Isaiah 40-52
Isaiah 40: Comfort for God’s People
Ø After all of the woes and judgments, God gave Isaiah a different message for the people. What was it?
Ø According to Jesus, who fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 40:3?
Ø Why, according to Isaiah, can we trust in the Word of the Lord? (40:5)
Ø What does this chapter teach us about the omniscience of God? Application for us?
Isaiah 41: The Helper of Israel
Ø Who is Israel’s ultimate Helper? How can that apply to us?
Ø What did Israel do to merit God’s calling them His chosen people? Application?
Ø According to Isaiah, as God’s chosen people, did Israel have any need to fear? How does that apply to us?
Isaiah 42: The Servant of the Lord
Ø To whom does this chapter refer?
Ø What does verse 3 mean? Application?
Ø What is the “new song” to which Isaiah refers?
Isaiah 43: Israel’s Only Savior
Ø Is there ever a time when God’s chosen people are not under His care? Application?
Ø Did the nation of Israel understand and believe that truth? Do we?
Ø In spite of their sins, God forgave Israel? What does this teach us about God?
Isaiah 44-45: Israel the Chosen of God
Ø God declares that He has chosen Israel, that He made them, that He is with them, and that He provides for them. Why does He tell them these truths and how did they respond?
Ø What does God say about idols made by human hands? Application?
Ø Will God ever forget those He has chosen? Application?
Ø God chooses to use a man named Cyrus to accomplish His purposes? Who is this Cyrus and when was he born?
Ø How does God respond to those who quarrel against Him? Application?
Isaiah 46: The Gods of Babylon
Ø How does Isaiah describe manmade idols?
Ø What is God’s response to those idols?
Ø Is there ever a time when God shares His position with others? Application?
Isaiah 47: The Fall of Babylon
Ø If God chose Babylon to discipline His people, why did He then destroy Babylon?
Ø What is the outcome of any nation that rejects God? Application?
Isaiah 48: Listen Israel!
Ø Why did God use prophecy with His people Israel? Did they listen? Application?
Ø Why did God give us this account of Israel’s stiff necked disobedience?
Ø How did Israel (and how do we) know that the prophecies of God are accurate?
Ø According to verse 17, why did God direct Israel the way He did? Application for us?
Isaiah 49: The Servant of the Lord
Ø What did God want Israel to be to the world?
Ø Is there coming a time when Israel will fulfill that mission?
Ø Has God set aside His people and forgotten them?
Isaiah 50: Israel’s Sin
Ø Why was Israel dispersed from their land?
Ø To whom do verses 4-9 refer?
Ø Whenever man tries to sustain himself apart from God what happens? Application?
Isaiah 51-52:12: Everlasting Salvation for Israel
Ø Why can Israel trust in the Lord?
Ø Even though the earth will perish and the heavens be destroyed, will God’s salvation and righteousness ever end?
Ø Will Israel ever return to the land that God gave them? Application?
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