Next Sermon - Isaiah 40:1-5 on 11/29/09

Leading up to Christmas, we will be taking a break from the Gospel of Matthew to do a four-part series from Isaiah 40. It's actually not a complete break, as you may remember that Matthew quotes this text in the third chapter of his gospel.

For this coming Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, here is the text for our sermon.

Isaiah 40:1-5

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.

3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”