Introduction: The Great Substitution (Is.53)… The Great Blessing (Is.54)… The Great Invitation (Is.55)... The Great Inclusion (Is.56) Isaiah 55:1-13 - The Great Invitation 55:1-2 - An Invitation to Generous Grace (Life) Matthew 5:6 “if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospel, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” ~ C.S. Lewis (The Weight of Glory) 55:3-5 - An Invitation to be Led (Lordship) Acts 13:32-39; Isaiah 49:6 55:6-7 - An Invitation to be Fully Forgiven (Repentance) 2 Corinthians 6:2 55:8-9 - An Invitation to Humble Reality (Worship) Great God + Great Invitation = Great Worship 55:10-11 - An Invitation to the Omnipotent Operation of the Word of God (Isaiah 40:6-8) Ezekiel 37:1-4 55:12-13 Romans 8:20-23; Isaiah 7:23-25; Isaiah 41:17-20; John 6:35; John 7:37 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star. The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” ~ Revelation 22:16-17