Key Thought: Deliverance requires a deliverer. Israel was delivered by Cyrus who set them free from Babylonian exile, and by the Servant Messiah that would restore justice and bring the survivors back to God
February 27, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 41:10-17

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What was the reason for the Lord to call the nation a worm?
3. Personal Application: What is our role as God’s servant nation in these verses? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Does God really promise to hear us when we are in need? If this is true, why are there so many people who are hungry, poor, and thirsty in this world?” How would you respond to your friend?

2. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 42:1-7.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is the role and character of God’s Servant?
3. Personal Application: What lessons can we learn about how we should be ministering to others as well? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “The Catholic Church has a clothing center and soup kitchen. The Methodist Church has a clothing center and a soup kitchen. We have a clothing center and food pantry for Dorcas. Aren’t we all doing the same thing and serving people? What should be different, or is it all good?“ How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 44:27-45:4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why did God call Cyrus His anointed?
3. Personal Application: What other prophecies have come to pass as predicted? What kind of hope do they offer us as individuals? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “What reasons did God have for naming Cyrus in prophecy and the way he would conquer Babylon years before it happened?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 49:3-10.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. If the Servant is the Messiah, why is He called Israel?
   (Note: Israel is the type – Christ is the reality. Israel means overcomer with God. Jesus overcame where the nation of Israel did not. Israel was called out of Egypt – Christ was called out of Egypt. Israel is called “my son.” Jesus is God’s Son. Paul stated that the promise was not to many, but to One, that is Christ. Israel today is Christ and the nation that follows Him according to Paul.)
3. Personal Application: How are we to stay faithful even among outward appearances and disappointments? 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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