From Chaos - Peace
Isaiah 11:1-10 - New International
Version (NIV)
1 A
shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will
rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the
poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the
wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with
the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the
viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his
resting place will be glorious.
What will the Branch bear (verse 1)?
Who will rest on the Branch (verse 2)?
What will the Branch delight in (verse 3)?
In your opinion, what is the difference between
judging “by what he sees with his eyes” and judging “with righteousness”
(verses 3 and 4)?
How will the wicked be slayed (verse 4)?
What will live with the lamb (verse 6)?
Who will eat straw (verse 7)?
What will the young child do (verse 8)?
Why will “they neither harm nor destroy on
all my holy mountain” (verse 9)?
Who will “stand as a banner for the peoples”
(verse 10)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage reveal
about the source of peace?
Psalm
72:1-7, 18-19 - New International Version (NIV)
1 Endow the king with your
justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring
prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
5 May he endure as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
What does the Psalmist pray for the king to be
endowed with (verse 1)?
How does the Psalmist pray that the people will be
judged (verse 2)?
What does the Psalmist pray that the hill will bring
to the people (verse 3)?
Who does the Psalmist pray that the king will save (verse
4)?
How long does the Psalmist pray that the king will
endure (verse 5)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that the king may “be
like rain falling on a mown field” (verse 6)?
Who does the Psalmist pray will flourish (verse
7)?
Who “alone does marvelous deeds” (verse 18)?
What does the Psalmist pray will be filled with the king’s
glory (verse 19)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what
does this passage reveal about the source of peace?
In
your opinion, how is the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalms 72:1-7, 18-19 a
fitting prayer for the shoot that comes up from the stump of Jesse in Isaiah
11:1-10?
Romans 15:4-13 – New International Version (NIV)
4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach
us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the
encouragement they provide we might have hope.
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the
same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so
that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in
order to bring praise to God. 8 For I tell you that Christ
has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the
promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9 and,
moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is
written:
“Therefore I will praise
you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”
10 Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles,
with his people.”
11 And again,
“Praise the Lord, all
you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”
12 And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of
Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you
trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
What
do “the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they
provide” help Christians have (verse 4)?
What
can “the God who gives endurance and encouragement” also give us “toward
each other” (verse 5)?
Who
should Christians with “one mind and one voice” glorify (verse 6)?
How
should Christians accept other Christians (verse 7)?
Why
has Christ “become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth” (verse
8)?
What is the other reason that Christ has “become a
servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth” (verse 9)?
Who might “glorify
God for his mercy” (verse 9)?
Who are the Gentiles to
rejoice with (verse 10)?
What are “all the
peoples” to do (verse 11)?
Who says “the Root
of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him
the Gentiles will hope” (verse 12)?
What does Paul pray for
Christians to be filled with “so that you may overflow with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit” (verse 13)?
In your opinion, what
is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage reveal about
the source of peace?
In your opinion, which
prophesies of peace found in Isaiah 11:1-10 are shown by Paul to have been fulfilled
by Jesus in Romans 15:4-13? What prophesies
remain to be fulfilled?
In
your opinion, how is the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalms 72:1-7, 18-19 appropriate
for Jesus as He is proclaimed by Paul in Romans 15:4-13?
Matthew 3:1-12 – New International
Version (NIV)
1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom
of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken
of through the prophet Isaiah:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”
4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a
leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild
honey. 5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all
Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. 6 Confessing
their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to
where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned
you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in
keeping with repentance. 9 And do not think you can say to
yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these
stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is
already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good
fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me
comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His
winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering
his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Where did John
the Baptist preach (verse 1)?
What
did he say (verse 2)?
What
message does Matthew say Isaiah predicted John the Baptist would have (verse 3)?
How
was John distinctive (verse 4)?
Where
did people come from to see him (verse 5)?
What
did people do before they were baptized by John (verse 6)?
Who
did John call a “brood of vipers” (verse 7)?
What
did John tell them to produce (verse 8)?
In
your opinion, why did John tell them not to say to themselves “we have
Abraham as our father” (verse 9)?
What
trees will be “cut down and thrown into the fire” (verse 10)?
How
would the One who comes after John baptize (verse 11)?
Where
will the One with the winnowing fork gather the wheat in to (verse 12)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage reveal
about the source of peace?
In your opinion, why is the prayer for a
king who judges with righteousness in Isaiah 11:1-10 significant for the One
that John the Baptist said was coming after him in Matthew 3:1-12?
In your opinion, how are the prayers and
praises of Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 especially appropriate for the One that John the
Baptist said was coming after him in Matthew 3:1-12?
In your opinion, how does the baptism for
repentance followed by the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire that John the
Baptist talks about in Matthew 3:1-12 prepare us for the transformation of “attitude
of mind toward each other” and filling “with all joy and peace as you
trust in him” that Paul prays for in Romans 15:4-13?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Isaiah, Psalms, Romans, and Matthew teach
us about how the world will be transformed and filled with peace?
In
your opinion, how do the passages help us have peace in the world that we live
in now?
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