Isaiah 46:12-13

Mankind's only hope, their only salvation, is in Jesus. 

He is the ultimate and final gift of a loving Father to a dying world where some do not even recognize His existence. 

How can we effectively spread the Good News? 

Only through the power of the Holy Spirit can we do anything in His name…Help us to have ears that hear You, eyes to see Your vision and hands to do Your work on earth.

The enticement of the world’s pleasures and luxuries to please ourselves will always be tempting but we need to keep close to our heart the knowledge that we are just travelers here and that our home is in God’s Kingdom. 

Complacency is our biggest enemy and the tool used by Satan to destroy us.

complacency |kəmˈplāsənsē| (also complacence)

noun

a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please.’

As there were those in the first Exodus who longed to return to Egypt, so in the second Exodus there would be those who refused to leave the comfort and security of Babylon and Persia. 

In spite of the Israelites’ long history of rebellion, God loves His people Israel and has never utterly cast them aside.

Isaiah 46:12-13

¹² “Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,

Who are far from righteousness:

¹³ I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;

My salvation shall not linger.

And I will place salvation in Zion,

For Israel My glory.

⁶ Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 

1 Peter 2:6

³ For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 

Romans 10:3

¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” 

Romans 1:17

³For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. 

Habakkuk 2:3

¹¹Indeed the Lord has proclaimed To the end of the world: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.’ ” 

Isaiah 62:11