October 19, 2025 – A Study of Matthew – Hope in Jesus

Hope in Jesus

Isaiah 42:1-9 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ “Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
    and he will bring justice to the nations.
² He will not shout or cry out,
    or raise his voice in the streets.
³ A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
⁴     he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
    In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”

⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,
    who gives breath to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:
⁶ “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness;
    I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people
    and a light for the Gentiles,
⁷ to open eyes that are blind,
    to free captives from prison
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

⁸ “I am the Lord; that is my name!
    I will not yield my glory to another
    or my praise to idols.
⁹ See, the former things have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce them to you.”

What will God’s servant bring “to the nations” (verse 1)?

Where will He not “raise his voice” (verse 2)?

What will God’s servant “not break” (verse 3)?

What will “the islands” put their hope in (verse 4)?

Who “gives breath” to the people of the earth (verse 5)?

What will the servant of the Lord be to the Gentiles (verse 6)?

What will He do for those in ”the dungeon” (verse 7)?

What will the Lord not yield “to idols” (verse 8)?

When will “new things” be announced (verse 9)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about hope?

Matthew 12:15-29 - New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. ¹⁶ He warned them not to tell others about him. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸ “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹ He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
²¹     In his name the nations will put their hope.”

²² Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. ²³ All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”

²⁵ Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. ²⁶ If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. ²⁸ But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

²⁹ “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Who did Jesus heal (verse 15)?

What did Jesus warn them (verse 16?

Whose words was this “to fulfill” (verse 17)?

What will the servant proclaim (verse 18)?

What will the servant not do (verse 19)?

When will the servant bring “through to victory” (verse 20)?

Where will the nations “put their hope” (verse 21)?

What could the “demon-possessed man who was blind and mute” do after Jesus healed him (verse 22)?

How did “all the people” respond to this healing (verse 23)?

Who said, “it is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons” (verse 24)?

What will happen to every kingdom that is “divided against itself” (verse 25)?

What has come upon them if Jesus was driving out demons “by the Spirit of God” (verse 28)?

When can someone plunder a strong man’s house (verse 29)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about hope?

In your opinion, what does Matthew 12:15-29 teach us about the “new things” that Isaiah 42:1-9 declares?

1 John 3:7-15 - New International Version (NIV)

⁷ Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. ⁸ The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. ⁹ No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. ¹⁰ This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

¹¹ For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. ¹² Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. ¹³ Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. ¹⁵ Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

Who should not “let anyone” lead them astray (verse 7)?

What is the “one who does what is right” (verse 7)?

Who is “the one who does what is sinful” of (verse 8)?

Why did the Son of God appear (verse 8)?

What remains in the “one who is born of God” (verse 9)?

Who is not a child of God (verse 10)?

What message have they “heard from the beginning” (verse 11)?

Why did Cain murder his brother (verse 12)?

What should not surprise Christians (verse 13)?

What have Christians passed from death to (verse 14)?

Who does not have eternal life “residing in him” (verse 15?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about hope?

In your opinion, how can the one that Isaiah 42:1-9 says won’t break “a bruised reed” also be the one who 1 John 3:7-15 says came to “destroy the devil’s work”?

In your opinion, how does 1 John 3:7-15 help us understand the “strong man” that Jesus is talking about in Matthew 12:15-29?

Revelation 20:7-15 - New International Version (NIV)

⁷ When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. ⁹ They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. ¹⁴ Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

What will Satan do after being “released from his prison” (verses 7 and 8)?

How many will Satan gather “for battle” (verse 8)?

How were the people who “surrounded the camp of God’s people” destroyed (verse 9)?

What happened to “the devil, who deceived them” (verse 10)?

What fled from the presence of the One seated on the “great white throne” (verse 11)?

How were the “dead” judged (verse 12)?

What gave “up the dead” (verse 13)?

What was “thrown into the lake of fire” (verse 14)?

Who was “thrown into the lake of fire” (verse 15)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about hope?

In your opinion, what “new things” about the servant spoken of in Isaiah 42:1-9 are revealed in Revelation 20:7-15?

In your opinion, what does Revelation 20:7-15 reveal about the “justice through to victory” that Matthew 12:15-29 proclaims Jesus will accomplish?

In your opinion, what can we learn from 1 John 3:7-15 about those who are listed in the “book of life” mentioned in Revelation 20:7-15?

In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Isaiah, Matthew, 1 John and Revelation teach us about Jesus’s power?

In your opinion, what does it mean to “hope” in Jesus today?  And what will tomorrow bring for those who “hope” in Him today?

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