Isaiah 9:1-10:4 - Tim Smylie
The kingdom of light – created by the LORD’s zeal (9:1-7)
A people united in the joy of freedom and peace under the rule of Immanuel
The kingdom of darkness – under the LORD’s anger (9:8-10:4)
A people torn apart by arrogance, selfishness, and oppression

Isaiah 7:18-8:22 - Tim Smylie
Briers and thorns in Immanuel’s land (7:18-8:8)
Waiting faithfully among the briers and thorns (8:9-22)= living in “awe-filled obedience” to God’s word

Isaiah 7:1-17 - Tim Smylie
Shaking hearts are called to trust God’s promise of an unshakeable kingdom (vv1-9)
Hard hearts will not stop the fulfilment of God’s promise (vv10-17)
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Isaiah 6 - Tim Smylie
 “High and exalted”: a sight of supreme majesty (vv1-4)
“Your guilt is taken away”: an experience of purifying grace (vv5-7)
"Here am I”: a response of willing service (vv8-13)
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Isaiah 5 - Tim Smylie
A lover of God sings of the delight and disappointment of God (vv1-7)
The disappointment of those who delight in bad fruit (vv8-30)● Living to accumulate and indulge leads to loss (vv8-17)● Rejecting God’s wisdom leads to decay and defeat (vv18-30)
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Isaiah 3:1 - 4:6 - Tim Smylie
Searching for security and significance in the falling city (3:1-4:1)
Finding it all in the renewed city (4:2-6)
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Isaiah 2:6-22 - Tim Smylie
Self-exaltation brings us low (vv6-9)
In the end, the LORD alone will be exalted (vv10-22)
- and that’s good news for those who humble themselves and put their hope in him today.

Isaiah 1:21 - 2:5 - Tim Smylie
The present city – a dis-ordered place (1:21-23)
The promise of restoration (1:24-31)
The future city – a re-ordered place (2:1-5)

Isaiah 1:1-20 - Tim Smylie
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem – which all creation needs to hear (vv1-2a)
The Father mourns a broken relationship and its bitter consequences (vv2b-9)
A non-solution: religion that is heartless, not relational (vv10-15)
The only solution: renewed relationship through inner washing and changed lives (vv16-20)

Colossians 4:2-18 - Tim Smylie
We need to talk....
Persistently to God – about our lives and the spread of the gospel (vv2-4)
Carefully to outsiders – with boldness and sensitivity (vv5-6)
Affectionately to one another – with interest in the big and the little things (vv7-18)

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Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 - Tim Smylie
Wives and husbands (3:18-19)
Children and parents (3:20-21)
Slaves and masters (3:22-4:1)

Colossians 3:11-17 - Tim Smylie
As a new people in Christ we are called to:
Display the unity we have in Christ (vv11-14)
Tune our hearts to the peace we have in Christ (vv15-17)
 

Colossians 3:1-10 - Tim Smylie
The art of living our new life in Christ involves:I. Learning our new orientation – to Christ’s rule over all (vv1-4)II. Developing our new character – leaving old ways behind (vv5-10)

Colossians 2:16-23 - Tim Smylie
Spiritual reality is found in Christ – not in special regulations (vv16-17)
Spiritual progress comes through relationship with Christ – not through incredible experiences (vv18-19)
So pursue true maturity – not just the appearance of maturity (vv20-23)

Colossians 2:8-15 - Tim Smylie
True freedom is only found in Christ (vv8-10)
He has freed us from: (vv11-15)
Our present slavery to sin (vv11-12)
Our past record of sin (vv13-14)
All other powers (v15)

Colossians 1:28 - 2:7 - Tim Smylie
 Jesus Christ has everything you need for wholeness… (1:28-2:3)
. …so pursue wholeness in him – not anywhere else (2:4-7)

Colossians 1:21-27 - Tim Smylie
Those who belong to Jesus Christ are:I. Saints, sharing in the reconciliation won by the suffering of his physical body on the cross (vv21-23)II. Servants, sharing in his ongoing suffering for the sake of his body, the church (vv24-27)

Colossians 1:15-20 - Tim Smylie
Jesus the Son of God is:
Lord of all creation (vv15-17)
Lord of the new creation (vv18-20) 

Lamentations 5 - Tim Smylie
 Look, LORD, at our ruined inheritance (vv1-18)
Come, LORD, and restore our inheritance (vv19-22)

Colossians 1:9-14 - Tim Smylie
True knowledge of God involves:
Learning what is important to him (v9)
Living to please him (vv10-12a)
Enjoying his rescue and his gift (vv12b-14)

Colossians 1:1-8 - Tim Smylie
The context of true spirituality (vv1-4)
- a loving community united by faith in Jesus
The motivation of true spirituality (vv5-6a)
- a clear and secure hope for the future
The result of true spirituality (vv6b-8)
- a fruitfulness that fulfils our deepest purpose

Lamentations 4 - Tim Smylie
 Lost glory (vv1-10)
Lost foundations (vv11-20)
The price must be paid (vv21-22)

Lamentations 3 - Tim Smylie
A believer’s personal experience (vv1-24)
Bitter darkness and crushed hope (vv1-18)
Reborn hope through focussing on the proven character of God (vv19-24)
A believer’s wise counsel (vv25-47)
Seek God, and wait patiently for his goodness (vv25-26)
Own up to sin, and seek his mercy (vv27-47)
A believer’s prayer for justice (vv48-66) 
 

Lamentations 2 - Tim Smylie
The strangeness of God’s anger:
Shows the seriousness of sin (vv1-10)
Means there is hope for mercy (vv11-22)

Lamentations 1 - Tim Smylie
Caring for the ruined city (vv1-11)- caring about sin, and those ruined by sin
When we are part of the ruined city (vv12-22)- “the LORD is righteous”

Revelation 5 - Tim Smylie
Who is worthy? (vv1-4)
the problem of the sealed scroll
The one who is worthy (vv5-10)
the triumphant Lion who is the slain Lamb
Worthy of worship (vv11-14)
 

John 21:15-25 - -Tim Smylie
Some of us are called to follow Jesus:
On the other side of dramatic failure (vv15-17)
Through significant suffering (vv18-19)
By a long life of steady, faithful witness (vv20-24)
Together we follow
The eternal Lord (v25)
 

John 21:1-14 - Tim Smylie
Fishing on the lake – Jesus provides a net full of fish (vv1-8)
- our risen Saviour makes our mission a success
Breakfast on the beach – Jesus provides a meal (vv9-14)
- our risen Saviour offers us his personal care  

John 20:19-31 - Tim Smylie
Two reasons for followers of the risen Jesus to have peace:
God is carrying on his mission of salvation through us (vv19-23)
- that mission centres on proclaiming forgiveness of sins through faith in Jesus
God has provided clear evidence that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God (vv24-31)
- that evidence consists of eye-witness testimony