Apr 10, 2022
New Heavens and a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Isaiah
Questions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What feelings are aroused in your heart by the description of the new heavens and the new earth in Isaiah 65?
- How does this vision of the future influence the way you live in the present?
- Who will be included in this blessed future? (See Isaiah 66:2.)
- What will be the future for those who continue in rebellion against God? (See Isaiah 66:24.)
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- Apr 10, 2022New Heavens and a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25Apr 10, 2022New Heavens and a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What feelings are aroused in your heart by the description of the new heavens and the new earth in Isaiah 65?
- How does this vision of the future influence the way you live in the present?
- Who will be included in this blessed future? (See Isaiah 66:2.)
- What will be the future for those who continue in rebellion against God? (See Isaiah 66:24.)
- Mar 27, 2022God’s Love Demonstrated in Power – Isaiah 63:7-64:4Mar 27, 2022God’s Love Demonstrated in Power – Isaiah 63:7-64:4By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- How does it help our faith to remember past examples of God’s love demonstrated in power?
- What are some of God’s past demonstrations of love in your own life?
- For what struggles, battles, or challenges do you currently need God to demonstrate His love in power in your own life?
- How have you found Isaiah 64:4 to be true?
- Mar 20, 2022God Wins! – Isaiah 63:1-6Mar 20, 2022God Wins! – Isaiah 63:1-6By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- What New Testament parallels do we see to today’s passage? What insight do they give us on the meaning of our passage?
- Why is it important that we think about and talk about the coming judgement of God?
- Why is it often difficult for us to talk about God’s judgement? How can we overcome this difficulty?
- Mar 13, 2022Good News! – Isaiah 61Mar 13, 2022Good News! – Isaiah 61By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Why are we confident that this chapter is fulfilled by Jesus? (See Luke 4:14-21.) How does this inform and shape our whole lens for interpreting Isaiah?
- In verses 1-3 what does the anointed one provide? Which of these provisions is most encouraging to you personally?
- What do we learn about God’s character in verse 8? How does this encourage you?
- Mar 6, 2022A Glorious Future – Isaiah 60Mar 6, 2022A Glorious Future – Isaiah 60By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Apart from the light of Christ, the world is covered in thick darkness. What does this darkness look like?
- In verses 3-14 we see the nations coming to the Light. How does this strengthen our resolve to share Jesus, the Light of the World, with the lost in all the earth?
- What descriptions of Zion in this chapter do we see repeated in the New Testament? (See Revelation 21:9-27, Hebrews 12:22, and I Peter 2:5.) How does this encourage you?
- Feb 26, 2022Instructions for Parents & Kids – Ephesians 6:1-4Feb 26, 2022Instructions for Parents & Kids – Ephesians 6:1-4By: Ben LairamoreSeries: Sunday Morning MessageQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How can I continue to honor my parents even as an adult?
- As a parent, am I doing things that may provoke my child? If so, how will I seek to address this?
- As a parent, how do I need to grow in providing loving discipline for my children?
- As a parent or grandparent, how can I be more intentional in providing spiritual training for my children or grandchildren?
- As a young person, how do I need God’s grace to better honor and obey my parents?
- Feb 20, 2022True & False Fasting – Isaiah 58Feb 20, 2022True & False Fasting – Isaiah 58By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- How does this passage challenge you personally? How will you respond in obedience to what you have heard?
- Have you ever fasted? What is the difference between a true and false fast?
- This passage challenges us to pour ourselves out for the hungry/needy (vs. 10). What are some specific ways that you can live this out?
- How do the promised results of sacrificial love and care for the needy motivate you to action?
- Feb 13, 2022Join the Banquet – Isaiah 55Feb 13, 2022Join the Banquet – Isaiah 55By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- Why is it essential that we understand that the LORD calls us to a feast that is free? Who paid for the feast on our behalf?
- In what way are we to seek the Lord according to verses 6-7?
- Does it encourage you to know that God’s Word will always accomplish the purpose for which the Lord sends it out? If yes, why?
- How have you seen the reality explained in verses 8-9 that the LORD’s thoughts and ways are higher than our thoughts and ways?
- Jan 30, 2022The Suffering Servant – Isaiah 52:13-53:12Jan 30, 2022The Suffering Servant – Isaiah 52:13-53:12By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- Why are the predictions of our passage rightly seen as miraculous? How does this encourage and strengthen your faith?
- What is meant by being “healed” by the Servants wounds in Isaiah 53:5? How do we experience this healing now? How will we experience it in the future?
- Why was the Servant’s bloody death necessary for God to count sinners as righteous?
- Has God sprinkled you with the Servant’s blood, healed you, and counted you as righteous? If yes, how does this assurance of being forgiven impact the way you live your daily life?
- Jan 16, 2022The LORD’s Servant – Isaiah 49:1-7Jan 16, 2022The LORD’s Servant – Isaiah 49:1-7By: Ben LairamoreSeries: IsaiahQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What was confusing, convicting, or encouraging from this study of scripture?
- Who is the Servant of the LORD spoken of in Isaiah 49:1-7? How do we know?
- What can we learn from verse 4 about how to handle discouraging results as we seek to labor for the Lord’s Kingdom?
- God was accomplishing something bigger than just the return of Judah from exile. What would God do through the Servant? (See verse 6.)
- How are you also a part of the bigger picture of what God is doing in the world?
