Is Christianity a Crutch A study of Isaiahs

Is Christianity a Crutch? A study of Isaiah’s God & His servants

Jesse "The Body" Ventura “Organized religion is a crutch and a sham for weak minded people who need strength in numbers. ”

Isaiah 44: 6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. ”

Redeem • to buy back the house or field of your poor relative • to emancipate your enslaved relative by paying his/her debt • to deliver your dead relative’s childless widow from destitution

Redeem • Basic idea: “to deliver or liberate someone from a desperate situation” • God redeems from: slavery Deuteronomy 7: 8 but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Redeem • Basic idea: “to deliver or liberate someone from a desperate situation” • God redeems from: slavery, enemies Psalm 106: 10 So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Redeem • Basic idea: “to deliver or liberate someone from a desperate situation” • God redeems from: slavery, enemies, threat of death Job 5: 20 “In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. ”

Redeem • Basic idea: “to deliver or liberate someone from a desperate situation” • God redeems from: slavery, enemies, threat of death, exile Isaiah 48: 20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob. ”

Redeem • Basic idea: “to deliver or liberate someone from a desperate situation” • God redeems from: slavery, enemies, threat of death, exile

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) Isaiah 44: 22 “I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. ”

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) – Sin: any lack of conformity to the revealed moral standard of God • actions, words, thoughts, & motives • intentional & unintentional sins • sins of commission & omission

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) Romans 1: 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) Revelation 21: 8 But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) – sins vs. sin

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) Ephesians 2: 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) Romans 3: 10– 12 as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one. ”

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) Romans 6: 6– 7 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) …Bondage to Satan Ephesians 2: 1– 2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) …Bondage to Satan 2 Corinthians 4: 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) …Bondage to Satan Colossians 1: 13– 14 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

God offers to redeem us from… …the 49: 7– 9 Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) Psalm …the (John 8: 31 -34) No man. Power can by of any. Sin means redeem his brother or give to God a to ransom for him — For the …Bondage Satan redemption soul is costly, and he should …Bondageoftohis Death cease trying forever — That he should live on eternally, that he should not undergo decay.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) …Bondage to Satan …Bondage to Death Psalm 49: 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will receive me.

God offers to redeem us from… …the Penalty of Sin (Rom 3: 23 -26) …the Power of Sin (John 8: 31 -34) …Bondage to Satan …Bondage to Death Romans 8: 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

Is Christianity a Crutch? • Yes! Thank God b/c we need a crutch! • Not “a” crutch; “the” crutch • More like a defibrillator!

John 8: 36 “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. ” free of wrath free of sin free of Satan free of death