Isaiah, Part 100 | Saved to Do Good Works

#isaiah #biblestudy Through his teaching on Isaiah 45, Dr. Tour explains that Christian salvation isn’t about personal fulfillment but about being saved to do good works and serve God’s purposes, using Isaiah 45’s prophecy about Cyrus and New Testament examples to show God’s sovereign plan for believers. --- If you’d like to support our work and help us create more content across all platforms, we’d be grateful for any contribution. 🙏 Learn how to give at jesusandscience.org/donate. God bless you! Donate: 💝 jesusandscience.org/donate Research Page: 🔬 jmtour.com Facebook: 📘 facebook.com/drjamestour Instagram: 📸 instagram.com/drjamestour X/Twitter: 🐦 x.com/drjamestour TikTok: 🎶 tiktok.com/@drjamestour YouTube: ▶️ ⁨@DrJamesTour⁩ Discord: 💬 https://discord.gg/zUgBMKjk2p 00:00 Why salvation isn’t about us 03:00 Isaiah 45:1–4 God calls Cyrus by name 06:00 Cyrus’s role and Israel’s deliverance 09:00 Saved to do good works (Ephesians 2:10) 12:00 Isaiah on God’s sovereignty over light/dark 15:00 Isaiah 45:8–9 righteousness and salvation 18:00 God uses unrighteous Cyrus righteously 21:00 Ezra on Cyrus’s proclamation 24:00 Jews return to rebuild Jerusalem 27:00 End-time prophecy of nations bowing 30:00 Romans 11 on Israel’s future salvation 33:00 Zechariah prophecy of nations 36:00 Teaching closes with prayer and call to serve