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The Servant’s Mission: To Make All Things Right Isaiah 42, 49

A study of Isaiah's God and His servants who bring justice and righteousness to the world. Explores the honor and exaltation of being a servant of Yahweh.

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The Servant’s Mission: To Make All Things Right Isaiah 42, 49

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  1. The Servant’s Mission: To Make All Things Right Isaiah 42, 49 A study of Isaiah’s God & His servants

  2. Set all things right through His servants • “The one who was chosen as the servant of God always had a good Master…. To be a servant of Yahweh was an honor, raising the status of the person involved. It did not mean degradation but exaltation in Yahweh’s service.” (Eugene Carpenter, NIDOTTE)

  3. Set all things right through His servants • The nation of Israel "For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God." Leviticus 25:55

  4. Set all things right through His servants • The nation of Israel "Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.“ Exodus 19:5-6

  5. Set all things right through His servants • The nation of Israel • Moses, Joshua, David, the prophets • An Ideal Servant • Ideal “Israelite” • 4 Servant Songs • Isaiah 42, 49, 50, 52-53

  6. The Servant’s Mission: Make All Things Right • Right with God For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel and the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress. Isaiah 5:7

  7. The Servant’s Mission: Make All Things Right • Right with God • Right with one another And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; and they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war. Isaiah 2:4

  8. Christ the Redeemer of the Andes monument on the border between Argentina and Chile

  9. The Servant’s Mission: Make All Things Right • Right with God • Right with one another His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and righteousness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this. Isaiah 9:7

  10. The Servant’s Mission: Make All Things Right • Right with God • Right with one another ...For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, oppressors have completely disappeared from the land. Isaiah 16:4

  11. The Servant’s Mission: Make All Things Right • Right with God • Right with one another • Right with creation “…Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you…” Genesis 3:17–18

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