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S3E3 Isaiah 59: Nothing Can Separate You From the Love of God
If you’ve ever been told your sin separates you from God, Isaiah 59 might surprise you. Verse 2 isn’t the bad news we’ve made it—it’s the setup for the Good News.
By the time you reach verse 20, Isaiah reveals the Redeemer who bridges the gap we could never cross ourselves. In this episode, the On the Table team steps through how context and a full reading changes everything: why believers cannot be separated from God, why unbelief—not sin—is what creates detachment, and how Jesus is the answer Isaiah was pointing to all along. God’s not walking away from you. He’s running toward you.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 Coming Up…
0:00:35 Intro
0:00:55 Welcome & introduction of topic
0:06:03 Put Jesus in the middle of every Scripture and teaching
0:08:38 God doesn’t separate us from Himself, we do that
0:09:38 We choose to separate from God or receive His righteousness
0:10:46 The answer to verse 2 in Isaiah is about our Redeemer
0:12:17 Jesus is good news!
0:12:42 Does this passage speak about end times?
0:16:38 Put Scripture in proper perspective
0:19:59 Come on in to the Jesus family
0:20:42 Can unbelievers talk to God?
0:23:12 God loves you and wants to be with you
0:25:00 God covers our shame so we can be with Him
0:26:26 Christians cannot be separated from God
0:30:23 History points to the fact that we all need Jesus
0:32:21 Unbelief is the only way to separate yourself from God
0:33:14 Satan uses unbelief to encourage separation from God
0:35:51 Team’s awkward pause…
0:36:12 Can unbelievers talk to God?
0:41:07 Know that God is close
0:44:48 Trying to make up for sin is a waste of time
0:47:47 Outro