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Listen "Isaiah 5"
Episode Synopsis
Reflection
Reflect on the Vineyard Song. What do you think Isaiah is challenging you to do differently?
Read Isaiah 5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+5&version=NLT
Summary
God intends one thing for us, but we choose our own ways. God planted the vineyard to produce grapes but it produced something different. The entire chapter is a tragic song about how easy it is to taint and twist God’s plan. God’s good intentions can easily become evil human inventions.
God
God makes light, good, and sweetness. The song of the vineyard has God longing for good grapes. It is sad when God’s gifts are twisted to be dark, evil, and sour. The response in this chapter is anger - he tears up the garden, pulls down the walls, and abandons the vineyard. It’s not his desire for his garden to grow wild - but he won’t let it go out of control.
Gospel
It is good news that God still has a plan when the weeds come in. The picture of a garden reminds us of Genesis 3 and looks forward to Revelation 21. While he has to prune back, he will plant new plants and grow a new garden. Just because sin is part of the story, it doesn’t mean it’s the end of the story. The story doesn’t end with a desolate land but with a renewed garden. God prunes the weeds but his plan hasn’t failed - Jesus is still coming and He still has a plan. God takes the initiative to deal with the problem of evil; a problem not of his own making.
Reflect on the Vineyard Song. What do you think Isaiah is challenging you to do differently?
Read Isaiah 5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+5&version=NLT
Summary
God intends one thing for us, but we choose our own ways. God planted the vineyard to produce grapes but it produced something different. The entire chapter is a tragic song about how easy it is to taint and twist God’s plan. God’s good intentions can easily become evil human inventions.
God
God makes light, good, and sweetness. The song of the vineyard has God longing for good grapes. It is sad when God’s gifts are twisted to be dark, evil, and sour. The response in this chapter is anger - he tears up the garden, pulls down the walls, and abandons the vineyard. It’s not his desire for his garden to grow wild - but he won’t let it go out of control.
Gospel
It is good news that God still has a plan when the weeds come in. The picture of a garden reminds us of Genesis 3 and looks forward to Revelation 21. While he has to prune back, he will plant new plants and grow a new garden. Just because sin is part of the story, it doesn’t mean it’s the end of the story. The story doesn’t end with a desolate land but with a renewed garden. God prunes the weeds but his plan hasn’t failed - Jesus is still coming and He still has a plan. God takes the initiative to deal with the problem of evil; a problem not of his own making.
In God we trust