Pastor Allan Kircher
Shell Point Baptist Church
November 30th, 2014
Finish with praise again.
Isaiah 52:2
***sermon is condensed in form for easy reading.
Talk a moment/Altitude.
• Prophet talks Jerusalem/you’ve been through some stuff
• Now/time/shake off/failure/rise up and sit enthroned
• God comes to lift people up, to raise people up
Our entire faith is based/fact/he got up/didn’t stay/ground
• worst thing/could happen/person happened/God
• He got up/now he has/right/look/your situation/say you get up……………………………So tell your neighbor rise up.
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Parallel/NT rise up from our text in Isaiah
• Isaiah/looking forward/Christ/Apostle Paul/after says/like…
• Eph. 2:6….everybody say raise up/beautiful picture
Shows me no matter how low I go
• Always an opportunity to rise up if I’m in Christ.
• I love that because….resurrection/Jesus not history/reality
• Paul says were seated/Christ/heavenly realms
We’re not confined/our condition when we understand our position in Christ Jesus
• He says rise up with Christ/not just history/Jesus rose
• It’s your destiny/you will rise with him because Jesus/in you
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Our problem is we assess our life from/wrong altitude
• When/end our day we look/things/ground level
• God wants us/see things/where he sees things
• to do it you’ve got to rise up.
• Book/Isaiah talking/people who/going/taken captive/slaves
• a future event/speaking/them/reality/true
Only God can tell you to rise up/mind even though you can’t always rise up/your situation
• This/message about mindset
• We/think/order/rise up above something
• our situation has to change
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God says I want you/able/see/same situation/you left when you came to church today from different perspective
• Because you’ve been in my presence/you got up above it
• so I’m not seated in my situation
• I’m seated with him/heavenly places I can rise up above it
• …here’s where it gets a little confusing.
• Isa. 52:2 Isaiah says I want/rise up/also want/sit enthroned
• Let’s practice this one time
• God wants you/learn how to do. Rise up/sit down. I’ll explain
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Ps. 22 David/going/period of great distress/prays….ps 22:1a….
• Many/recognize/statement/Jesus hung/cross..Elio, Elio….
• Jesus/quoting David--sometimes life feels like that
• not hard/praise God/you’re feeling his favor
• What about when you’re feeling forsaken?
Not hard/get/top/your circumstance/you’re/top/world
• But when life grinds/down/dust
• Requires a different kind of faith to get above it.
• He says..ps. 22:1b...
• know sometimes you have/faithful thru your groaning
Sometimes you have:
• groan your gratitude to God
• Be in a situation where you feel separate from God.
• But realize you’re seated with him all the same.
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Ps. 22:2…awful.. praise prompt
• sometimes you feel/way/let’s be honest
• David/Jesus/honest say sometimes feel:
• Forsaken/feel alone
• Love this…v 3 say yet….you are holy
• Holy means set apart/above/enthroned..
• Isn’t it amazing/while Jesus/hanging/cross saying…my God..
• still crowning His God with praise.
• Saying nevertheless not my will but yours be done.
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We Need/people/not only praise God when/season of favor but/we feel forsaken
• we got to learn how to build throne of praise
• Scripture say/God inhabits/praises of his people
You/middle/problem right now let me give you some advice
• build a throne of praise/midst of your problem
• God will show up/sit down/top of your situation
• Come on practice praising him …..I know you don’t have any problems but pretend that you do.
• Rise up and sit down……it’s confusing.
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Luke 20/Jesus/quoting David again
• Jesus was quoting/confusing/reading/cold out/nowhere.
• I do this all week/This is Jesus..Luke 20:42…
• “Lord said to my Lord” God/talking/son
• “Sit at my right hand”hand of blessing/power/authority…
• You are going to love verse 43…..
• See, it’s a progression…..I rise up then I sit down…
• When I sit down I sit/seat/above/circumstances of my life
• it gets better.
Move to congregation …..God says….here’s what I’ll do.
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I got a bad report/talking about me/job stinks
put your feet up
• Remember/one you’re sitting next too
• He’s stronger than/one standing against you.
• Put your feet up….
• Haven’t fought any battles/won’t understand this message
If you’ve had some things come against you
try and take you out----you’ll give God some praise right now.
• That’s my review from last week….one little thing/this week
• Altitude/situation doesn’t have/change our mindset changes
• I got to show you Isa. 52:7..rising up/great
• being seated important
• here/picture/someone coming down/mountain
• we come to church, praise great…awesome
• Isaiah moves from altitude to action.
• He says how beautiful the feet of those…about feet
Matt 17 peter,james,john transifiguration
• Face shown bright so dazzling couldn’t even looked at it
• Peter/stay…Jesus/down/mountain/he had work to do
• you rise up sit down/also have/come down/mountain
• Question/come down/mountain what will you carry?
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We don’t change the world by how we shout in church
• We change/world/what we carry/we leave church
• Because/what happens/our souls while we were in church
• I’m bringing the good news the victory
• Isa. 52:7..Zion “the people of god”
• Isaiah/picturing/herald running down/mountain giving the good news to people who have been in captivity…..
• Saying good news your God still reigns.
• Vers. 8-9 ….anyone can rejoice when they get results
• Takes faith to rejoice over the ruins.
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He says sometimes you gotta look/ruins of your life;
• broken/painful/lonely places look/ruins of your life
• Teach your ruins how to rejoice.
• Our 39 days/praise anybody can shout/all things are good
But can you shout when love has faded/can you teach your ruins to rejoice.
We want to learn how to stand over ruined
• marriages/relationships/seasons/bank accounts
• Opportunities/emotions
• From the ruins I rejoice----my ruins rejoice.
• Cause my God still reigns repeat I rejoice over the ruins.
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Christians don’t realize how contagious our attitudes really are
Everywhere you go you are carrying a message/child of God
• Not so important/we just go/mountain
• But what we do when we come down carrying.
• “your highly contagious” carrying good/bad news.
• If you saved by/grace/God you ought/carrier/Good news.
In other words, you ought not just come to church
• oh that worship was awesome
• when you leave the mountain
• what are you coming down with.
Cause it says how good/feet/mountain of those….
• don’t change/world cause we shout/good news/mountain
• cause we bring good news into the valley
• “I’m coming down/something” I’m coming down joy/peace
• I’m God’s distribution center/coming down/thankful heart
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If you come around me you’re going to catch some joy/love/peace/goodness
• Carry the good news…close your eyes…
• Picture/person you hate pretend you’re/cell phone/vibrate
• Walk a mile around them why, cause they drain you.
• Always hurting, aching, needing, complaining, they drain you..
• Now open your eyes. Let’s/positive. Close them again.
• Picture/person but they got a word to sustain/weary
• get around them atmosphere just changes you
• Know everything’s gonna be alright they carry peace/joy
• Open your eyes…which one are you/people around you
It’s what you are carrying--not what you receive/mountain
How beautiful on the mountain are the feet of those….
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Isaiah/didn’t expect Israelites struggle to be over…
• Captive over/over again
• he says/messenger comes down/ruins
• tells the people to rejoice cause God reigns
• not talking about the physical he’s talking about another one
• Different kind of captivity/captivity of the soul/spirit.
• So Isaiah looks forward to a time/message will become the messenger
• word will become flesh
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I’ve been brushing up/Christmas story.
• It’s coming/Christmas spirit. Luke 1 angel comes to Mary
• I know you’re a virgin/you’re going/have a baby.
• Mary says how can this be…angel all things are possible/God
By the way/relative Elizabeth/too old/child she’s pregnant too
• She’s/her 6th month/Angel leaves Mary/Look/Mary does next teenage virgin just been told by angel pregnant with God
• Mary got/announcement she got up/took action look/Luke 1:39…
• Wonder/ever heard/part/Christmas story/I don’t think many people have.
• Isaiah has this messenger running across/hills/mountains
• Now we see Mary/pregnant/prophecy fulfilled person/Jesus
• Running across same mountains fast as she can go hurrying to the hill country…verse. 40-44 …
Here’s the principle..when you have Jesus inside/you
• You show up/situation you don’t have/say anything/greetings
• the Jesus in you will make the joy in people start to jump
• See when you carrying Christ.. carrying Christ/real way
• He hope of glory.
When you show up in environments stuff ought to start jumping on the inside of people.
• Cause there’s something in you/makes something in them start jumping for joy
• I’m coming down with something…I’m coming down with something/Come on and give him some praise.
