Hosanna Now and Always

Isaiah 41

Sermon Notes:

1) An Awesome God, 1-7

2) A Helpless Idol, 21-29

3) A Pitied and Protected People, 8-20

A) Protection promised, 8-10

B) Enemies scattered, 11-13

C) Obstacles conquered, 14-16

D) Needs met and more, 17-20

Reflection questions:

1) How do you see God – strong or kind? How does Scripture present Him? In Isaiah 40-41? In Psalm 62:11-12? In Psalm 2:9-12?

2) How should God’s people respond to both His strength and His kindness? See Psalm 23, Ps 121 and 124, Ephesians 4:32.

3) If idolatry is putting too much trust in something that is not God, then how might 1st-century Jews have committed idolatry? Did they trust in a different idea of the Messiah than the one that Jesus came to fulfill? What did they want (see John 6:13-15)? What did Jesus come to do (see Matthew 16:13-24; Isaiah 53)?