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Isaiah chapter 14 verse 24

the Lord of hosts has sworn.

As I have planned, so shall it be.

And as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

Now this is a verse that comes in the middle of Isaiah prophesying.

So God is speaking through Isaiah about judgment concerning Assyria and it's in the

middle of passages about judgment upon many different nations. The whole point

though is that we know what Isaiah is

prophesying, what God is speaking through Isaiah will happen. So this isn't just a guess about the future. This is a promise about the future.

And the reason we know it's a promise is because God, whatever he plans and whatever he purposes, he accomplishes.

God has all power, all authority, this is part of what it means for God to be sovereign it means that

he in his providence plans and purposes certain things and he brings those things to pass.

As I have plans, so shall it be.

And as I have purpose, so shall it stand.

Now here's why that And as I have purpose so shall it stand.

Now here's why that is so encouraging to us today.

Because we look all over God's word and we see his plans and his purposes.

He purposes, we've seen in different parts of Isaiah,

God's purpose to save people from among the nations, and we know that that's

his purpose and it will happen.

We know that God plans to preserve his people to the end, to bring them into full and final

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