Isaiah - the Vision - Part Three: “Spiritual Transformation” Isaiah 29:15-24

Three Kinds of Transformation:

1. The Subverting of Reason - vs. 15-16

• They have lost their faith (trust) in YHWH.
• They have become fools: Psalm 14:1
• They have upside down thinking: Isaiah 5:20

They deny three facts about God:
1.) His Distinctiveness (He is not like the clay)

• Unlike hand-made god’s, Israel’s God is the real deal: Isaiah 17:7-8

2) His Sovereignty (He did not make me!)

• As the creator of the world, God has a right to choose its direction: Rom 9:20-21

3) His Wisdom (You know nothing).

• God has all the answers in the Scriptures: 2 Tim 3:16-17

2. The Coming World Renewal - vs. 17-21

• In verses 17-21, God promises some overturning of his own; there will be a complete reversal of the present situation.
• Even the seemingly ordered creation is out of wack and needs to be put back to the correct order: Rom 8:19-22
• Let us not forget the self-imposed blindness that God has heightened: Is. 29:9-11

Three kinds of corrupt leaders:
1) The ruthless
2) The scoffer
3) All who have an eye for evil

Corrupt Leaders corrupt the Legal system in Three ways:

1) False Testimony: False witness
2) Tampering: Bent Lawyer
3) Depriving the innocent of Justice: Corrupt Judge

• When values decline in society the legal system is not immune: Amos 2:6-8

3. The Changed Fortune of Jacob - vs. 22-24

• As Israel was delivered out of Egypt, so Abraham also was delivered out of the pagan world: Gen 12:1

There are two aspects of the individuals transformation:
1) They will experience Steadiness of life through the Spirit of God.
2) They will be Teachable

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