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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,'1-');">Isa 12</a> - Words from a Worshipper</h2>
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<p><span>A. The worshipper speaks to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,1);">1</a>) Praise to the <span class="c6">Lord</span> after His anger has passed.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>And in that day you will say: "O <span class="c6">Lord</span>, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">And in that day you will say</span></b></span>: Isaiah chapter 11 spoke powerfully of the reign of the Messiah as king over all the earth. This brief chapter of praise comes from the heart of the one that has surrendered to the Messiah as king, and enjoys the benefits of His reign.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">O <span class="c6">Lord</span>, I will praise You; though You were angry with me</span></b>: The worshipper <i>decides</i> to praise the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, even though he has felt the <span class="c6">Lord</span>'s anger against him.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Under the New Covenant, does God get <b><span class="c3">angry</span></b> with us? There is a sense in which all the anger and wrath of God against us was poured out upon the Son of God on the cross. In this sense, there is no more anger from God towards us, because His anger has been "exhausted." But there is also a sense in which we receive <i>chastening</i> or <i>discipline</i> from the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, which certainly <i>feels</i> like His anger. This chastening feels unpleasant (<a onclick="return mV('Hbr',11,11);">Hbr 11:11</a>), but it really shows the <i>fatherly love</i> of God instead of His hatred.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>c. <b><span class="c3">Your anger is turned away</span></b></span>: How glorious when the <b><span class="c3">anger</span></b> of God is <b><span class="c3">turned away</span></b>! In the larger sense, His <b><span class="c3">anger is turned away</span></b> because of what Jesus did on the cross. Jesus put Himself in between us and the anger of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, and receiving that anger in Himself, He <b><span class="c3">turned away</span></b> God's anger!</p>
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<p class="c5">i. In the sense of God's chastening or discipline in our lives, how wonderful it is when His <b><span class="c3">anger is turned away</span></b>, and "spanking" stops!</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">And You comfort me</span></b>: God disciplines us as a perfect parent, knowing perfectly how to comfort us after we have been chastened. Sometimes, like rebellious children, we refuse the comfort of God after discipline, but that is always our fault, not His.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Satan also tempts us by all methods, and employs every expedient to compel us to despair. We ought, therefore, to be fortified by this doctrine, that, though we feel the anger of the Lord, we may know that it is of short duration, and that we shall be comforted as soon as he has chastened us." (Calvin)</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,2);">2</a>) A declaration of thanks and confidence in the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>Behold, God <i>is </i>my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For <span class="c6">Yah</span>, the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, <i>is </i>my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.'"</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">Behold</span></b></span>: The worshipper wants others to <i>see</i> what he says is true. He is excited about what God has done in his life, and invites all to <b><span class="c3">behold</span></b> the work of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">God is my salvation</span></b>: This <i>is</i> salvation! To say <b><span class="c3">God is my salvation</span></b> is also to say, "I am not my salvation. My good works, my good intentions, my good thoughts do not save me. <b><span class="c3">God is my salvation</span></b>."</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Many don't ever feel the <i>need</i> for <b><span class="c3">salvation</span></b>. Instead, they think their lives are fine, and come to God for a little help when they feel they need it. But they never see themselves as drowning men in need of rescue, or see themselves as hell-destined sinners in need of <b><span class="c3">salvation</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. The worshipper is so immersed in this idea that he repeats it in the same verse: <b><span class="c3">God is my salvation...He also has become my salvation</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>c. <b><span class="c3">I will trust and not be afraid</span></b></span>: This peace and security comes from knowing that <b><span class="c3">God is my salvation</span></b>. When we are our own salvation, it is hard to <b><span class="c3">trust and not be afraid</span></b> in ourselves. But when God is our salvation, we can <b><span class="c3">trust and not be afraid</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Paul repeats the same idea when he writes in <a onclick="return mV('Rom',5,1);">Rom 5:1</a>: <i>Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.</i> The place of peace and trust and "no fear" comes only from seeing our salvation in God, and not in ourselves.</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><i><span class="c3">I will</span></i><span class="c3"> trust and not be afraid</span></b>: This is a confident statement reflecting the <b><span class="c3">will</span></b> of the worshipper. He is <i>deciding</i> to <b><span class="c3">trust and not be afraid</span></b>. There are <i>feelings</i> of trust, but that is different than the <i>decision</i> to trust. We can say to our <b><span class="c3">will</span></b>, "<b><span class="c3">I will trust and not be afraid</span></b>."</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Hearken, O unbeliever, you have said, 'I cannot believe,' but it would be more honest if you had said, 'I <i>will</i> not believe.' The mischief lies there. Your unbelief is your fault, not your misfortune. It is a disease, but it is also a crime: it is a terrible source of misery to you, but it is justly so, for it is an atrocious offense against the God of truth. (Spurgeon)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. "The talk about trying to believe is a mere pretence. But whether pretence or no, let me remind you that there is no text in the Bible which says, 'Try and believe,' but it says 'Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.' He is the Son of God, he has proved it by his miracles, he died to save sinners, therefore trust him; he deserves implicit trust and child-like confidence. Will you refuse him these? Then you have maligned his character and given him the lie." (Spurgeon)</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>e. <b><span class="c3">For <span class="c6">Yah</span>, the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, is my strength and my song</span></b></span>: The <span class="c6">Lord</span> is not only the worshipper's salvation, He is also his <b><span class="c3">strength</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">song</span></b>. Some find it easier to consider the <span class="c6">Lord</span> their salvation in a distant "bye-and-bye" sense than to take Him today as their <b><span class="c3">strength</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">song</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. When the <span class="c6">Lord</span> is our <b><span class="c3">strength</span></b>, it means that He is our resource, He is our refuge. We look to Him for our needs, and are never unsatisfied. "Nor is he here called a part or an aid of our strength, but our complete <i>strength</i>; for we are strong, so far as he supplies us with strength." (Calvin)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. When the <span class="c6">Lord</span> is our <b><span class="c3">song</span></b>, it means that He is our joy, He is our happiness. We find our purpose and life in Him, and He never disappoints.</p>
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<p class="c5">iii. "The word <i>Yah</i> read here is probably a mistake; and arose originally from the custom of the Jewish scribes, who, when they found a line too short for the word, wrote as many letters as filled it, and then began the next line with the whole word." (Clarke)</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,3);">3</a>) The result of the salvation of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">You will draw water from the wells of salvation</span></b></span>: Jesus promised us <i>whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life</i>. (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',4,14);">Jhn 4:14</a>) We can come to Jesus and <b><span class="c3">draw water from the wells of salvation</span></b>!</p>
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<p class="c5">i. When we remember the semi-arid climate of Israel, we see what a beautiful picture <b><span class="c3">the wells of salvation</span></b> paint. When water is rare, a well is life. To have a place where you can continually come and draw forth to meet your need is a precious gift.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. The <span class="c6">Lord</span>'s resource is not limited. There is not one <i>well of salvation</i>. There are many <b><span class="c3">wells of salvation</span></b>. This doesn't mean that there are many ways to be saved. All of the wells draw forth from the same reservoir of salvation, Jesus Christ. But many wells can bring water from the same water table. </p>
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<p class="c4">b. This means there is something for us to <i>do</i>: <b><span class="c3">You will draw water</span></b>. God's doesn't meet our needs as we sit in passive inactivity. We must reach out and <b><span class="c3">draw</span></b> forth what He has provided. At the same time, it is His <i>water</i>, His <i>well</i>, His <i>rope</i>, and His <i>bucket</i> that we draw with!</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>c. <b><span class="c3">Therefore with joy</span></b></span>: Because it is all of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, we draw from the wells of salvation <b><span class="c3">with joy</span></b>. There should be no somber faces at the <span class="c6">Lord</span>'s well of salvation. We draw water <b><span class="c3">with joy</span></b>!</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Joy is the just man's portion, and Christ is the never-failing fountain whence by a lively faith he may infallibly fetch it." (Trapp)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. <span>"Be of good courage, you very, very timid ones, and alter your tone. Try to put a 'Selah' into your life, as David often did in his Psalms. Frequently, he put in a 'Selah,' and then he changed the key directly. In like manner, change the key of your singing; you are a great deal too low. Let the harp-strings be screwed up a bit, and let us have no more of these fiat, mournful notes. Give us some other key, please, and begin to say, with the prophet Isaiah, 'O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust, and not be afraid.'" (Spurgeon)</span></p>
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<p><span>B. The worshipper declares the greatness of God to everyone.</span></p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,4);">4</a>) Exalting God among the peoples.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>And in that day you will say: "Praise the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, call upon His name; declare His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted."</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">Praise the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, call upon His name</span></b></span>: This is an exhortation to praise, and an encouragement to worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span> and trust in Him. The worshipper has received from the <i>wells of salvation</i>, and now that living water is flowing out of him, encouraging others to worship and trust in the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. It is as if the job of praising God is too big for this worshipper, and he needs to call in others to help him. "The saints are unsatisfiable in praising God for the great work of their redemption, and do therefore call in help, all that may be." (Trapp)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Declare His deeds...Make mention that His name is exalted</span></b>: The worshipper can't stop talking about God's greatness and the great things He has done.</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,'5-6');">5-6</a>) Singing praise to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c2"><span>"Sing to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, for He has done excellent things; this <i>is </i>known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great <i>is </i>the Holy One of Israel in your midst!"</span></p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Sing to the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b>: First, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> was the song of the worshipper (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',12,2);">Isa 12:2</a>). Now, he sings this song of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> to whoever will listen! If the <span class="c6">Lord</span> has become your song, then <i>sing it</i>!</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Cry out and shout</span></b>: This is <i>excited</i> praise! We should all abhor the artificial, "Let's-whip-them-up-into-a-manufactured-enthusiasm" kind of worship. But if our worship will <i>never</i> <b><span class="c3">cry out and shout</span></b>, there is something lacking in it.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "We ought not to worship God in a half-hearted sort of way; as if it were now our duty to bless God, but we felt it to be a weary business, and we would get it through as quickly as we could, and have done with it; and the sooner the better. No, no; 'All that is within me, bless his holy name.' Come, my heart, wake up, and summon all the powers which wait upon thee! Mechanical worship is easy, but worthless. Come rouse yourself, my brother! Rouse thyself, O my own soul!" (Spurgeon)</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst</span></b>: This gives two reasons for great praise. First, because of <i>who</i> God is: <b><span class="c3">the Holy One of Israel</span></b>. Second, because of <i>where</i> God is: <b><span class="c3">in your midst</span></b>. Each of these gives everyone reason to praise God!</p>
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