LESSON



LESSON JUNE 12, 20222SUBJECT: God Foretells RedemptionDEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 111:9-10BACKGROUND: Isaiah 49:1-17LESSON: Isaiah 49:1-13MEMORY VERSE: This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances. Isaiah 49:8 NIVLESSON AIM: To show how God uses His servant to bring redemption.INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY OUTLINE I. SERVANT WITH A MESSAGE: ISAIAH 49:1-2In Isaiah 49 God is speaking of His servant. Whose attention does the servant of the Lord attempt to get? (The servant can refer to Jesus Christ, the nation of Israel or a prophet of God. Most Biblical scholars believe Isaiah is speaking of Jesus as the coming Messiah.) Isaiah 49:1abWho is God’s servant referring to when He speaks about “islands” and “distant nations”? Isaiah 66:19What can the church do to get the attention of the world today?How does God’s servant explain his call? Who is responsible for the call? Isaiah 49:1cWhen did the servant receive his name? How does this prove true with Jesus? Isaiah 49:1d; Matthew 1:21-23How did a prophet and an apostle attest to God’s call of them even before birth? Jeremiah 1:1-5; Galatians 1:1, 15How does God prepare and equip His servant? What do you think this weapon symbolize? Isaiah 49:2a (Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16).How does God protect His servant? Isaiah 49:2bdWhat is the second metaphor used to reveal the servant’s powerful speech? Isaiah 49:2cWhat was David’s testimony about how God protected him? Psalm 27:5Do you feel God’s protection and preservation? In what ways?II. SERVANT WITH A BURDEN: ISAIAH 49:3-4What did God want Israel to know? Isaiah 49:3aWhat was God’s mission for Israel and Jesus as His servants? How are Christians expected to do the same? Isaiah 49:3b; Matthew 5:16How did Jesus fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 49:3? John 1:15; 17:1, 4How does the servant express disappointment in his work? Isaiah 49:4abHow does the servant express faith even in the midst of disappointment? Isaiah 49:4cdWhat things cause you to become frustrated in life? How do you defeat these frustrations?What should the servants of God do when they feel their Christian service is in vain?III. SERVANT WITH A MISSION: ISAIAH 49:5-6What does the servant acknowledge about his call? Isaiah 49:5aWho was the servant to gather back to God? Isaiah 49:5bcHow does God view his servant? Isaiah 49:5dWhy is the servant Jesus glorious in God’s eyes? Philippians 2:8-9What will enable the servant to perform His mission? Isaiah 49:5eHow did God impress on his servant that His mission was not only to the nation of Israel? Isaiah 49:6Who fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 49:6? How? Luke 2:25-32Where can light and salvation be found for all humanity? John 8:12; Acts 4:10-12What can Christians do to help to bring the light and salvation of Jesus to the ends of the earth? Matthew 5:14-16; 28:19-20IV. SERVANT OF RESTORATION AND REDEMPTION: ISAIAH 49:7-13How is God described in Isaiah 49:7? Isaiah 49:7ab, 7ghv. 7av. 7bv. 7gv. 7hHow did people show disrespect to God’s servant? Isaiah 49:7cd How will people who once disrespected God’s servant come to view him? Isaiah 49:7efWhat four things did God promise His servant? Isaiah 49:8bcdev. 8bv. 8cv. 8dv. 8eHow will God’s servant help the people of God? Isaiah 49:8ef, 9abWhat will God’s people be able to do once brought out of darkness and freed? Isaiah 49:9cd-10abHow will God’s people be assisted? Isaiah 49:10cdWhat barriers will be removed? Isaiah 49:11Who will be rescued and restored? Isaiah 49:12How should God’s people respond to His restoration and salvation? Why? Isaiah 49:13How did God’s people feel about their situation? What did God reassure them? Isaiah 49:14-17 ................
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