Hard Trust (Isaiah 7-8)

Introduction: Trust, the Commonsense Mystery.

1.     Fear fights Trust (7:1-2)
2.     Reality enforces Trust (7:3-9)
3.     [Deep] Trust is a Gift (7:10)
4.     Hypocrisy fakes Trust (7:11-13; 7:16-8:10)
5.     Trust comes with Hope (7:14-15; 8:11-15)
6.      Trust needs Practice (8:16-22)

a.     Reciting God’s deeds in history
b.     Remembering God’s work in your own life
c.     Examining the fruit of faithlessness