The Worthiness Of Jesus
A Roadmap to God’s destination for Fresh Anointing House of Worship
Have you ever started a new job and a few months in you’re wondered where is this
going?
Have you ever been working out with a trainer and wondered angrily where is this
going?
Have you ever been in a relationship and you’ve wondered where is this going?
Have you ever been apart of a church and wondered?
It doesn’t feel good does it.
Its kind of disorienting isn’t it
You don’t know where to get in, or how to fit in.
Why, because you don’t know……… Where you’re going!
Turn to your neighbor and say Where are you going?!
So for the next few weeks we are going to be unpacking as a ministry
where we are going,
what is our mission
how we are going to get there.
The question we will begin to answer today is: Where are we going?
To understand where we are going we have to know where we are:
We are (former) gentiles. Not descendants of Abraham.
Jesus when he came and died established a new covenant (worthiness of Jesus).
That established him as the way the truth and the life no one can come to the father…
Paul talks about that in Romans 10.
Romans 10:12-13 (ESV):
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all,
bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of
the Lord will be saved.
So as gentiles we have been grafted in to the beautiful glorious covenant with a worthy
God……
But like the Children of Isreal we have gone astray.
Our country is becoming more and more wicked.
But so unfortunately are some in the church.
We wont focus on that…….. but what is remarkable is God’s remedy and promise to his
people during these times.
We are going to Isaiah 59
Context:
The Book of Isaiah, including Isaiah chapter 59, is generally considered to have been
written in the 6th century (600) BC during the Babylonian exile or shortly before it.
Isaiah prophesies to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a time of political and
religious upheaval in the southern kingdom of Judah. His messages were directed
primarily to the Israelites, including the leaders, rulers, and the general population.
Isaiah addressed various issues, including social injustice, idolatry, and disobedience to
God's commandments. He warned the people about the consequences of their actions
and called them to repentance. Additionally, Isaiah spoke about future events and the
coming of the Messiah.
Isaiah 59:1-3
1
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2
but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
3
For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:20-21
20 “And a Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.
21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon
you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or
out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says
the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”
100-200 years later the children of Israel return from exile and instead of repenting and
following God they are just as wicked as the fathers that came before!
Context:
Approx. 100 years after the Israelites returned from Babylonian exile (likely to
Jerusalem) about 500 to 400 years before Christ 5 or 4 BC.
They were expecting things to be great and for the messiah to come.
However, the Israelites who repopulated the city were just as corrupt as their earlier
fathers. Stories in Ezra and Nehemiah).
Malachi 4:5-6
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of
the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts
of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter
destruction.”
The picture is… Gods people are acting a fool and he says you know what for centuries
I have tried to persuade you to follow me but you wont so ill raise up Babylon to take
you captive.
And I myself will come and deliver you. And when I deliver you this is what I will promise
you…… my spirit and words wont depart your mouth your children’s mouth or their
children’s mouth.
WHAT?!?!?!?!
God who commands the armies of heaven…… has a plan to cloth himself in humanity,
rescue his people and then establish a new covenant…….
And this is his covenant!
One to two centuries later the people of God are released from exile in Babylon… they
return to Jerusalem and guess what?!
ARE WICKED AGAIN!!!!!!
And so God says in the last book of the old testament….. the last thing canonized
before Jesus comes….
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of
the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts
of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter
destruction.”
But what about Gods plan as we get close to his return!
When he is coming back as a man of war to conquer the nations and judge the living
and the dead!
what is his plan for his people to partner with him.
Joel 2 is a description of the day of the Lord. His return.
Joel 2:28
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Turn to your neighbor and say….. WHERE ARE WE GOING?!?!?
This is where!
We are going to obey the commands of the Lord and we are going:
Turn our hearts to eachother
Get the word in us and those that come after us
And we are going to contend for the outpouring of the spirit prophesied in Joel 2.
Why…. BECAUSE JESUS IS WORTHY!
Thats why not because of xyz
But because he came and lived the perfect life died on our behalf and is worthy of his
inheritance in the nations!
