Message Notes

Focus: A Special Song

1. Context: “In that day”          Isaiah 26:1 (Cf. Isaiah 12:1; 25:9)

2. Content of the Song

a) A strong city          Isaiah 26:1b

b) Salvation as the walls and bulwarks          Isaiah 26:1c

c) Opening of the gates          Isaiah 26:2a

d) God will keep in perfect peace those who trust in Him          Isaiah 26:3

e) Finding everlasting strength through trusting the Lord          Isaiah 26:4

f) The lofty and proud will be brought down          Isaiah 26:5

g) The poor and needy will have the victory          Isaiah 26:6

3. Reflections:

a) On God

i) He is Most Upright          Isaiah 26:7a

ii) He weighs the path of the just          Isaiah 26:7b

iii) He will establish peace          Isaiah 26:12a

iv) He will punish the wicked          Isaiah 26:21

b) On the upright

i) His path is uprightness          Isaiah 26:7

ii) He chooses the way of God’s judgment          Isaiah 26:8a

iii) He waits on the Lord          Isaiah 26:8b

iv) He desires the Lord’s name          Isaiah 26:8c-9

c) On the wicked

i) Grace shown produces nothing          Isaiah 26:10a

ii) He does not learn righteousness          Isaiah 26:10b

iii) He continues to deal unjustly          Isaiah 26:10c

iv) He does not see the majesty of God          Isaiah 26:10d

BIBLE MEMORY

You will keep Him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You.
Trust in the LORD forever
For in YAH, the LORD is everlasting strength
Isaiah 26:3-4