The Light of the World

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked in Isaiah 42:5-9 at God’s calling for Israel to become a lighthouse of hope to the world. God spoke to Israel out of His authority as the creator of the universe. He reminded them that He is the Lord and that He was going to rescue them from darkness and send them into the world to be the conduit of light through which He would rescue the nations. In the same way, God has called Solid Rock to be a light of hope in a dark and fallen world. In the Gospel, God has given the church a new covenant that opens the eyes of the blind, sets prisoners free and rescues people from the darkness of this present world.