Sunday, September 30, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1. Sentence completion: Isaiah wrote, "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor..."

2. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah charged, "But your  --------  have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His --------  from you, So that He will not -------- ."

3. Isaiah wrote of God in the new creation, "It shall come to pass That before they --------, I will-----,
And while they are still  --------, I will hear".


1. "His ear heavy, That it cannot hear" (Is. 59:1).
 
2. "Iniquities....face.....hear" (Is. 59:2).
 
3. "Call....answer....speaking" (Is. 65:24). 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1.  Fill in the blanks: Isaiah promised, "For you shall go out with  -------- , And be led out with 
--------."

2. Isaiah invited, "Arise, shine; For your  -------  has come! And the  -------  of the Lord is risen upon you."

3. Sentence completion: Isaiah, like Jeremiah, said, "We are the clay, and You our potter..."


 
 
1. "Joy...peace" (Is. 55:12). This describes the harmonious conditions of the Messiah's future kingdom.
 
 
2. "Light... glory" (Is. 60:1). This glad promise looks forward to the time of  God's great blessing on Israel when "the Gentiles shall come to your light" (v3).
 
 
3. And all we are the work of  Your hand" (Is, 64:8).

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1. Sentence completion: Isaiah wrote for God, For My thoughts are not your thoughts...."

2. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah appealed, "Let the wicked  -------  his way, And the unrighteous man his 
-------; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have  -------  on him."

3. Sentence completion: Isaiah wrote, "Seek the Lord while He may be found...."





1. "Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord" (Is. 55:8).  This was part of the Lord's rationale for human inability to comprehend He purposes.
 
 
 
2. "Forsake... thoughts..... mercy" (Is. 55:7).
 
 
3. "Call upon Him while He  is near" (Is. 55:7).

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah said, " ---------  to the Lord a  -------  song."

2. Sentence completion: Isaiah wrote, "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money...".

3. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah described Israel's sinfulness like this, "From the sole of the  ------  even to the  -----. There is no soundness in it, But  --------  and  --------  and putrefying sores."


 
 
1. "Sing...new" (Is. 42:10).Isaiah called to all the nations to praise the Lord for the salvation He would achieve for all men (vv. 10-13).
 
2. "Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without  money and without price" (Is. 55:1).
God had prepared a spiritual feast for Israel, which they needed only to accept in total trust to enjoy. Instead they wasted their spirits on vain, idolatrous pursuits (v. 2).
 
 
3. "Foot...head...wounds...bruises" (Is. 1:6

Monday, September 24, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: "And He was  -------- with  the transgressors,  And He bore  the  -------  of many, And made  ------  for the   -------."

2. The Lord said through Isaiah about judgment, "For I will not  ------  forever, Nor will I always be 
-------. "

3. Through Isaiah,  God said, "I am  God, and there is  --------  like Me, Declaring the  ------ from the
--------."


1. "Numbered... sin... intercession... transgressors" (Is. 53:12).  Jesus was crucified with two thieves, He  bore the sins of the world, and He prayed for those who executed  Him while He hung on the cross (Matt. 27:38; Luke 23:34; I John 2:2).
 
 
2. "Contend...angry" (Is. 57:16).
 
 
3. "None... end...beginning" (Is. 46:9, 10).

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Familiar Phrases

1. Sentence completion: "He was led as a lamb to the slaughter..."

2. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah said of Messiah, "For He was cut off from the  -----  of the  -----  ."

3. Isaiah wrote of Messiah, "Yet it pleased the Lord to  ------  Him; He has put Him to  ------."


1. "And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So  He opened not His mouth" (Is. 53:7).
Both  Matthew and Mark note Jesus' silence before His accusers and judges at His trials (Matt. 26:63; Mark 15:4,5).
 
2. ''Land....living'' (Is.53:8).
 
3. "Bruise....grief  (Is. 53:10).


Saturday, September 22, 2012

Familiar Phrases

Petting Zoo at fair in Jonesboro Ar

1. Sentence completion: "Surely He has borne our griefs..."
 
 
2. "But  He  was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities..."
 
3. "All we like sheep have gone astray;..."
 
 
 
1. "And carried our sorrows" (Is. 53:4). The apostle Matthew applied this verse to the healing ministry of Jesus (Matt. 8:17).
2. "The  chastisement for our peace was upon Him. And by His stripes we are healed" (Is. 53:5).

3. "We  have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord  has laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Is. 53:6).