Isaiah 45:23

Isaiah 45:23 By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'

Three points:

1. What God says is true

He makes a promise here--repeated in the New Testament twice. What He says He will do; He does not take back, retract, what He says. His promises are true. Some promises are for blessing; some are in judgment.

2. Bow

Bowing is an act of submission. Today people are working hard to remove all traces of God and his ways from life and culture. It won't work. Even these proud, arrogant people will have to acknowledge that He is King of Kings and Lord of lords.

3. Tongue

Every person will acknowledge him verbally. Inside they may be refusing, but they will have to acknowledge their defeat and His victory. They will have to acknowledge His sovereignty; something most refuse to do today.

Philippians 2:9-10 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,