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Scripture: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Acts 8:34-35: “‘About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.” I. God saves through Jesus. A. Jesus confirms that He is the prophesied servant of God who would bring…
Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-11 I. Jesus is your example of listening to and speaking God’s Word A. Who interrupts God’s conversation with Israel in vs. 4? We wait until verse 10 to find out. There we read, “Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant?” This is the servant of the…
Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-13 I. God’s Servant will bring good news for Israel A. God announces some good news for Israel in Isaiah 48:20: Israel would leave exile inBabylon and come back home. But even when Israel came back home physically, theywould still be in exile from God spiritually. So the servant’s mission in Isa. 49:5…
Scripture: Isaiah 42 The Servant is the chosen, loved and Spirit-anointed Messiah “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; Ihave put my Spirit upon him. . .” (v1) “When Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, andbehold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw…
Scripture: Isaiah 40 I. God is comforter. A. The comfort (vs. 1) God wants to bring to Jerusalem is to breathe new life and strength intoHis defeated and demoralized people. God still calls Jerusalem “my people.” So, God says in vs.2, “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” Some translators say this means, “Speak to the heart.” Oneword…
Scripture: Isaiah 38 & 39 I. You trust God alone in both personal crisis and national crisis A. The personal crisis for King Hezekiah is that he is going to die (vs. 1). He was one of the best kings in the nation of Judah’s history. 2 Chronicles 29:2: “And (Hezekiah) did what was right in…
Scripture: Isaiah 36 & 37 I . You need to respond to a challenge with dependence on the LORD. A. We see the challenge King Hezekiah and Jerusalem faced in vs. 1 and 2 of chapter 36in 701 BC. The king of Assyria told Hezekiah and Jerusalem to surrender now. At thisexact spot in 735…
Scripture: Isaiah 34-35 A Time of Trouble “Draw near, O nations, to hear and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.” (34:1) “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world…
Scripture: Isaiah 33 I. God will be known in saving His people. A. In Isaiah 33 God’s people in Jerusalem were in danger – surrounded by the Assyrians. The Assyrians were called destroyer and traitor. They were bullies and cheaters. We see their cheating ways in 2 Kings 18:14 in King Hezekiah’s words to the…
Scripture: Isaiah 30 I. Why is God waiting? A. He is waiting for your repentance and faith. Jerusalem and its leaders did not trust in God. The LORD in vs. 1 calls the people of Jerusalem “stubborn children, who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my…
