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Precept Upon Precept

Text: Isaiah 28:10
21 October 2007

(I) The Rebuke Against The Sins Of Israel

1. The Nature Of Rebuke

a) Necessary

b) Factual

c) Right

2. The First Set Of Sins: A Series Of Related Sins

“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim… To those who are overcome with wine!” Isaiah 28:1

a) The problem of pride

b) The problem of drunkardness

c) The problem of being overwhelmed by wine

3. The Second Set Of Sins: The Leaders Erring In Their Judgments

“But they also have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.” Isaiah 28:7-8

4. The Third Set Of Sins: The Problem Of Falsehood

“…For we have made lies our refuge, And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.” Isaiah 28:15

(II) The Natural Consequences Of Rejecting The Lord’s Word

1. A Prophetic Glimpse Of Captivity Of The Future

“For with stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people” Isaiah 28:11-12

2. The Rest And Refreshing Denied

“To whom He said, ‘This is the rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,’
And, ‘This is the refreshing’;
Yet they would not hear.” Isaiah 28:12

3. The Punitive Judgments Of The Lord

“That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.” Isaiah 28:13

a) They will fall backwards

b) They will be broken

c) They will be ensnared

d) They will be caught

(III) The Return To Basics

“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.” Isaiah 28:10

1. There is still hope

2. Learning God’s Word as children

3. God’s method

a) Pattern

b) Progressive

c) Proven