Messages - God's Feeding Station

The Coming Flood

October 20, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 8:5–10

"God's presence does not mean automatic blessing to his people despite their unbelief. The fact of his presence may make them even more subject to the powers of judgment, because of all people, they should have know better." John Oswalt

The Coming Invasion

October 13, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 8:1–4

"Note, Those that spoil others must expect to be themselves spoiled (Isa 33:1); for the Lord is righteous, and those that are troublesome shall be troubled." - Matthew Henry

The Flies and Bees of Destruction

October 6, 2024 • Henry Lokay

"After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving-kindness of God shall not be utterly taken away, for the sake of David and the covenant made with him, yet his iniquity shall be chastened with the rod, and his sin with stripes. Let those that will not mix faith with the promises of God expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings." - Matthew Henry

The Immanuel Prophecy

September 29, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 7:14–17

"Whatever a man trusts in place of God will one day turn to devour him." - John Oswalt

Unbelief

September 22, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 7:10–13

"Nothing is more grievous to the God of heaven than to be distrusted. 'Will you weary my God? Will you suppose him to be tired and unable to help you, or to be weary of doing you good? Whereas the youths may faint and be weary, you may have tired all your friends, the Creator of the ends of the earth faints not, neither is weary.'" - Matthew Henry

In Whom Do We Trust

September 15, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 7:1–9

"Unless Ahaz comes to the point where he can believe in God's sovereignty to the extent of entrusting himself and his nation to God, he is doomed to live in the shaky, panicky condition he now experiences. He need not enter into the terribly risky covenant with Assyria, if he will but take firm hold of the covenant which God offers. Assyria will not offer the security Ahaz wishes. Only through trusting in the present and ultimate veracity of God is any real security possible." - John Oswalt

Hardening of Hearts

September 8, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 6:9–13

"Therefore take heed, saith God, that the land spue not you out also". It was secured to them, and entailed upon them, and yet they must expect that, if they made the vices of the Canaanites their own, with their land their fate would be the same. Note, Wicked Israelites are as abominable to God as wicked Canaanites, and more so, and will be as soon spued out, or sooner. Such a warning as was here given to the Israelites is given by the apostle to the Gentile converts, with reference to the rejected Jews, in whose room they were substituted; they must take heed of falling after the same example of unbelief. Apply it more generally; and let it deter us effectually from all sinful courses to consider how many they have been the ruin of. Lay the ear of faith to the gates of the bottomless pit, and hear the doleful shrieks and outcries of damned sinners, whom earth has spued out and hell has swallowed, that find themselves undone, for ever undone, by sin; and tremble lest this be your portion at last. God's threatenings and judgments should frighten us from sin." - Matthew Henry

Unclean Lips

September 1, 2024 • Henry Lokay

"It is a great comfort to those whom God sends that they go for God, and may therefore speak in his name, as having authority, and be assured that he will bear them out." - Matthew Henry

Face to Face with Holiness

August 25, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 6:1–4

"What the prophet here saw is revealed to us, that we, mixing faith with that revelation, may in it, as in a glass, behold the glory of the Lord; let us turn aside therefore, and see this great sight with humble reverence." - Matthew Henry

Managing Chaos

August 18, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Colossians 3:5–17

Since it is our duty to set our affections upon heavenly things, it is our duty to mortify our members which are upon the earth, and which naturally incline us to the things of the world: “Mortify them, that is, subdue the vicious habits of mind which prevailed in your Gentile state. Kill them, suppress them, as you do weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them, or as you kill an enemy who fights against you and wounds you.” - Matthew Henry

Destruction on the Horizon

August 11, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 5:26–30

"First, Look round to the earth, to the land, to that land that used to be the land of light and the joy of the whole earth, and behold darkness and sorrow, all frightful, all mournful, nothing hopeful. Secondly, Look up to heaven, and there the light is darkened, where one would expect to have found it. If the light is darkened in the heavens, how great is that darkness! If God hide his face, no marvel the heavens hide theirs and appear gloomy, It is our wisdom, by keeping a good conscience, to keep all clear between us and heaven, that we may have light from above even when clouds and darkness are round about us. - Matthew Henry

God's Vineyard Destroyed

August 4, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 5:18–25

"Here are sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the particular articles of that charge, though it may relate primarily to them, but is rather intended for warning to all people, in all ages, to take heed of these sins, as destructive both to particular persons and to communities, and exposing men to God's wrath and his righteous judgments. Those are here said to be in a woeful condition." - Matthew Henry

Wild Grapes

July 28, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 5:8–17

“All attempts to gain pride of place and power reach the same level in the grave.” - John N. Oswalt

The Song of the Vineyard

July 21, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 5:1–7

"It is very sad with a soul when instead of the grapes of humility, meekness, patience, love, and contempt of the world, which God looks for, there are the wild grapes of pride, passion, discontent, malice, and contempt of God - instead of the grapes of praying and praising, the wild grapes of cursing and swearing, which are a great offence to God." - Matthew Henry

Restoration

July 14, 2024 • Henry Lokay • Isaiah 4:2–6

"That God will protect his church, and all that belong to it; when they are purified and reformed they shall no longer lie exposed, but God will take a particular care of them. Those that are sanctified are well fortified; for God will be to them a guide and a guard." - Matthew Henry