Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:6; Psalm 90:1-6“All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.” — Isaiah 40:6Our text today emphasizes two solemn truths that point to the same fact. There is no room for h

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:5; Luke 3:6“The glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together.” — Isaiah 40:5As we noted yesterday, spiritual reformation happens before spiritual revival. First, with God’s help and grac

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:4; Luke 3:1-5“Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.” — Isaiah 40:4This passage in Isaiah describes the content of John t

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:1-10“In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” — Isaiah 40:3The prophet Isaiah looks ahead, pointing to a prophet who would prepare the way fo

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:2; Ephesians 1:7-10Proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for. . . . — Isaiah 40:2God’s people had ignored his law and had closed their ears to the words of his prophe

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 40:1, 9-11, 28-31Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. — Isaiah 40:1The book of Isaiah is sometimes called “the gospel of the Old Testament” because it announces the good news (gospel) of the coming of God’s ser

Scripture Reading — Matthew 5:21-48“You have heard that it was said. . . . But I tell you. . . .” — Matthew 5:21-22In this passage from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, our Lord cites several references from the Old Testament Law, such as “Do not m