The Steadfast Servant

Isaiah 50

Sermon Notes:

1) The Suffering of God’s People, 1-3

2) The Steadfastness of God’s Servant, 4-9

3) The Separation the Servant Causes, 10-11

Reflection Questions:

1. Is our sin the cause of some of our suffering in this life? Is it always the cause of our suffering in this life? See Isaiah 50:1-3 and John 9:1-3.

2. Is the Servant an example of how God’s people should have obeyed? Is he merely an example, or is he something more? Compare Isaiah 50 with 1 Peter 2:21- 25.

3. Read verse 4 and the following commentary: “Nothing indicates a tongue befitting the disciples of God, so much as the gift of administering consolation.” 1 How can you give the gift of consolation to someone today?