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Oakwood Church

The Servant of the Lord

The Servant of the Lord

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Oakwood Community Church

11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA

Sunday 7:00 AM

Children are always asking two questions:

• Will you be involved with me?

• Can I get my own way?
“Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me… Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel?”
Isaiah 1:2,5
“Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate.”
Isaiah 1:7
“When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes.”
Isaiah 1:16
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.”
Isaiah 40:1
The Servant of the Lord will:

1. Gently Comfort God’s People

“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.”
Isaiah 40:1
The Servant of the Lord will:

1. Gently Comfort God’s People

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned…”
Isaiah 40:2
The Servant of the Lord will:

1. Gently Comfort God’s People

“He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom.”
Isaiah 40:11
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.’”
Isaiah 40:3
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill brought low.”
Isaiah 40:4
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
Isaiah 40:5
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.”
Matthew 3:7-8
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 3:11-12
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.”
Isaiah 40:6
The Servant of the Lord will:

2. Urgently Warn All People

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8
The Servant of the Lord will:

3. Clearly Proclaim the Good News

“Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news.”
Isaiah 40:9
The Servant of the Lord will:

3. Clearly Proclaim the Good News

“Lift it up; fear not; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Behold your God!’”
Isaiah 40:9
The Servant of the Lord will:

3. Clearly Proclaim the Good News

“Behold, the Lord God comes with might and his arm rules for him;
behold, his reward is with him.”
Isaiah 40:10
The Servant of the Lord will:

1. Gently Comfort God’s people

2. Urgently Warn all people and

3. Clearly Proclaim the good news