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Show IT WILL BE ALRIGHT Isaiah 40: 1-2 living in troublesome times and people are waiting to hear some good news. It seems every day another new senseless killing occurs. It used to be black-on-black killings in Chicago and nobody seemed to care. Now it is people with authority killing unarmed people We . and are demonstrati place. ns over :I3l the => opt all J'us+ Me ae brcakinz ];p h A.)&K;\tJf ,rJ-em_) 7.()/f<j 7 & he families of Michael Brown in ro7Y1j Ferguson, of Eric Gamer in New York, of Bemard Bailey in South Carolina, of Rumain Brisbon in Phoenix, of Darren Hunt in Saratoga Springs, of Dillon Taylor in Salt Lake City and many others are all waiting for a word of comfort. There seems 1 to be none t coming. Where is the healing balm? The people of God have been waiting for seven centuries for the promise of hope and deliverance. They have been expecting one to come bruise the head of that slippery serpent. They have been looking for Shiloh to come. They have been dreaming of the King of kings and Lord of lords. But instead of peace, they get war. Instead of harmony, they get unrest. Instead of assurance, they get disillusioned. All they want is what we want, healing for the land and comfort for the people. Finally, the Prophet Isaiah comes with a special word from the Lord: "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto 2 her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. (Isaiah 40: 1-2) Look around and see the lights, the evergreen trees, the shopping, and the selling. It's " almost Christmas time. It is Advent season. the way. God will give comfort and everything is going to be come. us The incarnation is about to alright. Help First, is the on war between right and her wrong is coming to an end. Vo-u- c:c warfare is accomplished ,- Mistreatment, abuse, and wrongful H ••• " ... l; tv -" *:f( a.o/.! 19ot-lf/1(z vt h MtJd- fkrlj, killings will come to an end. God is sending not Babylon and her cruel king but the prince of peace. He shall be born the in a lowly stable to the soft lowing of 3 IJ sheep. The shepherds will be notified in the quiet of the night as they watch over their sheep. The angelic host will come singing: "Peace on earth and the mercy mild. ". F or the very Son of God will show up to put an end to separation and division. Stop fretting! It's going to be alright. Second, our sins will be forgiven. God her iniquity is pardoned " H ••• made ... us to make innocent and His Son will us innocent just cover our us guilt and again. The sting of sin whole on our will be locked down God is not like his mother and room. He will not sins but will wash them away. He will take make again. come once and for all. boy disobeyed started upstairs to his us. A little His mother asked him where he 4 going. said, "Upstair to talk to God." The mother asked, "Is there was He something you can tell me that I might help with?" The little boy said, "Yes, ma'am, but you will scold and yell and punish me. God will listen and forgive me and I will never hear it again." God will wash in the blood of the lamb and purge in hyssop .. All of our wickedness will be cast in the sea of forgiveness, never to rise to condemn us anymore. For the Son of God has power to sin and make everything alright. forgive Third, twice as the text says we will receive much righteousness. she hath received " ... of the Lord's for all her sins." in When we hand double put our trust God, like Job who lost everything but waited until his change 5 came, God will restore unto us twice what we lost. Like Elisha, who watched Elijah ride away in a fiery chariot, we will get a double portion of the Spirit of God. We are frail and temporary with natural things and put our trust in fate and fortune, bur God gives us unlimited, omnipotent, eternal, supernatural power, divine help to sustain us in times like these. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. So " 6 |
