1. Salvation Despite Transgression (Isaiah 43:22-44:5)

2. (Previous sermon) Isaiah 43:21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. “Importance of Worship”

3. Isaiah 43:22-24a (NIV) 22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, Israel. 23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. 24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. “No time had they stopped bringing sacrifices”

4. Problem of empty worship (43:22-24a) “heartless” Isaiah 43:22 Isaiah 43:22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob “Grieves the Spirit”

5. Isaiah 43:23-24 (NIV) 23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. 24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses. “Using worship as a bargaining tool”

6. Exodus 6:5-6 (NIV) 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. Enslaved  Burdened

7. Problem of empty worship (43:22-24a) “heartless” Problem of self-centred worship (43:23-24b) “bargaining tool”

8. Problem of empty worship (43:22-24a) “heartless” Problem of self-centred worship (43:23-24b) “bargaining tool” Forgiveness of their sins (43:25) “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

9. Problem of empty worship (43:22-24a) “heartless” Pouring out of the Holy Spirit (44:2-4) Problem of self-centred worship (43:23-24b) “bargaining tool” Forgiveness of their sins (43:25)

10. Isaiah 44:2-4 (NIV) 2 This is what the LORD says -- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.

11. Isaiah 44:5 (NIV) 5 Some will say, ‘I belong to the LORD’; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name Israel. “Results of the Spirit’s revival”

12. Problem of empty worship (43:22-24a) “heartless” Pouring out of the Holy Spirit (44:2-4) Problem of self-centred worship (43:23-24b) “bargaining tool” Forgiveness of their sins (43:25) Worship in Spirit and Truth