1. Comfort In A Troubled World

Comfort in a Troubled World

Talk 1 of 4 in the series: Isaiah 1982 Campus Bible Study given at University of New South Wales.

Sermon Outline

1. The Plight
   • Disappointed?
   • Israel’s Disappointment
   • Theological Disappointment
2. The Message of Comfort
   • God’s comfort coming (v1-11)
     • comfort my people (v1-2)
     • voice in wilderness (v3-5)
     • basis of comfort (v6-8)
     • visitation (v9-11)
   •  The Incomparable God (v12-26)
     • creation
     • nations
     • idols
   •  The Plight Answered (v27-31)
     • the plight (v27)
     • perceiving??? God (v28) <-PDJ not sure of this word
     • God’s Power (v29-31)
3.  The Fulfilment
   • Babylonian Experience
   • People of God
     • comfort (2 Cor 1:3-11)
     • idolatry (Acts 17:27, Is 40:18-20)
   •  Christ Event (2 Cor 1:20)
     • the mind of God (1 Cor 2:16, Rom 12:13, Is 40:13&14)
     • Jesus
       • Coming (Lk 1:76, 2:25, 3:4-6, Is 40:1-3)
       • Shepherd (Jn 10:11, Is 40:11)
       • Universal (Lk 2:30-31, Acts 28:28 Is 40:5)
     • rebirth now (1 Pet 1:23-25, Is 40:7-8)
     • judgement then (Rev 22:12, Is 40:10)
   •  Campus Bible Study
     • distressed
     • comforted