Isaiah

Reasons for Loss of Joy

Isa. 12:1-6

1. You will not have joy if God is not your salvation
2. You will not have joy if you have lost your testimony vs. 4
3. You will not have joy if you are no longer tasteful to the Lord. vs. 1

Jack Smith

The Harvest of Transgression

Isa 24:16-22

1. There will be deminishment vs. 16b
   • Sin will reduce your strength
   • Sin will reduce your substance
   • Sin will reduce your sanity
   • Sin will reduce your soul
2. There will be delusionment vs. 16b, 17
   • The terror of transgression
   • The trap of transgression
3. There will be disturbance vs. 18
   • Distress in Sin
   • Disintegration of plans
4. There will be despair vs. 20
   • Transgression will give you an honorless past
   • Transgression will give you a helpless present
   • Transgression will give you a hopeless future
5. There will be damnation vs. 22
   • Death assembles sinners
   • Hell absorbs sinners
   • Judgment awaits sinners

Robert Thompson, Jr.

"Short Beds and Small Blankets"

Isa 28:20

1. Our Salvation is insufficient if we are not conscious that all our sins are forgiven.
2. Our Salvation is insufficient if we are trusting in the wrong things.
3. Our Salvation is insufficient if we trust in people instead of the Lord.
4. Our Salvation is insufficient if it doesn't give us peace.
5. Our Salvation is insufficient if it doesn't give us heart purity.
6. Our Salvation is insufficient if it doesn't give us hope for the future.

Dr. O.E. Lee

The Way of Holiness

Isa 35:5-10

1. It is a prepared way
2. It is a holy way
3. It is a restricted way
4. It is a simple way
5. It is a safe way
6. It is a free way
7. It is a joyful way

by Calvin Bennett