#488 – Advent: Comforted in Christ (Isaiah 40:1–2)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

There is no condemnation for us in Christ because Christ was condemned in our place. We deserve judgment, but in Christ we receive comfort for today and for all eternity.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.0	Isaiah chapter 40 verses 1 and 2
0:09.8	comfort comfort my people, says your God.
0:13.4	Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her
0:17.1	that her warfare is ended, and her iniquity is pardoned
0:21.9	that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
0:27.0	These verses open up the second half of the book of Isaiah amidst judgment for sin and condemnation
0:40.8	do send God speaks these words of comfort over his people.
0:46.8	He tells her good news.
0:49.9	Warfare has ended.
0:51.4	Iniquity, your iniquity is pardoned.
0:55.0	See the relationship here between comfort and pardon.
1:01.0	When you are pardoned before God for your sin, when your sin is forgiven, when the
1:08.1	price of your sin has been paid, there is comfort in your relationship with God. There is tenderness in your relationship
1:19.4	with God. Think about that as we celebrate this Advent season. This is what Jesus came to bring.
1:28.0	He came to bring comfort. He came to bring the comfort of God.
1:34.0	Think about it, he's come to pay the price for our sins.
1:37.0	He has died on a cross, shed his blood to cover over our sins and by faith in his blood.
1:46.7	God has pardoned us.
1:49.2	He has forgiven us of all our sins and with this pardon comes comfort from God.
1:57.0	Tenderness and a relationship with God.
2:01.0	Oh, I think about a conversation I was having this week. with
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