How would you describe grace? What sort of adjectives would you attach to grace? 

Whatever it is, the goal of this study is to leave with 3 more adjectives, and to live in light of His grace.

When was the last time someone sent you an invitation? An invitation is a word of promise to get someone to do something. It is a request from someone for you to do something. 

From Isaiah 55, we are to consider what it is that the Lord requires His people do and how He moves His people to do it. Therefore for us, we are to consider why we have come tonight. What does God want us to do? 

This chapter comes after many chapters of God’s people meandering through life and even disobeying Him. Thus, it is important to read this passage in context, otherwise we will just think that it is uplifting. This transitions to show us grace and glory and is a picture of love that acts 

To what kind of people is this passage addressed? How would you describe them and the way God speaks to them? How would you describe the way God speaks to them? Some of the sweetest verses in the book can be found in these two chapters (Isaiah 54-55), the tail end of the Book of Comfort.

What does Christianity mean for me today? What good is all of this Christianity for me today? Isaiah 53 tells us that it means everything for our yesterday, today and all of our tomorrows. There is no surer foundation for us to gather around at the start of a new year. 

This Christmas season, have you had time to reflect on what we’re really celebrating? In this passage, we will how Isaiah also foretells and speaks of the message of Christmas — what the gospel is, who it is about and who it is for.

Today, if you feel like this world and what you’re feeling is full of loneliness, mourning and captivity, and you feel like this world is spiralling out of control and you’re weary, you are in good company. Isaiah has something to say to us of the story of the Bible, the Saviour of the Bible and the saved of the Bible. 

We come to the end of the year and there are different things that get released online at this time of the year— Spotify wrapped summarises the songs and artists we’ve been listening to, the “Word of the Year” . The Merriam-Webster dictionary picked “authentic” as their word of the year. We live in a time when many are thinking of their authentic self and what it means to be human, especially when AI has been picking up steam. Perhaps as Christians too, we are left thinking about what really is authentic Christian joy, peace, comfort? 

Isaiah 51 brings us words that help us differentiate and define what authentic Christian comfort is, especially in a world that peddles its version of comfort. 

This is the first study in the season of Advent. The Latin word for Advent, “Adventus” means “coming”. Advent is the season where we as Christians prepare ourselves for Christmas, which celebrates the coming of the Servant, the Messiah King, the Promised Christ; and not only that but also in eager anticipation for Christ’s second coming. 

When the promises seem faint and far away, how can we wait faithfully? Our text for today brings us to the third of the four Servant Songs, and offers us wisdom for this task.

The past year on both the international and local front is turbulent. We read of war and murders. We are in a period of economic uncertainties. The year can feel like there has been a lot of turmoil. It can be difficult to find joy and hope. Joy and hope is being spoken of around Christmas, but it can be hard. 

Passages like the one we have in Isaiah 49, pull us out of our worries and tether our joy to something that can never be lost and can never die. 

Our series thus far has challenged us to have a big and high view of God. This chunk of Isaiah takes a microscope to who God is -- how He is full of grace, full of glory, how He is our Lord, how He is our saviour, how He is sovereign, how He is our good and holy God. We’ve been challenged personally — if God is who He says He is, and if we believe that this God is real and good and true - how will we live our lives differently?

In this chapter, we consider the simple question “Who is our Messiah, and what has been promised?” With everything we have learned about who God is, our study tonight puts all of that together in one promised servant. One commentator said of this chapter - “This chapter is full of our Lord Jesus Christ” - and that’s who we will be looking at.

How would you describe God? Do you have a high view of God? The Bible speaks of God as a living God. 

In Jeremiah 9:23-24, we read that our joy, delight, satisfaction and glory should not be in the good gifts God gives us, but that we know Him for the worth of His very being. 

Isaiah was written for us to have a high view of God. The book shows us that God is not a paltry deity. He is the God of nations, of glory and of redemption. Today’s text will show us 4 aspects of knowing God. 

What do you think of when you think of God? How would you describe Him? These verses in Isaiah 48 show us how God has revealed Himself to His people and teaches us to think about God rightly.

This is a passage that is full of sarcasm. How are we to understand it? It’s like a splash of cold water to wake us up. What kind of stupor is this cold water meant to wake us up from? What cold water splash do you need today?

Do you know how to save a drowning man? How do you save someone who is drowning and struggling? This is the state of the Israel that we are confront with tonight. This Israel that we read of in Isaiah 46 is very much a drowning man. They have been conquered and had no hope of rescue. Yet, they were still struggling to stay alive. Tonight’s text will show us what it takes to save such a drowning man. 

We all live and build our lives on certain foundational truths. Jesus Himself picked up on this at the end of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 7:24-27). Only time will tell what kind of foundations we build our lives on. This passage in Isaiah forces us to think about who or what we build our lives on.

Are we getting worse at dealing with instability in the world? Are we less able to deal with personal setback and struggle? Are you tempted to fear, have anxiety, and be paralysed by events in your life? What do you do when you face uncertainty? Do you trust in a God who is sovereign? 

Christians should have the greatest resistance to global crises, generational changes and personal temptations. We are the people that claim to know a God who is both good and sovereign. We claim that we love Him and are confident in who we are, because of how He loves us. We should have a huge reserve of spiritual resources that we can tap on in times of crises. 

Plans are important not just for us individually, but also when we think about nations. In Singapore, we have a National Day Rally, an annual event that’s always important because of the plans that are introduced. But, apart from the plans, the person is also just as important. The plans being revealed are important, because of the person who is behind the plans. In Isaiah 44, we see a God who speaks to a people in exile. He has a plan for this people, despite their circumstances. 

Monotheism is the doctrine that there is only one God. This study is not one on religious worldviews. Rather we’re going to hone in on something within our Christian faith that’s probably a bit more familiar to us —idolatry. If you’ve been a Christian for a while, you would be well acquainted with idolatry and maybe even your own struggles with it.

This passage looks at a key claim that God Himself makes — “I am God, and there is none beside me, there is none like me”. Alongside this Isaiah unpacks for us just how absurd it is for us to think otherwise and to do otherwise.

How would you introduce God the Holy Spirit to your non-Christian friend? What will you say we are expected to know of Him and to interact with Him? 

We may have come to understand God’s Spirit as part of a formula and may not realise how God has introduced Himself. In this text, we see that God has poured out His Spirit on His people.