Week of 12.11.2022 | Day Two
Isaiah was another prophet sent by God to warn the Southern Kingdom, Judah, of the judgment that would come because of their wicked unfaithfulness. Isaiah encountered the Lord through many life changing visions that left him aware of his own sinfulness and in awe of God’s holiness. He wanted others to experience the same life changing encounter with the Lord, yet most rejected his message of warning and pleas to repent. Isaiah understood that through His mercy and steadfast love, God would do for His people, and the rest of the world, what they could never do for themselves. The promised Perfect King, Immanuel, would enter the world as a child, to save the people from their sin and restore God’s kingdom, just as He designed it to be.
Read
Here are several suggested passages to read from Isaiah. Guide your family through as many as you see fit, focusing on how the prophet points us to Jesus:
Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 53:3-6
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 53:3-6 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Discuss
What stood out to you about this section?
How does Isaiah point us to Jesus?
What does this teach us about God?
What does this teach us about man?
How should we respond to what we read?
Pray
Lead your family in a time of prayer.
Consider the ACTS model (Adoration- Adore or praise God, Confession- Confess sin, Thanksgiving- Thank God, and Supplication- Ask God to supply our needs)