Rebellious Children
A. WRITTEN BETWEEN 740 AND 723 BC, JUST BEFORE ISRAEL’S FALL IN 722 BC.
B. A WARNING OF PUNISHMENT TO GOD’S REBELLIOUS CHILDREN IN JUDAH.
C. HOSEA AND JEREMIAH ALSO ADDRESSED THEIR SIN (Hos. 10:1-4; Jer. 8:8-13).
D. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS TO SHARE THEIR FATE?
A. THEY DESERTED GOD WHOM THEY ONCE CONSULTED (Judges 20:18, 23, 27-28).
1. They refused the counsel of God (Isa. 30:1).
2. They trusted the shadow of Egypt instead (Isa. 30:2-3).
B. THEY HAD BEEN LED TO DISTRUST GOD – LITTLE FAITH.
1. David learned to trust God (Psalm 57:1-3).
2. Jer. 17:5-7; Isa. 31:1-3.
C. THEY WERE MATERIALISTIC.
1. They were impressed by the materialistic wealth of Egypt (Isa. 30:5-7).
2. What they could see more impressive than God’s promise (Rom. 8:31; 2 Cor. 5:7).
3. Concerned with numbers and physical strength (Isa. 30:1-3).
D. THEY WANTED FALSE PROPHETS TO CERTIFY THEIR ERRORS (Isa. 30:9-10).
1. “I know what the Bible says, but …” (Isa. 30:11-13). Tell God to get out of our way.
2. Same tune today (2 Tim. 4:1-4).
3. Will we despise the light of God’s word? (John 3:19-20; Jer. 5:30-31).
E. THEIR SIN LED TO DESTRUCTION.
1. Isa. 30:3; Prov. 14:34.
2. Some see no danger in the one who teaches error (2 Pet. 2:1-3).
3. Their sin leads to the destruction of others (1 Cor. 5:6-8).
4. How much error can we fellowship? (Eph. 5:11; Rom. 16:17-18).
A. MAN’S WISDOM CANNOT SAVE US (1 Cor. 1:21; Jer. 10:23).
B. GOD REQUIRES OBEDIENCE AND RESPECT FROM HIS CHILDREN (Rom. 2:4-8).
1 Our lives must be lived in submission to his will (1 John 1:6-7).
2. Without obedience, we are none of his (1 John 2:3-5; 5:3; Matt. 7:21).
C. GOD’S CHILDREN CAN FALL (Gal. 5:4; 2 Tim. 2:16-17).
A. WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST GOD AND NOT HUMAN STRENGTH OR WISDOM.
B. THAT MEANS DOING WHAT HE SAYS IN THE BIBLE.
