Key Thought: Isaiah finally reveals God’s plan to reach, save, and heal lost people. He voluntarily bears our suffering and punishment.
March 6, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 52:13-15.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What does it mean that God’s servant’s visage was marred more than any man and His form more than the sons of men?
3. Personal Application: How are we to deal prudently with others? By doing so, could we be extolled and exalted? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What does it mean that the servant shall sprinkle many nations and kings shall see what they haven’t heard shall they consider?” How would you respond to your friend?

2. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 53:1-5..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does it mean that Jesus would grow up as a root out of a dry ground?
3. Personal Application: How is Jesus a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief? How was He despised and rejected? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Why does this say that Jesus had no form, nor comeliness, nor beauty? Is this describing Jesus as a human, or His form while on the cross after His scourging, beating, and thorns?“ How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 53:6-9.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What does this describe about what Jesus has done for us?
3. Personal Application: What does verse six states that can give you hope despite your past sins? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “Some people say that Isaiah 53 is speaking about the Jewish nation as a whole as God’s servant. What specifically do you see here that seems to prophecy about a person rather than the nation of Israel?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 53:10-12.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why does this text tell us that it pleased God to bruise Him and put Him to grief? Why would punishing Christ make God happy?
3. Personal Application: How glad would you be if you were punished for another person’s crimes so that they wouldn’t have to? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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