Pericope: Isaiah 46:5-10 - “With whom will you compare me or

count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be

compared? 6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out

silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,

and they bow down and worship it. 7 They lift it to their

shoulders and carry it; they set it up in its place, and there it

stands. From that spot it cannot move. Even though someone

cries out to it, it cannot answer; it cannot save them from their

troubles. 8 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you

rebels. 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago;

I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none

like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from

ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand,

and I will do all that I please.’

Sermon Title: Divine Order: Pt 1 From Finish to Start

Sermon Text: Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the

beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My

purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

Isaiah 46:3-5 - 3 “Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,

all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld

since your birth, and have carried since you were born. 4 Even to

your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you.

I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will

rescue you. 5 “With whom will you compare me or count me

equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

In other words, there is Divine Order and sincere there is our lives

are not a series of random events.

Isaiah 46:6-7 - 6 Some pour out gold from their bags

and weigh out silver on the scales;

they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,

and they bow down and worship it.

7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;

they set it up in its place, and there it stands.

From that spot it cannot move.

Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;

it cannot save them from their troubles.

Point 1: Your life isn’t random, it has divine order –

Ps. 139:16 - 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be. –

a) Each day you turn a page

b) You are writing in indelible ink

a. – 2 Cor. 3:3 - 3 You show that you are a letter from

Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but

with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone

but on tablets of human hearts.

c) So don’t erase what is written

Point 2: Divine order makes divine connections – 1 Cor 12:12-13 -

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many

parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all

baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews

or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to

drink.

Point 3: Divine order is a godly investment in you reaching His

goals. Job 23: 13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose

him? He does whatever he pleases.

Ps. 33: 11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,

the purposes of his heart through all generations.

Isaiah 14: 24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,

“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,

and as I have purposed, so it will happen. -

a) Saved

b) Share the gospel.

c) Endure suffering.

d) Successful

Virtual Family Sunday Discussion Questions

Please discuss with family and friends before, during, or after you watch the worship service.

• How is our family [am I] aligned and walking in step with the plan God has for us?

• What activity do we love to do the most as a family [so I]? (family that plays/prays together stays together)

• In what ways do we [am I] connected with the Divine Order and history of New Life?

• How am we [am I] sharing the gospel to help other get in divine order for their lives?