IF GOD GIVES US A SIGN WE BETTER TAKE
HEED
Isaiah 7:9-13
Charles e. Whisnant,
Pastor/Teacher
Generally
speaking many people believe in obeying the laws of the land and to live their
lives orderly. They prefer these things,
but do not want to give God credit.
Christians say, “It was the Lord that enabled us to have these things.”
The unbeliever will say, “God had nothing to do with anything, we were the ones
who accomplished what we have done.” “We can do good without believing in
God.” By the way this is the attitude of
most of the world today.
There
are people in the world who are worldly , who want to be known as believers,
but intent to do nothing about it. It is sanctimoniousness rather than real
spiritual interest.
ISAIAH 7:9 ‘IF YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE, SURELY YOU WILL NOT
BE ESTABLISHED.”
Belief
requires faith. Faith is a divine
word. Only divine faith will bring about
a human sense of hope and belief. And
only faith can quiet the restless of the spirit. Our hope is build on nothing less than the
righteousness of Jesus Christ, all other is on sinking sand.
STABILITY
THROUGH FAITH:
God’s
promises are not at all times easily steadily and firmly believed.
God’s
Word cannot profit unless it be mixed with faith in those who hear it.
Faith
is a biblical principle. Faith brings God and places Him before us.
Faith
appropriates: i.e. enables us to rejoice
when we are in any circumstances.
God
deserves to be believed: Why?
1. He is God and being God He cannot
lie
2. His Word always has been true.
3. He has no motive for being
untrue.
4. The honour of God is involved in
His genuineness.
5.
SOME ARE YET NOT WILLING TO
BELIEVE GOD: Rather
1. They believe other things.
2. They believe in themselves
3. They are stubbornly fitted on
themselves
4. They demand this and that of God.
WHAT IS THE FAITH?
1.
A
fair index of the heart.
2.
A
sure proof of a change of mind.
3.
Faith
inaugurates purity of life.
4.
It
is faith that leads to prayer, that’s the very breath of God in man.
5.
Faith
is that which will give credit to God for all things.
WITHOUT FAITH YOU
WILL
1.
Miss
the comfort.
2.
Never
two days alike.
3.
Confused
in conduct.
4.
Hope
never.
5.
Lack
of spiritual vigor and strength.
MOST
PEOPLE
1. Do not want to ask God for an
indication that he is God.
2. The other half do not believe in
God.
3. And others simply refuse to
believe anyone who will give them a Word from God.
ISAIAH WAS A
PROPHET OF GOD WHO SPOKE FOR GOD
Don’t
refuse the advice of God, by those whom God has chosen. Isaiah asked?
“No!” said Ahaz.
GOD’S SIGN TO AHAZ:
HE REFUSED TO BELIEVE: Isaiah 7:14
WHO DOES THE TEXT
REFER TO?
1.
First:
Isaiah son. Isaiah 8:18. Maher shal al
hash baz. A sign of present deliverance for Israel.
2.
Secondly:
The Messiah who would be born 700 years later.
A SIGN WAS GIVEN: We need a sign to believe.
Refers to
something addressed to the sense to attest the existence of divine power. To
assure faith or to demonstrate authority.
Ahah
had a crisis in his spiritual life: didn’t have one
1.
Getting entangled in idolatrous ways.
2.
Involved
in disloyal relations.
3.
Compromised
himself in dealing with the Temple treasure.
