vow taken by an individual. So it is from this root that the word Nazarene Natzer comes, not the word Nazarite. And Matthew connects that up with Jesus' living in Nazareth, will be called a He is the branch of the Lord referred to “He Nazarene.” just once under this title at this point in Isaiah 11. Isaiah 11: His Character [20:37] Number 3 of the outline then, the quotation Matthew 2:23, Number 4 is, which we find here in chapter 11 of Isaiah. We very briefly “His character,” glance at it because it is not the section we are really dealing with in this course but we want to see the relation of this passage to the other material we looked at in chapter 4. His character is discussed in verse 2 to 3 and again in verse 5. “The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his And you ears.” remember that it says of Christ that he knew what was in man, nobody needed to tell him, he understood people as nobody else ever had. And when he met Nathaniel he said an Israelite in whom is there is no and Nathaniel “behold guilt” said you come to Jesus knew all things; he was quick in “how know me.” understanding and had thorough comprehension of human nature. And verse 5 of Isaiah 11 says, shall be the girdle of his loin and faithfulness the “Righteousness girdle of his I put these three verses together in order to mention verse four reign.” separately. His Victory over Antichrist [22:36] Number 5 of the outline, "His victory over Antichrist." That is verse 4 chapter with Righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with 11: “But equity for the meek of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the at the phrase: wicked.” Look
vow taken by an individual. So it is from this root Natzer that the word Nazarene comes, not the word Nazarite. And Matthew connects that up with Jesus' living in Nazareth, “He will be called a Nazarene.” He is the branch of the Lord referred to just once under this title at this point in Isaiah 11. Isaiah 11: His Character [20:37] Number 3 of the outline then, the quotation Matthew 2:23, Number 4 is, “His character,” which we find here in chapter 11 of Isaiah. We very briefly glance at it because it is not the section we are really dealing with in this course but we want to see the relation of this passage to the other material we looked at in chapter 4. His character is discussed in verse 2 to 3 and again in verse 5. “The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.” And you remember that it says of Christ that he knew what was in man, nobody needed to tell him, he understood people as nobody else ever had. And when he met Nathaniel he said “behold an Israelite in whom is there is no guilt” and Nathaniel said “how you come to know me.” Jesus knew all things; he was quick in understanding and had thorough comprehension of human nature. And verse 5 of Isaiah 11 says, “Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loin and faithfulness the girdle of his reign.” I put these three verses together in order to mention verse four separately. His Victory over Antichrist [22:36] Number 5 of the outline, "His victory over Antichrist." That is verse 4 chapter 11: “But with Righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.” Look at the phrase: