This week we are focusing on Isaiah 1:21-31. The following are some study suggestions to help you get started:
LIMITED TIME:
- Read through Isaiah 1:21-31.
- Meditate on and/or journal the answers to the following questions.
- What does this passage teach me about God and His character?
- How does this aspect of God’s character change my view of myself?
- What should I do in response?
MORE TIME:
- Read through Isaiah 1:21-31 and study it on your own. Here are some possible questions to get started.
- What has the “faithful city” become (v.1)? What does that mean?
- How do the inhabitants of this unfaithful city treat each other (vs.21-23)?
- Verse 24 begins with “therefore”. Based on the charges God just laid out against His people, what is God going to do to Jerusalem and His people(vs. 24-28)?
- Note the two different types of people and their responses to God. What are the consequences to their actions (vs. 27-31)?
- For fun, take a look at Jeremiah 33:7-11 and Revelation 21:9-27. What do you learn about God’s distant future for this present unfaithful city and its inhabitants?
- Meditate on or journal the answers to the following questions.
- What does this passage teach me about God and His character?
- How does this aspect of God’s character change my view of myself?
- What should I do in response?
GOING DEEPER (optional): For further teaching and application, do one or more of the following:
- Read chapter 4, “Our Urgent Need: A New Self-Awareness III(1:21-31)” in Isaiah: God Saves Sinners or listen to Ray Ortlund’s sermon series on line. (Most of the sermons correspond to the chapters in his book.)
- Listen to the sermon(s) from Pastor Liam Goligher’s sermon series on Isaiah that go along with this week’s reading.
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