Isaiah 40

Sermon Notes:

1) The Ever-Comforting God, 1-2

2) The Ever-Conquering God, 3-5, 9-11

3) The Ever-Constant God, 6-8

4) The Incomparable God, 12-26

5) The Everlasting God, 25-31

Reflection questions:

1) Do you need God’s comfort any less than Isaiah’s original audience did? What is one result of God’s comfort shown to us? See 2 Cor. 1:3-7.

2) How does the coming of John the Baptist (which prepares the way for Jesus) result in “comfort” for God’s people? Compare Isaiah 40:1-5, Mark 1.

3) Read Isaiah 40 aloud, especially vv.12ff where the rhetorical questions start, whether you’re in a group or in your home by yourself. (If this is too touchyfeely for you, then congratulations; you might be a Presbyterian.)