountain of water that springs up into everlasting life to all those that he gives it to.

In John chapter 7, if you'd like to turn there, Jesus reveals the true nature of that water is. He is speaking of us. It is the spirit of life that resides within us. So John chapter 7, we'll read 37 through 39. On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, if anyone is if anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink he who believes in me as scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of living water but this he spoke concerning the spirit whom those believing in him would receive for the holy spirit was not yet given because jesus was not yet glorified so again we have this living water and all that believe in him have this river of flowing water living in them. It is truly a wonderful picture of the grace, mercy, and forgiveness of our Lord God that has given each of us part of the new birth. And then it says in verse 38 that Jesus was speaking of the spirit of life.

That is so much a part of us. Christ is clearly speaking to the lost sheep, the only ones who would ever really hear the message. He is saying, you who are thirsty, come to me and I will give you drink. This is the good news of the gospel, a message meant for sinners. Christ is the only fulfillment and satisfaction for thirsty souls.

Then moving on to verse four in Isaiah 12. And in that day, you will say, praise the Lord, a call upon his name. declare his deeds among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted. So many places to go here. In that day is presented to us again, as has been mentioned, Isaiah is referring to a day off somewhere in the future as he continues to say, in that day you will say.

He is speaking to the day when the king, the Messiah, establishes his rule over the entire earth, They will then joyfully declare thanks to Him. They will also enjoy His salvation. He sees where they will also turn and declare His praise before the Lord. Scripture is full of verses praising God for His goodness and mercy.

We are encouraged to sing praises to our sovereign Savior, He who drew us to Himself with loving cords of kindness, He who gave His only begotten Son to die on the cross, to suffer that humiliation, suffering the pain of God's wrath on our behalf. He who, when we were yet sinners, died for us. So why shouldn't we sing his praises, just reflecting on what Ezekiel 36 tells us about all God did to make us worthy of his kingdom? And what are we left doing? Then we will remember all our evil and wicked deeds. We praise him because we love him, but we can only love him because he first loved us, so much so that he saved us, he redeemed us, he chose us, he redeemed us before the world began.

Because of his love for us, he wrote our names down in the Lamb's Book of Life, which he has stored with him up in the heavens. We can go on for hours quoting scripture about the greatness of God, the wonder of God, the compassion, mercy, grace, and love of our God. But I have taken the liberty of just putting a few of them down in my notes here that I hope you don't mind if I just read them off to you. These are just a few of the countless number that are given us in the entirety of his word.

Psalm 48 starts out with this, great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, his holy mountain. And then Psalm 95, for the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. Isaiah 25, O Lord, you are my God. I will exalt you. I will praise your name for you have worked wonders, plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness. Jeremiah, O Lord, you are my God. I will exalt you. I will praise your name for you have worked wonders. Plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness.

And then a couple from the New Testament, Romans 11. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever, amen. And then Revelation four. Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and by your will they exist and came to be.

And then the last, speaking to him being exalted, Hebrews 12, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. In Philippians 2, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

And the one I didn't write down, from Sovereign Grace Baptist Church right here in the Dalles, the fourth verse of the tune that we sang this morning. Though the wonders thou hast done are as yet so little known, here we fix and comfort take. Jesus died for sinners' sake. Obviously, there's so much more we can go to.

You would be years maybe a lifetime doing a study on each and every one of the wondrous things that God has done and what he has done through his son. But I think if we look at a couple verses found at the end of the book of John, if you would like to turn your Bible to John chapter 21st, we are going to see how God himself tells us that the number of wondrous things is a number beyond imagination. Look at what the book of John tells us in John 20, verses 30 and 31. It tells us this is the purpose the book of John was given to us. And we read this earlier, but it fit right here. So I decided to repeat it. But John chapter 20, verse 30.

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that by believing, you may have life in his name. All these events that we've been looking at today, all the wonderful pictures of the true Israel, the victories in battle, the salvation from those victories, and yes, even the pictures of man attempting to be gods in their own right, their arrogance, and believing they were more capable of providing their security, their protection from their enemies, all a picture of man's confidence in their words. But we have one more work of Christ to look at before we close.

But first, I want to turn in our Bibles, staying there at the end of the book of John. And it's verse 25. I think it was, maybe it's the same chapter. I didn't, for some reason, don't have the chapter going down. Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

So obviously we missed a few today, but I would like to close by looking at how we all can agree with verse 6 of Isaiah 12, where Isaiah encourages all the church to do this, cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

So the last couple of verses that we'll be looking at today before closing are found, first one being in 2 Corinthians chapter 5, 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21, God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

This is the most important thing in all of God's plan. This is what everything we have discussed today is pointing to, all the prophecies, all the pictures, all the allegories, all the scripture, it all points to Christ and him crucified. I have read in the past somewhere that many say that this verse may be the most concise presentation of the gospel in all of scripture. This verse alone tells us that by this one man, there was propitiation for sin, there was an undeserving, sinless substitute who took on our deserved wrath. There was the crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and the resultant life and the righteousness of the risen Christ given to all the redeemed. And it's all here in this verse 21 of 2 Corinthians chapter 5.

I remember using this verse in a study I brought some time ago about the great exchange. Christ taking on our sin, our guilt, and in exchange, he placed upon us his righteousness. This is the day Isaiah was looking forward to in Isaiah 12. This is that day. I will close by reading the first couple of verses in chapter 6, the second Corinthians, which say this. We then, as workers together with him, also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, in an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the time, is the accepted time, Behold, now is the day of salvation. So thank you all.

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What does the Bible say about salvation in Isaiah 12?

How do we know that God’s anger can be turned away?

Why is the concept of God’s sovereignty important for Christians?

How is God's grace demonstrated in Isaiah 12?

What does 'living water' mean in the context of salvation?

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What does the Bible say about salvation in Isaiah 12?

How do we know that God’s anger can be turned away?

Why is the concept of God’s sovereignty important for Christians?

How is God's grace demonstrated in Isaiah 12?

What does 'living water' mean in the context of salvation?

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