Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey Daily Grace family, welcome back. My name is Tiffany and it has been so

fun to walk through Isaiah with you. I can't believe it but we are nearing the end of this

exciting book. As we take a look at chapters 58 through 60 today I want to take a

moment to remind us of a few things. In a big book like this it can be easy to forget

the overarching themes and time periods for these prophecies. First we want to

remember that these final chapters of the book are meant to be an

encouragement to the people of Judah once they go into captivity. But they also hold

great significance for the church as they speak to the glorious new heaven and new earth that awaits followers of Christ.

As we chat through each chapter, we will make these distinctions as well.

Next, we want to remember that all of Isaiah declares the glory of God.

We will see several key passages in our chapters today that remind us that God does all things for His glory.

So with these things in mind, let's dig in to chapter 58.

This chapter begins with God addressing Isaiah. He is to

cry loudly like a ram's horn and tell the people of their transgressions. God is calling out his people for their

hypocritical worship. Their fasting meant nothing and it was merely a facade.

They only did it in order to seek blessing from the Lord and not out of true worship.

Isaiah then tells them what genuine worship looks like. These words spoken by Isaiah mirror exactly what Jesus

taught over 700 years later. Those who love the Lord and desire to do what he delights will love their neighbor.

Loving our neighbor means not to neglect the poor and the needy.

Those who fast in worship do it because they have food to give up.

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