COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE

ISAIAH 40

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE GREAT COMFORTS [v. 1-11]

1. The Comfort of the Saviour [v. 1-5, Phil. 2:1, 5]

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, …Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

2. The Comfort of the Scriptures [v. 5-8, Rm. 15:4]

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

3. The Comfort of the Shepherd [v. 9-11, Jn. 10:11, 14]

-I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

- I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

 

II. THE GREAT GOD OF COMFORT [v. 12-25]

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

1. The God of Creation [v. 12, 26, 28]

2. The God of Knowledge [v. 13-14, 26-28]

3. The God of Uniqueness [v. 15-25]

 

III. THE GREAT BENEFITS [v. 29-31]

1. Power to the Faint [v. 29a]

2. Strength to Them with No Might [v. 29b, 2 Cor. 12:9, 13:4]

-And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

-For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

3. Watching Him Work in your Life as you Wait on the Lord [v. 30-31; Ps. 27:14]

- Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.