God’s Faithful Remnant from Isaiah 65

Send us a note!Chaos has a way of making compromise feel reasonable, but Isaiah 65 draws a hard line between a life shaped by God’s Word and a life shaped by our own thoughts. Pastor Carl walks verse by verse through a message that confronts spiritual drift while offering real hope. This teaching tackles the “remnant” theme head-on: God preserves a people who stay faithful even when the majority moves on.We dig into how Isaiah 65 can be read in more than one accurate way, including Israel’s rejection of the Lord, God’s mercy reaching the Gentiles, and the bigger promise that God has not abandoned His people. From there, the passage gets painfully practical - living like pagans while claiming God’s name, trusting self-made wisdom, and sliding into pride that says “I’m not that bad.” We also address modern expressions of “holier than thou” spirituality, twisted morality, and the pull toward counterfeit spiritual power.To sharpen the warning, Pastor Carl brings in Charles Spurgeon’s blunt diagnosis of self-righteousness and the excuses we use to justify sin. But we don’t end in condemnation. Isaiah 65 holds out grace, repentance, forgiveness, and a forward-looking vision of God’s coming kingdom, including the hope of a new heaven and a new earth. If you need steadiness, clarity, and a reason to keep going, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find these Bible teachings.What makes a Calvary Chapel a Calvary Chapel. Join Pastor Carl as he goes through one of the Calvary Chapel Distinctives on The Mountain Cross Minute. The 20th anniversary of Facing the Giants, Monday September 14 - 6:30PM at the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville.Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.