Rev. Joachim Muia, Mlolongo, Athi River (2026)

30/12/2025

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24/12/2025

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06/11/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: November 06, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 17: Isaiah 6:3-5 WHAT ISAIAH HEARD

“And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” (v.3). The seraphim here are not directly addressing the LORD God. They are claiming His glorious nature and character to one another, in His presence. They are saying He is the “Lord of hosts” and His glory fills the whole earth. When they were declaring that the Lord is holy three times and His glory fills the whole earth, “the posts of the door were shaken.” “… the house was filled with smoke” (v.4). This is because the voice of the seraphim carries weight because they are majestic beings. The smoke that filled the house was a sign of God’s presence (Ex.13:21-22; 19:18; 1 Kings 8:10-12).

“So, I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” (v.5). After what Isaiah heard and what happened before him, he saw himself unworthy. This is because the angels, in all their holy humility, obedience and praise to God, he realized not only that he was unlike the Lord God, he was also unlike the angels. He noticed he could not claim God’s holiness they did because he was “a man of unclean lips.” He noticed his sinfulness also noticed he dwells in the midst of people who were no clean like him. Isaiah was righteous in human eyes, but when he saw the enthroned King, he noticed how sinful he was in comparison.

04/11/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: November 03, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 15: Isaiah 5:24-30 THE LORD PROMISES COMPLETE JUDGMENT

“Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root be as rottenness, and their blossom will ascend like dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel” (v.24). God, through prophet Isaiah, is warning the children of Judah of a sudden and severe judgment. He compares this to “the fire that devours and flame that “consumes the chaff.” Stubble and chaff are both very flammable, and once they catch fire, they are completely consumed. This how the judgment to Judah will be, because of rejecting the LORD’S law and despising His word.

This is how “ … the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people” when He stretches “out His hand against them and stricken them, and the hills trembled.” When God is angry at us, He can do anything. So, here, when He raises His hand against Judah, prophet Isaiah sees Judah dying, and they died in large numbers and “their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still” (v.25). At this stage, the LORD “will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and will whistle to them from the end of the earth; surely, they shall come with speed, swiftly (v.26). This means the Lord will call foreign nations to come and invade Judah, making them instruments of His judgment upon them. This will come with speed and swiftly.

“No one will be weary or stumble among them, no one will slumber or sleep; nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, nor the strap of their sandals be broken (v.27). Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hooves will seem like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind (v.28). Their roaring will be like a lion, they will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar and lay hold of the prey; they will carry it away safely, and no one will deliver” (v.29). The armies God would call against Judah would be all business. They would be totally focused, prepared and readied-while the strong men of Judah would use their strength for drinking contests! This would be a great mismatch, and a soft, drunk and flabby Judah would certainly fall against such dedicated enemies.

“In that day they will roar against them like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and sorrow; and the light is darkened by the clouds” (v.30). To the people of Judah, that time will be so distressing. All this is because God loves them and He wants to restrain them from further going far away from Him. Spurgeon says, “God’s woes are better than the devil’s welcomes.”

03/11/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: November 02, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 14: Isaiah 5:18-23

“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope; (v.18) that say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it” (v.19). Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (v.20). Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (v.21).” Here, prophet Isaiah is prophesying to those who confuse moral issues, who think that they know better than God does.

Prophet Isaiah is addressing people who pull sin to themselves with ropes of emptiness. They flatter themselves by imagining that what is sin is not sin, or by excusing or pretending they lessen its enormity. Isaiah call these “cords,” wicked ropes, by which they “draw iniquity” (v.18). They were fearless. They showed their contempt of the Lord. They were like telling God to go ahead and judge them for they were not afraid of His judgment (v.19).

These people were blurring moral issues and excuse their sin. They would look at their own evil and call it good, and they look at the good of others and call it evil (v.20). They were morally confused. They were full of pride and rejected the wisdom and standards of God. They were “wise in their own eyes,” and not according to God’s standards.

Prophet Isaiah goes ahead to speak on the corrupt, who place greater value on drinking than on fairness and justice. He says, “woe to men mighty at drinking wine,” and “valiant for mixing intoxicating drink” (v.22). These were men of accomplishment, of high achievement in sin. Prophet Isaiah further prophesied to the corrupt, those “who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous man” (v.23). These again are men who care only or their own pleasure and entertainment, and care nothing for others.

02/11/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 31, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 13: Isaiah 5:8-17 WOE TO THE NATION OF JUDAH

“Woe to those who join house to house; they add field to field, till there is no place where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land (v.8). This is addressing greedy estate buying and development, whereby they keep on buying land and houses until others have no space to dwell. From the Lord’s perspective, such people will have a lot of houses until “ … many houses shall be desolate, great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant” (v.9). They will have no one to live in. Even their farm land will not be productive as such. “For ten acres of vineyard shall field one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield one ephah”’ (v.10). They will not be successful at all.

“Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may follow intoxicating drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them (v.11). The harp and the strings, the tambourine and flute, and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the Lord, nor consider the operation of His hands” (v.12). Woe to those people who “rise early in the morning” to party endlessly and celebrate everything “until night” without considering the work of God. All their lives are filled with substance abuse and music and nothing else. They do so until they forget God. They don’t “consider the operation of” God’s hand. They live as if God is real.

“Therefore, my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst (v.13). Therefore, Sheol has enlarged itself and opened its mouth beyond measure; their glory and their multitude and their pomp, and he who is jubilant, shall descend into it (v.14). People shall be brought down, each man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled (v.15). But the Lord of hosts shall be hallowed in righteousness (v.16). Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, and in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat” (v.17).

Those who forgot about God because of their partying and entertainment will be judged by a captivity that will their jubilation. They shall descent into Sheol that has enlarged its “mouth beyond measure.” People shall be humbled and brought low. Their pride will not be allowed any more. It will be the only way to cause them notice God’s righteousness. The peace will prevail as a result and “the lambs shall feed in their pasture, and in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.”

30/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 30, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 12: Isaiah 5:1-7 THE LORD’S VINEYARD

“Now let me sing to my Well-beloved a song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill (v.1). He dug it up and cleared out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, and also made a winepress in it; so, He expected it to bring forth good grapes, but it brought forth wild graves” (v.2). This is story of unproductive vineyard. It had many advantages It belonged to a person who is loving. It was planted on “a very fruitful hill.” The ground where it is planted was carefully prepared and all stones cleared. The seeds planted were the best and it was protected. Provision was made for the fruit to be processed without being transported.

After doing all this, the owner expected the best harvest from His vineyard. It was to be so because he had done all what was necessary to facilitate good yield. But instead “it brought forth wild grapes.” This means what it brought forth, was something worse than unfruitfulness. What it produced was useless, unprofitable grapes. It produced what would have been expected to produce if nothing had been done to it. all the investment had no result.

“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and man of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard (v.3).” God asks Jerusalem and Judah to consider the story of the vineyard. He calls them to judge between Him and His vineyard. In other words, who is to blame for the harvest of only wild grapes? The owner of the vineyard had done all what was needed to be done for good results but nothing came forth.

“What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?” (v.4). In the story, there was nothing that was not done by the owner of the vineyard. He did all he could do. In the same way, God cannot be blamed at all for the “wild grapes” Israel brought forth. God did all what He could do. It is possible for God to do a work in His people, but for His people to receive that work in vain. Paul warned about this (2 Corinthians 6:1).

God takes an initiative to bring judgment on the unproductive vineyard. He resolves to “take away its hedge,” so that “it shall be burned; and break down its wall.” As a result of this, it will be exposed and “it shall be trampled down” (v.5). The owner also stops giving it special protection to the vineyard. So, it “will lay” to waste; and “it shall not be pruned or dug.” The vineyard will be left unattended and “there shall come up briers and thorns” and there will “no rain on it” (v.6). This vineyard described here is the “house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant” in whom He “looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry for help” (v.7).

28/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH

By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 27, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 11: Isaiah 4:3-6 ZION UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BRANCH OF THE LORD

“And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy-everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem” (v.3). Holiness marks the society where the Branch of the Lord reigns. In that day of the sinful daughters of Zion, they were called beautiful, delicate, attractive, fashionable and sexy, but they were not holy at all. When the days when the Branch of the LORD reigns, the distinguishing mark of all, including the daughters of Zion, will be that they “will be called holy.” Holy means super spiritual.

Verses 4-6 details more characteristics of the society where the Branch of the LORD reigns. In this society, “the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst … (v.4). When the branch of the LORD reigns, there will be cleansing. The cleansing will not come easily; it will come “by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning.” It will be worth it.

The second characteristic is that there will be “ … a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming by night…” (v.5). When the Branch of the Lord reigns, there will be the tangible presence of the Lord. God will be real and appear to them in the form of a cloud and smoke as it was the days of Exodus (Exodus 13:21-22).

Lastly, “… there will be a tabernacle for shade…a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain” (v.6). The reigning of the Branch of the Lord will usher protection that comes from the LORD. The LORD’s people will be safe and secure, washed and in the abiding presence of the Lord.

27/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 26, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 10: Isaiah 4:1-2
“And in that day seven women shall hold of one man, saying, “we will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach” (v.1). This verse speaks about the desperate condition of the daughters of Zion. “And in that day: meaning as a result of the judgments of the Lord detailed in Isaiah 3:16-26, the daughters of Zion will have few men to choose from as husbands. So many men shall fall by sword, that “seven women” would chase after “one man.”
The daughters of Zion would be desperate for marriage such that they would not expect their husbands to provide for them at all. They will scramble for the few men available. They will only want to be identified with them and they will not need any assistance from them. They will cover their own expenses.
But despite all that desperation, there is a glorious hope of the Branch of the LORD. We are told, “In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped” (v.2). The “Branch of the LORD” is a Messianic title, speaking of Jesus Christ. He is the glorious hope of Israel. There will be remnants of the judgment of the LORD. From that, a fruit shall sprout and grow from the “Branch of the LORD,” even as they simply trusted in the promise of the Messiah before He came.

25/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 24, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 9: Isaiah 3:13- 22 GOD’S CASE AGAINST JUDAH

“The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people (v.13). The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses (v.14). What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?” Says the Lord GOD of hosts (v.15).

Our God hates the mistreatment of His people. The elders of the people of Judah were treating the poor wrongly, and as a result, God stands up as the prosecutor to plead for them and as the judge at the same (v.13). This means the people of Judah will be found to be guilty. These elders were eating the vineyard and plundered the poor in their houses (v.14). These failed to help the poor in their midst and they were enriching themselves.

God goes on to warn Jerusalem. “Moreover the LORD says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with their feet” V.16). The women of Judah were proud people. They were taken with themselves and loved to consider themselves better than others. This was seen in the way they were walking and what they wore. They were obsessed with beauty more than with the LORD, and God resolves to “strike them with a scab” and remove “the crown of the head”… and uncover their secret parts (v.17).

As a way of judgment mentions the things that He will remove from them as a way of humiliating them. The list of those things is long. We are told, “The Lord will take away the finery: the jingling anklets, the scarves, and the crescents, (v.18) the pendants, the bracelets, and the veils; (v.19) the headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands; the perfume boxes, the charms; (v.20) and the rings; the nose jewels, (v.21) the festal apparel, and the mantles; the outer garments, the purses (v.22) and the mirrors; the fine linen, the turbans, and the robes” (v.23). The daughters of Zion were committed on how they look, and the Lord took a step to humble them by removing those things. They were badly obsessed by them and this made them to be ripe for judgment.

23/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 23, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 8: Isaiah 3:8-12 WHY JUDAH SHOULD BE JUDGED

“For Jerusalem stumbled, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory” (v.8). The state of Jerusalem and Judah is so wanting. Remember they have allowed idol worship in the land and this makes them stumble and fall from God’s laid standard of righteousness. Their speeches and their deeds “are against the LORD.” They sin in what they say and what they do. This state of sinfulness provokes “the eyes of His glory.”

Even at looking at their faces is an evidence of their guilt. They witness against what they claim about loving the LORD. Their faces “declare the sin as S***m; and they do not hide it.” They are used to sin and they don’t even hide it when they are doing it. They don’t sense shame at all. They do it in broad day light. Woe to them for defying God’s holiness. God left them alone and allowed them to bring “evil against themselves” (v.9).

In the midst of such an outrageous sin that is done openly, God always has some remnants. Isaiah says, “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings” (v.10). God knows how to bless and protect His people. As others are facing God’s judgment, “it shall be well with” the righteous. They shall enjoy the fruit of their labour. To the wicked, “it shall be ill with” them for they shall be rewarded for their evil works (v.11). God will reward both the righteous and the wicked, the reward they deserve. For the righteous, it will be comforting and for the wicked, it shall be a curse.

“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people! Those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths” (v.12). This verse refers to the fact that God had resolved to give Judah wicked leadership because of leaving Him and engaging in idol worship. The state of this unworthy leadership has deteriorated to the extend that they are now being led by women, which is against the culture of Hebrews and children turned to be their oppressors. Those in leadership can cause blunder and destroy the way of their paths.

22/10/2025

LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
By Rev. Joachim Muia
Senior Pastor AIC Kasina- Mlolongo
Machakos County- Kenya
Published on: October 22, 2025.

ISAIAH LESSON 7: Isaiah 3:1-7 SIGNS OF A SOCIETY UNDER JUDGMENT

This chapter highlights a society that is under God’s judgment. For “the Lord of hosts takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store.” He takes away “the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water” (v.1). At this point, God’s judgment on Judah includes taking their food and water. He empties their stocks and stores.

Jesus, being “the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,” (v.2) is bringing on Jerusalem a worse judgment than just taking away food and water. He is depriving them of godly, competent leaders on every level. He is denying them leaders who are honourable men, able to be counsellors and skilful artisan and expert enchanter” (v.3). Instead the Lord of hosts will give them “children to be their princes, and babes” to “rule over them” (v.4).

Because of leaders who are ungodly and incompetent, “people will be oppressed, every one by another and every one by his neighbour; the child will be insolent toward the elder, and the base toward the honourable” (v.5). There will be no respect for one another. There will be a breakdown of order in society.

Things will be too bad that in the minds of the people, the smallest achievements will qualify a man for leadership. This is why a man will seize his brother to lead because he has clothing (v.6). Yet such a man will not want to lead:” In that day, he will protest, saying, “I cannot cure your ills…do not make me a ruler of the people” (v.7). People will notice their incompetence and refuse to take the leadership role delegated to them by others.

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