YouVersion Logo
Search Icon

Oakwood Church

True Spirituality - Isaiah 58

True Spirituality - Isaiah 58

Locations & Times

Oakwood Community Church

11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA

Sunday 7:00 AM

hey
The Problem of Hypocrisy:

• Religious exercises are Worthless if they conceal a stubborn, sinful heart

“Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness.”
Isaiah 58:2
The Problem of Hypocrisy:

• Religious exercises are Worthless if they conceal a stubborn, sinful heart

“They ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.”
Isaiah 58:2

The Problem of Hypocrisy:

• Religious exercises are Worthless if they conceal a stubborn, sinful heart

“‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?”
Isaiah 58:3
The Problem of Hypocrisy:

• Religious exercises are Worthless if they conceal a stubborn, sinful heart

“A day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?”
Isaiah 58:5
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality seeks Justice

“Is not this the fast that I choose, to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke…”
Isaiah 58:6
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality seeks Justice

“To let the oppressed go free and to break every yoke?”
Isaiah 58:6
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality shows Compassion

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house?”
Isaiah 58:7
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality shows Compassion

“When you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh.”
Isaiah 58:7
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality expresses sincere Devotion

“Then shall your light break forth like dawn… your righteousness shall go before you.”
Isaiah 58:8
The Nature of True Spirituality:

• True spirituality expresses sincere Devotion

“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight… then you shall take delight in the LORD…”
Isaiah 58:13-14
The Results of True Spirituality:

1. Righteousness - your character will be evident

“Then shall your light break forth…your righteousness shall go before you.”
Isaiah 58:8
The Results of True Spirituality:

2. Reconciliation - your voice will be heard

“Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’”
Isaiah 58:9
The Results of True Spirituality:

3. Renewal - God will bless and lead you

“Then shall your light break forth… and your healing shall spring up speedily.”
Isaiah 58:8
The Results of True Spirituality:

3. Renewal - God will bless and lead you

“Then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.”
Isaiah 58:10
The Results of True Spirituality:

3. Renewal - God will bless and lead you

“And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places…”
Isaiah 58:10
The Results of True Spirituality:

3. Renewal - God will bless and lead you

“And you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”
Isaiah 58:10
The Results of True Spirituality:

4. Rejoicing - deep delight in the Lord

“Then you shall take delight in the LORD…I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob…”
Isaiah 58:14