It is the desert that the Lord calls us into. READING: Genesis 9:8-17; I Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 SERMON : "The Rainbow and The Cross" Rev. one, he was illuminating the minds of his hearers to the importance of repentance. Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. (Acts 7), How were the Apostle Paul and Silas able to praise the Lord from the shackles of prison? How are we doing in carrying out our most basic function in life? 2) Do we believe God when He promises that He is able to do something new in our life and experience? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Open your Bible to Luke's gospel, chapter 3, Luke chapter 3. It was supposed to be a place where they passed through on their way to the Promised Land—not a place to remain for 40 … Application to Worship: It’s All About Praising God. You will wonder why God has abandoned you. And you will feel like giving in and giving up. And there is one very powerful charismatic church here, teaching heresies, that has infiltrated many other churches in this town and around the world. I have severe head/neck pain which interferes with my ability to pray and fellowship with my heavenly Fiancé, my Ishi (see Hosea 2:16, 19-20). I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Sermon Series. As the people of Israel traveled through the wilderness, they were in a place where little food existed. Heb. I believe it is getting more difficult every day and the days ahead are undoubtedly dark ones. The desert is a place of death. In the wilderness God came to Paul in a way that he had never before known; he came to Him in “the face of Jesus Christ” (Gal 1:11-12; 2 Cor 4:6). Coming Out of the Wilderness. Acts 16:25 “But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God”. I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. First must decide: Is God talking about our former failures or about His former gracious dealings with us? God is able to simply speak into existence new things ex nihilo – out of nothing; look at what God is doing to transform lives today when those lives are submitted to Him, How can you miss such a message? It is necessary for us also. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I have felt for some time that … 1. Sermon 15. The Remnant. This entry was posted on August 4, 2015 at 11:24 am and is filed under Christian, christian living, Christianity, church of scotland, Daily devotional, Devotions, end times, Jesus, pentecostal, revival, the remnant, the state of the church, theology, Uncategorized. Isaiah 43:19 in all English translations. Bebas Neue [Free] Well, we come to a wonderful portion of Scripture, this morning. I want you to consider what the Lord is preparing for you. See, I am doing a new thing! BIG IDEA: GOD WILL MAKE A SPECTACULAR WAY OF DELIVERANCE AND BLESSING FOR HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE The Life of Moses. Think about that … what other country gets completely taken over but ends up returning to their land. Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.”, Isaiah 65:17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.”, Jeremiah 31:31 "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,”, Ezekiel 11:19 "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. pbrown@inlandlighthouse.com. C. (:20B) Future Blessings Meet the Deepest Needs of God’s People, “Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.”. Life In The Wilderness Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 21, 2015 (message contributor) (rate this sermon) | 4,748 views. The humanist and the evolutionist would have all sorts of convoluted scientific explanations of what took place over eons and eons of time … but they would be wrong. And rivers in the desert will I see. O Lord! A new year has begun. ( Log Out /  Sermon Date: Sunday, 24th May, 2015 @ MFM Headquarters, Lagos. Although Paul was given his gospel by divine revelation in the wilderness, it took five years of living in the right habitat, in an ekklesia in Antioch, Syria, for him to learn the fullness of Christ. Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? The greatest storm of evil ever known is already gathering strength and it is taking direct aim at the Body of Christ. (Isaiah 43:16-21) As it turns out, you don’t have to be God to make a way in the wilderness. Fonts Used. They are now equipped to follow in the footsteps of the prophet who walked out of his own desert and pronounced “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” The Body of Christ is being prepared to come out of the desert and into the teeth of the storm pronouncing ” Behold the Lion of Judah comes.” Stand fast brothers and sisters, there is a purpose in your suffering and it will soon be revealed. G. Scott Turnbrook ~ Northwood United ~ March 7, 2020 My youngest has now received his learner’s driver’s license. In this desert it is every man for himself and each man is a law unto himself, he is lawless. Impressive Destruction of God’s Enemies at the Same Point of Blessing, 1. The Great Persecution that is Soon to Come Upon the Remnant Church. Just lovely! Moses, born to a Hebrew family, hid in the bull rushes of the Nile, was found and kept and raised by the princes of Egypt. . B. It’s importance must be fully appreciated. . He must think there is no hurry to glut oneself on milk and honey. (:19B-20) FUTURE BLESSINGS SURPASS ALL EXPECTATIONS, A. (Isaiah 43:16-21) As it turns out, you don’t have to be God to make a way in the wilderness. Bob Marcaurelle. There is hardly a way to travel from Egypt to the Promised Land without passing through the wilderness. Sometimes the wilderness is very hard. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. But we should not limit our expectations of what God can do in the future to our experience of what God has done for us in the past; look at the sin of idolatry that Isaiah spoke against as He predicted the coming Captivity; would be easy for the people to imagine that God had written them off; no hope for the future; no way for them to imagine how God will fulfill all of those national promises He had made to Abraham; they seem doomed, B. Some Accompanying Text Ideas. But now you tend a flock of sheep.” We know what happened of course. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Preacher: Pastor Martin Erhardt Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16. He will make a way. - Not saying that we should not learn lessons from history; - Not saying that we should not praise the Lord for His past acts of faithfulness in delivering and blessing His people, [cf. This will be message number five in the first six verses of Luke 3. We live in such lush surroundings that maybe we don’t have that much familiarity with the harsh conditions of the desert like you would find out in Arizona. Just because something seems impossible doesn’t mean God can’t do it. wilderness--just as Israel in the wilderness, between the Red Sea and Canaan, was guided, and supplied with water by Jehovah; but the "new" deliverance shall be attended with manifestations of God's power and love, eclipsing the old (compare Isaiah 41:17-19). Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. – Isaiah 43:19 . God had led Israel into a wilderness to get her attention. What were the Israelites to expect as they were backed up against the Red Sea? Num. You will wonder why God has abandoned you. God would never make it in the travel industry because he is always leading his best clients into the wilderness. 1:1; Ex. He will do something new today. I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Should the pot turn around and complain to the potter, why did you make me like this? Inland Lighthouse Church of Riverside Contact. The way has already been cleared by Jesus. 12/6/20 Sermon: In the Wilderness Prepare the Way. Calling on the Chaldeans to Perform Their Role. There was no other way to plant in the people of Israel what the Lord wanted of faith and courage so God led them by the way of the wilderness. And you will feel like giving in and giving up. Must remember that this demonstration did not benefit those who actually witnessed this impressive display of God’s power, of God’s deliverance for His people, of God’s judgment on His enemies. For why will you die, O house of Israel?”, Ezekiel 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”, 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”, Galatians 6:15 “For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.”, Ephesians 4:24 “and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”, Colossians 3:10 “and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him –“, Revelation 21:5 “And He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ And He said, ‘Write, for these words are faithful and true.’”, Rom. It would have taken and enormous amount of food to feed a crowd that numbered somewhere between 2 and 3 million people. The question is how should we, as God’s children, respond, when we start to wander in the wilderness? Each of us who love Him with everything we have has individual unique wildernesses. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? What's ahead for NewSpring . Do you have the expectation today that God can do something new in your life and in your circumstances? 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. matt. Scripture: Mark 1:9-15. You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name. Isaiah 43:19 Parallel. But that is not the only level of fulfillment in view. Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim, Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go, Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow, Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light, Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night, You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name, You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same. Can I suggest that Christendom finds itself caught up in a great desert? Make A Way for Me . – Everything you want and need is outside of your comfort zone. Listening to the authoritative Voice of the Lord; we tend to just skip right over this short expression; Do you even care what the Lord says? But we know what a wilderness looks like in our life: - A place of Wandering aimlessly – getting nowhere, - A place of Hunger and Thirst – no provisions, - A place of Isolation – no companionship or support, - A place of Sorrow and Defeat – no Joy and Victory, - A place of Pressure – no peace or relief, - A place of Hopelessness – no future prospects, [Short text this morning Isaiah 43:14-21 – the inspiration for the song by Don Moen]. ( Log Out /  I know so many! Stand your ground. Courtenay Reedman Parker (Sorry for getting it up so late in the week!) The entire focus is upon that which gives life. What has God been doing in your life in terms of maturing you into His new creation? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”. Do you not see it? 4) How are we doing in our central mission – the reason God created us for Himself – that we would be a people who belong to Him and offer up praise continually? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.”, How can something so incredible just “spring forth”? Douay-Rheims Bible Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:20 The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. It must be sought out. Every Christian that emerges from the desert has and will discover that it is He and He alone that sustains them. But do not despair. The land of Canaan was a two weeks’ journey from Egypt, 150 miles up the coastal King’s Highway, where armies and merchant traders had traveled for hundreds of years. Culled and revised jottings from a sermon By Pastor Ladejola of the . Behold, I am going to do something new, Now it will spring up; Will you not be aware of it? Connection between water and life – message sprinkled throughout the Gospel of John as Jesus presents Himself as the Son of God, the great I AM, the one who is the giver of eternal life, John 4:13-14 “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life”, IV. Now they have an inexhaustible supply, they always had it but now they know it. I will make a road through the wilderness of the world for my people to go home, and create rivers for them in the desert! Isaiah prophesied the arrival of a Messiah who would make a way in the wilderness and bring a dry, barren, and desolate land back to life again. Week 3: A Time of Dependence Mark 1:12-15; Hebrews 4:14-16. Are you part of the Remnant?-A.W.Tozer, The Remnants reformation(multiple articles on the remnant). Sermon Series. Enabled in that way, they returned from the 'wilderness', in the spiritual power that had been given, until there was a need to return, for further resource. This (wilderness) makes us who we need to become. 8:18 “For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us”. We know that a wilderness experience changes us, for good or ill. How we are changed is determined, in large measure, by our response to circumstances beyond our control. The wilderness isn’t a fun place to be. GOSPEL: Mark 1:9-15 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. We are instructed to put on the full armor of God that we may stand in that evil day. Oh so many! The role of the Remnant Church in the Last Days! It shuts the mouth of the enemy whose accusation against God was basically these folks only worship you for what they can get out of you…………..bro Frank. There is a spiritual principle at work here. I have two bulging discs in my neck and one in my lower back along with degenerative disc disease and sciatica. You always end up feeling alone and exhausted. Sermons; DISCIPLE; Inland Lighthouse Church of Riverside A Way in the Wilderness (2/28/2021) A Way in the Wilderness (2/28/2021) • Sermon • Sunday, February 28, 2021 Isaiah 43:19 Exodus 13:17 Deuteronomy 8:1–6 Fear Joy Peace Power Education Jesus. Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The desert is a place of death. Hebrew Non-Christians who still needed to be convinced of the truth of the gospel and the superiority of Jesus Christ, Look at your life and how God has delivered you from your lost condition – How impressive has that been!