Message Notes

ANOTHER GLORIOUS SONG OF PRAISE

1. Personal determination to praise the Lord

a) O LORD, You are my God   (Isaiah 25:1)

b) I will exalt You

c) I will praise Your name   (Isaiah 25:1)

2. Great Reasons for praising the Lord

a) Because of who God is

i) Your counsels of old are faithful

ii) And true   (Isaiah 25:1)

b) Because of what God has done/ can do

i) He has made a fortified city a ruin   (Isaiah 25:2)

ii) A city can be destroyed forever   (Isaiah 25:2)

iii) A strong people will glorify God   (Isaiah 25:3; Daniel 2)

c) God’s relationship to His people

i) A strength to the poor/ needy   (Isaiah 25:4)

ii) A refuge from the storm   (Isaiah 25:4)

iii) A shade from the heat   (Isaiah 25:4)

d) With reference to enemies

i) Reduction of the noise of aliens   (Isaiah 25:5)

ii) The song of the terrible ones will be diminished   (Isaiah 25:5)

3. A prophetic vision of the future

a) Mount Zion will be the centre of God’s attention   (Isaiah 25:6-7, 10)

b) He will swallow up death forever   (Isaiah 25:8)

c) He will wipe away all tears   (Isaiah 25:8)

d) He will take away the rebuke of His people   (Isaiah 25:8)

4. A great declaration of faith

a) Behold, this is our God   (Isaiah 25:9)

b) We have waited for Him   (Isaiah 25:9)

c) We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation   (Isaiah 25:9)