Sinful People, Saving God
Isaiah 1-12
2 November 2025
When Judgment Cannot be Withheld
(Isaiah 5:1-30)
by Chua Si Yang
Isaiah 5 reveals a God who has lovingly cared for and richly blessed His people, planting them like a prized vineyard and providing everything they need to flourish. Yet instead of bearing good fruit, they produce only stinking grapes. Through six woes, God exposes how His people have corrupted His blessings and despised His Word, leaving judgment as the only fitting response. The chapter ends in darkness and distress, yet even here God’s judgment is not merely retributive; it is also restorative for those who turn to Him and put their trust in Christ, the true Vine.
26 October 2025
How God Brings His People Back
(Isaiah 3-4)
by Tan Huai Tze
God brings His straying people back by taking away what their reliance on power, and their boasting in beauty. Through Christ, He gives them all that power and beauty promise, but cannot deliver.
19 October 2025
How God’s People Lose Their Way
(Isaiah 2:6–22)
by Tan Huai Tze
God’s people in Isaiah’s time were full—full of wealth, power, and idols—but empty of trust in Him. They had lost their way, putting their hope in what they had, instead of in who God is. Isaiah warns that a day is coming when all human pride will be humbled before the terror and splendour of the Lord. Our only hope is to hide in the Rock, Christ Himself, who was struck that we might stand secure.
12 October 2025
When God’s People Lose Their Way
Isaiah 1:21-2:5
by Tan Huai Tze
When God’s people are unfaithful to God, this affects all of their social relationships. Instead of justice and righteousness, they become marked by greed,corruption, and injustice. God will act to bring His people back through judgment and redemption, and promises them a glorious future hope which is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus.
5 October 2025
Let Us Reason Together
Isaiah 1:1-20
by Chua Si Yang
The book of Isaiah opens with God confronting His people like a grieving father betrayed by his children. They have rebelled against Him completely, and their empty worship only wearies Him. Yet instead of letting judgment fall, God issues an unthinkable invitation, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow”. He offers them a clean slate and resets the relationship they had broken. This is the stunning picture of the unthinkable grace God lavishes on all who are His.