“Here Is My Servant!” (Part 1 of 4)

Truth For Life Daily Program

Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The prophet Isaiah pointed out the futility of idol worship thousands of years ago. So why does idolatry remain so prevalent? Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg explores the answer and points out how even good things can become objects of worship.

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0:00.0	Thank you. Thousands of years ago, the prophet Isaiah pointed out the futility of worshipping idols, and yet in our day, idolatry of one sort or another continues to be prevalent.
0:37.5	Why is that? Alistair Begg explores the answer today. idolatry of one sort or another continues to be prevalent.
0:38.8	Why is that?
0:42.6	Alistair Begg explores the answer today on Truth for Life and explains how easily even good things God has given us to enjoy
0:47.1	can become objects of idolatrous worship.
0:56.5	I invite you to turn with me to Isaiah in the Old Testament and Chapter 42,
1:02.3	and I encourage you to turn to the scriptures as they're read and to follow along and look
1:07.3	into them as we teach them.
1:10.7	Isaiah chapter 42, and here we have the first of four
1:15.7	servant songs that are found in the prophecy of Isaiah. Here is my servant whom I uphold,
1:24.5	my chosen one, in whom I delight. I will put my spirit on him, and he will bring
1:30.2	justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out or raise his voice in the streets.
1:38.0	A bruised reed, he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness, he will bring forth justice. He will not
1:47.5	falter or be discouraged, till he establishes justice on earth. In his law, the islands will put their
1:55.3	hope. This is what God the Lord says, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it.
2:09.6	I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness. I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for
2:18.9	the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison, and to release from
2:25.3	the dungeon, those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord, that is my name, I will not give my glory
2:32.4	to another or my praise to idols.
2:35.4	See, the former things have taken place and new things I declare.
2:40.5	Before they spring into being, I announce them to you.
2:46.5	We worship you in our song.
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