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The Book of Isaiah

The Book of Isaiah. Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012. The Book of Isaiah. In groups: Why is it so hard for people to believe that EVIL truly exists in this world?. Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012.

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The Book of Isaiah

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  1. The Book of Isaiah Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  2. The Book of Isaiah In groups: Why is it so hard for people to believe that EVIL truly exists in this world? Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  3. The Book of Isaiah • Isaiah 14:3-15… • Three related questions we will ask and answer today: • What is this about taunting? • Who is this evil king? • What does this have to do with me/us today Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  4. The Book of Isaiah • 1) What is this about “taunting”? • The word “taunt” is mashalused in some original sense of superiority; properly a pithy maxim, a byword, parable, proverb. • Taunting, Really? • Answer: Toward my real enemy, YES. Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  5. The Book of Isaiah • 1) What is this about “taunting”? • 2) Who is this evil king? • The king of Babylon. • Isaiah is a prophetic work through and through • Genesis 11:3-9… • C.S. Lewis called pride ‘the Great Sin’. He wrote, “According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is pride. Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind….it is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.” • So YES, REJOICE and taunt on behalf of GOD when Pride is conquered and beat down and destroyed! Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  6. The Book of Isaiah • 1) What is this about “taunting”? • 2) Who is this evil king? • 3) What does this have to do with me/us today? • Recognize pride • Speak to it • Deal with it • Pride’s greatest weapon is deflection. • “If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited, indeed.” (CS Lewis) Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

  7. The Book of Isaiah Isaiah 14 “Evil’s Fuel” May 20, 2012

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