MT. EPHRAIM BAPTIST CHURCH
  • Home
    • Sr Pastor, Steve Eckardt
    • Message from the Pastor
    • Visiting MEB
    • Contact Us
  • About Us
    • History
    • Our Mission
  • WORSHIP SERVICES
    • MEB Facebook Page
  • Home
    • Sr Pastor, Steve Eckardt
    • Message from the Pastor
    • Visiting MEB
    • Contact Us
  • About Us
    • History
    • Our Mission
  • WORSHIP SERVICES
    • MEB Facebook Page

July 9, 2017

7/6/2017

0 Comments

 
Insights on Today's Reading

Today you get the opportunity to begin reading the great prophecy of Isaiah.  You will find this is one of those books that you can spend days, weeks, and even months in rich meditation on its prophecies and words of comfort and warning, too.  May your heart be blessed as you read.

Isaiah 1 - God is never pleased with mere religion, especially if it is practiced by people who have no real desire to know Him or obey him.  Such is the case with Israel as God speaks through Isaiah.  God has had enough of their mere rituals and religious rites.  He really wants His people to "reason with Him" verse 18, and get their hearts right with Him.

Isaiah 2 - Very quickly Isaiah writes of a day in the future when Israel will have the joy of God's presence with them and then no more wars or conflicts will be fought!  Glorious day to come, and we're still anticipating it!  Isaiah changes his theme within a short few verses and calls for Israel to humble themselves before God that He alone would be exalted, verse 17.

Isaiah 3 - Israel had sunk to deplorable conditions.  No longer do righteous people rule, or judges call for justice.  Children not only disobey their parents, they have completely lost respect for their elders.  Women, verses 16-26, are noted for their flaunting their beauty but despising their God.  A judgment of disgrace is pronounced against them.

Isaiah 4 - But, praise God, the Branch (another name referring to Christ) will be manifested in Zion.  People will rejoice and Isaiah especially notes that God will wash away the filth of the daughters of Jerusalem verse 4, especially since He revealed their wickedness in the previous chapter.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Daily Insights

    Daily commentary and insight from Pastor Eckardt.

    Archives

    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


Picture
Follow our Facebook page for all our latest news, events and happenings.

​Mt Ephraim Baptist Church |  25 S. Black Horse Pike | Mt Ephraim, NJ 08059 
Senior Pastor, Stephen A. Eckardt  | Email: pseckardt@gmail.com | Phone: 856.981.7288