The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 44: “An Invitation to Life” (Isaiah 55:1-13)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible Study
Lesson 44: “An Invitation to Life” (Isaiah 55:1-13)

1. Come, Eat and Drink! (Isaiah 55:1-2)

• Bread That Is Freely Given (Isaiah 55:1)

¹ “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. (Isaiah 55:1, NIV)

• Bread That Truly Satisfies (Isaiah 55:2)

² Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. (Isaiah 55:2, NIV)

2. Come and Live! (Isaiah 55:3-5)

• Listen to the Lord’s Word (Isaiah 55:3a)

³ Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live... (Isaiah 55:3, NIV)

• Trust the Lord’s Covenant (Isaiah 55:3b)

³ ... I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. (Isaiah 55:3, NIV)

• Remember David (Isaiah 55:4)

⁴ See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples. (Isaiah 55:4, NIV)

• Hope in the Lord’s Promises (Isaiah 55:5)

⁵ Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.” (Isaiah 55:5, NIV)

3. Come and Seek! (Isaiah 55:6-7)

• Seek the Lord Now (Isaiah 55:6)

⁵ Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.” (Isaiah 55:5, NIV)

• Forsake Sin (Isaiah 55:7a)

⁷ Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts... (Isaiah 55:7, NIV)

• Return to the Lord (Isaiah 55:7b)

⁷ ... Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. (Isaiah 55:7, NIV)

4. Come and Consider! (Isaiah 55:8-13)

• Consider the Greatness of God (Isaiah 55:8-9)

⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. ⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8–9, NIV)

• Consider the Certainty of the Lord’s Word (Isaiah 55:10-11)

¹⁰ As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, ¹¹ so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:10–11, NIV)

• Consider the Renewal of the Lord’s Creation (Isaiah 55:12-13)

¹² You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. ¹³ Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.” (Isaiah 55:12–13, NIV)