The Lord Will Come as Redeemer

Sunday, August 2, 2015
Isaiah 59:15-21 NIV 

15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him. 17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. 18 According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due. 19 From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along. 20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins," declares the LORD. 21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants--from this time on and forever," says the LORD.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After the people of God acknowledge their transgressions against God, what is their spiritual condition? (v.15a)
2) What did the Lord God observe and what was His response? (v.15b-18)
3) What will the Lord do for His penitent people and those who fear (revere) His name? (v.19-20)
4) What does the Lord declare to His people (v.21)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) What is the spiritual standing of your local church, this nation, and/or yourself with the Lord?
6) What, if anything, will you do to return to right relationship with the Lord?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord God defends those who recognize (acknowledge) their need for His salvation and/or deliverance.