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ISAIAH 49
Lesson #39
THE FAITHFUL SERVANT

 

• MEMORY VERSE: PSALM 50:1
• ISAIAH 49 BEGINS A NEW SECTION IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH..
  • CHAPTERS 40-48 COVERED “THE COMFORT OF JEHOVAH”.
  • CHAPTERS 49-57 COVER “THE SALVATION OF JEHOVAH THROUGH THE SUFFERING SERVANT”.

• ISAIAH 49 IS ANOTHER “SERVANT SONG”. (SERVANT SONG #1 WAS IN ISA 42).

• READ ISA 49:1-21 THE CHOOSING AND COMMISSIONING OF A SERVANT
  • THE SERVANT, ISRAEL’S RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE GOD:
    • TO MAINTAIN THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD.
    • TO MAINTAIN THE GENEALOGIC BLOODLINE TO THE MESSIAH.
    • TO EXEMPLIFY THE BLESSINGS OF A FAITHFUL GOD.
    • TO BE A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES.
  • TO UNDERSTAND THIS CHAPTER, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DECIDE WHO IS SPEAKING.
    • WHO DO YOU THINK IS DOING THE SPEAKING IN THIS PASSAGE? (1)
      • IT IS JESUS CHRIST THAT IS SPEAKING TO ISRAEL ABOUT HIS FATHER, GOD.
  • REMEMBER THAT THE JEWS WERE THE FIRST SERVANT CALLED BY GOD TO FULFILL GOD’S PLAN. THEY FAILED TO BE A TOTALLY FAITHFUL SERVANT TO GOD, SO GOD SENT HIS SON TO FULFILL THE ROLE OF A SERVANT. HERE IS WHERE THE PARALLEL BETWEEN ISRAEL, THE SERVANT, AND JESUS, THE SERVANT IS CLEARLY SEEN.
    • NOTICE THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF THE FIRST SERVANT, ISRAEL, IN VERSE 4. THAT WAS WHY GOD SENT HIS SON TO BE THE SECOND SERVANT (5-6).
      • IN THEIR OWN STRENGTH, THE JEWS COULD NOT POSSIBLY FULFILL GOD’S EXPECTATIONS. THEY NEEDED SUPERNATURAL HELP IN THE FORM OF A REDEEMER (7).
        • WE ALSO SEE A TIME OF DISCOURAGEMENT IN JESUS’ MINISTRY WHEN MANY DISCIPLES LEFT HIM.
          • SEE JOH 1:10-11 AND JOH 6:67.
  • WHY DOES GOD USE THE SYMBOL OF A SERVANT?
    • A SERVANT IS SOMEONE WHO IS WILLINGLY OBEDIENT TO THE WILL OF HIS MASTER.
      • OBVIOUSLY JESUS CHRIST IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SERVANT.
        • READ JOH 12:49-50 JOH 14:31
      • HOW DO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT ISAIAH 49 REFERS TO JESUS CHRIST?
        • READ LUKE 2:27-32
          • SIMEON QUOTES ISA 49:6 WHEN HE FIRST SEES JESUS.
  • WHAT DOES THIS CHAPTER REVEAL TO YOU ABOUT JESUS CHRIST?
    • JESUS CHRIST WAS SENT BY GOD, THE FATHER. (1)
    • JESUS’ WORDS ARE POWERFUL. (2)
    • JESUS IS GOD’S TOOL. (2)
    • JESUS CHRIST WILL LIFT UP THE JEWS AND RESTORE THEM AS GOD’S PEOPLE. (6)
    • JESUS CHRIST WILL REACH THE GENTILES AS WELL AS THE JEWS. (6)
    • JESUS CHRIST WILL BE DESPISED BY MANY. (7)
    • A REFERENCE TO THE CRUCIFIXION:
      • ISA 49:16 “I HAVE ENGRAVED THEE UPON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS.”
        • READ ZEC 12:10

• READ ISA 49:22-26 THE FUTURE ROLE OF GENTILE NATIONS
  • WHAT PERIOD OF TIME DOES THIS SECTION COVER?
    • DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST ON EARTH WILL BE A TIME OF THE REGATHERING OF ISRAEL WHEN THE JEWS WILL BE RAISED TO BE A FAVORED NATION. IT WILL BE A TIME WHEN CHRIST WILL BE A PASTOR TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL.
  • WHO ARE THE “LOST” CHILDREN IN VERSE 20?
    • THE LOST CHILDREN ARE THE JEWS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE SAVED AND RESTORED.
  • WHO ARE THE “OTHER” CHILDREN IN VERSE 20?
    • THE OTHER CHILDREN ARE THE GENTILES THAT COME TO THE LORD IN THIS NEW TESTAMENT AGE OF GRACE. (ROM 11)
  • WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE ROLE OF GENTILE NATIONS?
    • THEY WILL HELP ISRAEL LEARN TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY TO BE THE PEOPLE GOD CALLED THEM TO BE. (22-23)
• APPLICATION :
  • READ MAT 25:14-30
    • DISCUSSION:
      • HOW DOES THIS NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGE RELATE TO ISAIAH 48?
        • GOD CALLED ISRAEL TO BE A SERVANT BUT THEY FAILED TO USE THEIR TALENTS TO INCREASE GOD’S KINGDOM.
        • GOD CALLED JESUS TO BE HIS SERVANT AND FAITHFULLY HE FULFILLS HIS ROLE AS A SERVANT TO INCREASE GOD’S KINGDOM. TODAY HE WINS THE GENTILES, BUT IN THE FUTURE HE WILL WIN THE JEWS.

HOMEWORK
ISAIAH 50 AND 51
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.

• APPLICATION OF ISA 49
• GOD IS LOOKING FOR FAITHFUL SERVANTS. IN WHAT WAYS CAN YOU IMPROVE IN YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO HIM? BE SPECIFIC.

• DETERMINE THAT THIS WEEK YOU WILL BE THAT FAITHFUL SERVANT, SO THAT HE WILL SAY, “WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT”.

• PREPARATION FOR ISA 50
  • READ ISA 50:1-11 THE DIVINE DIVORCE
    • READ DEU 24:1
      • WHO IS THE HUSBAND IN THIS PARABLE? (1)

• WHO IS THE WIFE IN THIS PARABLE? (1)

• WHAT DOES GOD SAY IS THE REASON FOR THIS DIVINE DIVORCE? (1) ALSO READ ACT 2:22-24

• ISA 50:4 TELLS US WHAT IT WAS THAT JESUS DID THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF HIS LIFE ON EARTH. WHAT WAS IT?

• WHAT REFERENCES DO YOU SEE TO JESUS CHRIST IN THIS CHAPTER?

• READ ISA 51:1-23
  • VERSES 17 AND 22 MENTION, “A CUP OF HIS FURY” AND “THE DREGS OF THE CUP OF TREMBLING”. TO WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT REFERS?

MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 51:7