6: PLaying God – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: Isaiah saw that after Assyria, Babylon would conquer Judah, but He also saw that God would decisively prevail and bring peace to our troubled planet.
February 6, 2021
1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 13:19-22.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- How did the city of Babylon finally end?
- Personal Application: Could God’s wrath stem from His love? If this is true, how could it be? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why does a loving God do these things, or allow them to happen? How do we understand God’s wrath and anger?” How would you respond to your friend?
2. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 14:12-14.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- Could these verses apply to the king of Babylon?
- Personal Application: What is the contrast between the character of God and the character of Satan? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your relatives states: “I don’t think people who are arrogant, proud, and desire supremacy even know that they are. How can you reach someone like that?“ How would you respond to your relative
3. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 14:12-14..
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
- Why does Babylon refer both to Rome and an evil power in Revelation?
- Personal Application: How do people today try to take God’s place? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “How could Satan believe that he could take God’s place? That seems impossible that a created creature could believe he could take the place of God.” How would you respond to your neighbor?
4. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 24:1-6..
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
- Does God really destroy the unsaved?
- Personal Application: Why is God’s destruction of the lost called His strange act? Share your thoughts.
- 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).
