Prophecy - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Prophecy - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Isaiah – Week 16 https://liferoads.org/sermons/isaiah-week-16/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:34:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5295 In ⁠Isaiah 61⁠, God promises good news for the brokenhearted, freedom for captives, comfort for those who mourn, and beauty instead of ashes. Centuries later, Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 in a synagogue and announced, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Isaiah’s vision is one of deep restoration. God doesn’t simply remove the signs of brokenness, He replaces them with joy, praise, strength, and a new purpose. The people who were mourning in the ashes become oaks […]

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]]> In ⁠Isaiah 61⁠, God promises good news for the brokenhearted, freedom for captives, comfort for those who mourn, and beauty instead of ashes. Centuries later, Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 in a synagogue and announced, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Isaiah’s vision is one of deep restoration. God doesn’t simply remove the signs of brokenness, He replaces them with joy, praise, strength, and a new purpose. The people who were mourning in the ashes become oaks of righteousness, rebuilders of ruined places, and priests who represent God in the world.

Jesus restores broken people and then invites restored people to join Him in His work of restoration.

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]]> Isaiah – Week 14 https://liferoads.org/sermons/isaiah-week-14/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:26:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5283 When it comes to prophecy, there is nothing that exists like ⁠Isaiah 53⁠. The fourth Suffering Servant Song is a remarkable foreshadow of the Passion of Christ. When set next to ⁠Romans 5:12-21⁠ one can see how one sin caused so much damage and one immensely loving act of God redeems all who humble themselves to receive it. Jesus’ suffering is something we need to continually contemplate. How do I invite Jesus to come along side my suffering and glorify […]

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]]> When it comes to prophecy, there is nothing that exists like ⁠Isaiah 53⁠. The fourth Suffering Servant Song is a remarkable foreshadow of the Passion of Christ. When set next to ⁠Romans 5:12-21⁠ one can see how one sin caused so much damage and one immensely loving act of God redeems all who humble themselves to receive it. Jesus’ suffering is something we need to continually contemplate. How do I invite Jesus to come along side my suffering and glorify Him? How do I deal with suffering in a way that heals others?

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]]> Isaiah – Week 12 https://liferoads.org/sermons/isaiah-week-12/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:40:22 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5276 There are four places that ‘The Servant’ is the identified in the book of Isaiah. Here, in ⁠chapter 49⁠, is the second time. These words, written 700 years ago, point to Christ. Now, prophecy doesn’t seem very scientific, but science is asking different questions than faith. The two are compatible – for here are the very words found on document near the Dead sea that are hundreds of years older than Jesus was born, yet is obviously writing about the […]

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]]> There are four places that ‘The Servant’ is the identified in the book of Isaiah. Here, in ⁠chapter 49⁠, is the second time. These words, written 700 years ago, point to Christ. Now, prophecy doesn’t seem very scientific, but science is asking different questions than faith. The two are compatible – for here are the very words found on document near the Dead sea that are hundreds of years older than Jesus was born, yet is obviously writing about the same person in history we call Jesus. Though we may feel like forgotten like Zion in ⁠Isaiah 49:14⁠, Jesus shows us His wounds (⁠Acts 13:44-49⁠) and says I live, follow me.

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]]> Isaiah  – Week 4 https://liferoads.org/sermons/isaiah-week-4/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:12:43 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5222 It is hard to imagine the prophesies in Isaiah being written 700 years before Jesus, but when a young Bedouin shepherd found a scroll of Isaiah in a cave near the Dead Sea, predating Jesus by 150 years, this was pretty sound proof that these prophecies were not added after the fact. By the time of Isaiah, the kingship of the nation was a wreck. How could God fulfill His promise to David; that Israel will have great rest forever […]

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]]> It is hard to imagine the prophesies in Isaiah being written 700 years before Jesus, but when a young Bedouin shepherd found a scroll of Isaiah in a cave near the Dead Sea, predating Jesus by 150 years, this was pretty sound proof that these prophecies were not added after the fact. By the time of Isaiah, the kingship of the nation was a wreck. How could God fulfill His promise to David; that Israel will have great rest forever (2 Samuel ⁠7:10-14, 18-20⁠). Isaiah wrote: after great destruction, after the forest is leveled, there will be a root, a shoot will rise up that will lead in the perfect spirit of the Lord (⁠Isaiah 11:1-10⁠). This can only be Jesus. He told us His kingdom is here by quoting Isaiah 61 (⁠Luke 4:16-21⁠). But He stopped short of saying that the entire prophesy was fulfilled. Jesus is our king now, but there is still more to come, an eternal glory to come.

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