ISAIAH, CHAPTER 28, VERSES 1-6
Scripture, chapter 28, vs 1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Application: chapter 28, vs 1
Satan fell because of his pride. He became “drunk” on hisown handsomeness and intelligence given him by God, but for which he took credit himself. This verse refers to the crown of our lives –who is sitting on the throne of our hearts?–is it satan and his lies that we can do alright without God, that we are what we are because of ourselves–that the things of this world are forever and important, and he would have us become part of the “fat valley” and make us drunk with our own pride
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 28, VS 2-3
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 28, VS 2-3
2-3– But we have Jesus Christ–the “mighty and Strong One”–who, through the Holy Spirit, “a flood of mighty waters overflowing” will give us the strength to overcome the crown of pride which Satan would have on our throne, and replace it. (See Jeremiah 23:19 & 20 where the Spirit is also described as the storm or wind)
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 28, VS 4-5
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 28, VS 4-5
v. 4-5– “The Crown of Glory”! Jesus replaces satan on the throne and sits on the throne of our hearts with His Wondrous love and forgiveness and peace! (v. 4) The pleasures and beauties of the other way are very temporary, they are short-term happiness compared to the real, the everlasting Joy of Jesus. Note in vs. 5 that it is only to a residue of His people…those who take the “strait and narrow road” (Mt. 7:14)
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 28, VS 6
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 28, VS 6
Not only does He give us these beautiful things, but also the power through Jesus to stand up to satan’s temptations and schemes to get himself back on the throne, as we “turn the battle to the gate”–or turn it right around in his face, and run him back to his own back door where he belongs!!!