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Consequences of Sin & Promise to the Righteous

Text: Isaiah 3
21 July 2012

A SHORT LIST OF THE SINFUL WAYS OF ISRAEL IN THE DAYS OF ISAIAH

1. Judah is fallen          Isaiah 3:8

2. The nation speaks against the LORD          Isaiah 3:8

3. They do not even bother to hide their sin          Isaiah 3:9

4. Children are oppressors          Isaiah 3:12a

5. Women are haughty and vain          Isaiah 3:16-24

6. Rulers lead the people astray          Isaiah 3:12c

7. The rulers oppress the people          Isaiah 3:14-15

CONSEQUENCES OF THESE SINS

1. Collapse of the country’s economic infrastructure          Isaiah 3:1

2. Collapse of the country’s ruling system          Isaiah 3:2-3

a) The rulers

b) The judiciary system

c) The Ministry of defence

3. Upheaval and unrest in the country

a) Children will rule the country          Isaiah 3:4

b) Chaos will reign          Isaiah 3:5

4. Scarcity of leaders          Isaiah 3:6-7

a) No one wants to be a leader

b) No one feels qualified to lead

c) No one wants to take the responsibility of possible failure

PROMISE TO THE RIGHTEOUS

1. God will protect them          Isaiah 3:10

2. God will provide for them          Isaiah 3:10

BIBLE MEMORY

Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them,
For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isaiah 3:10

1. The righteous

a) Distinguished from the wicked

b) A minority

2. The righteous and the Wicked contrasted

a) Good contrasting study found in          Psalm 37

b) Challenge to be identified with the righteous

c) Challenge to live uprightly