And Every Tongue That Shall Rise Against You in Judgment You Shall Condemn

Isaiah 43:18-19

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” Shake off the Dust Shake off the dust

“And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” - Luke 9:5 Shake off the dust

“And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” - Luke 9:5 – ektinadzate (εκτιν̓ άξατε) – The land of Israel was thought to be so holy (set apart), that when Jews came home from any foreign country they stopped at the borders, and shook or wiped off the dust of it from their feet, that the holy land might not be polluted with it. (Benson Commentary) 1. Shake off the dust from your past

• "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” - Isaiah 43:18 1. Shake off the dust from your past

• "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” - Isaiah 43:18 • Don’t shake it off to spite someone... Shake it off to free you! 1. Shake off the dust from your past

• "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” - Isaiah 43:18 • Don’t shake it off to spite someone... Shake it off to free you! • “...let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” - Hebrews 12:1b 1. Shake off the dust from your past

• No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper... 1. Shake off the dust from your past

• No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper... • ...and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, said the LORD. - Isaiah 54:17 • Grace - God’s power at work through you. • “So they shook the dust off their feet as a warning to them and went to Iconium. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. - Acts 13:52 2. Shake of the dust from your Bible

“Blessed are those who do not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but who delight in the law of the LORD and meditate on his law day and night. They are like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.” - Psalm 1:1-3