Isaiah 59 · Grade 4

His Own Arm Brought Salvation

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Read and Think

Isaiah 59 answers a question: Why hasn't God saved us? "Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; nor his ear dull, that it can't hear. But your iniquities have separated you and your God." The problem was not God's power but the people's sin. Isaiah lists lies, injustice, and violence. "They don't know the way of peace." In the New Testament, Paul quotes verses 7-8 in Romans 3:15-17 to show everyone has sinned.

Then the people confess: "We look for light, but see darkness." "For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us." "Truth has fallen in the street." Things were so bad that no human could fix them.

So God acts himself. "He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him." He puts on armor: "righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation." Then comes the promise: "A Redeemer will come to Zion." In the New Testament, Paul quotes this about Jesus in Romans 11:26, and uses the armor in Ephesians 6:14-17.

Show What You Know

Why hadn't God saved the people?
Where does Paul quote verses 7-8?
Why did God act himself?
Where does Paul quote the Redeemer promise?

Think About It

Sin separates us from God, but God's arm brought salvation. How does this show God's love?
The people confessed their sins honestly. Why is confessing sin an important step toward God?

Memory Verse

“Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.”

Isaiah 59:1 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being able to save. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What are the three movements?
Isaiah said truth stumbled in the streets. What helps you keep telling the truth when others do not?