BIBLE STUDY
January 11, 2026
ISAIAH 42:1-9:
1. ISAIAH IS ONE OF THE MOST QUOTED IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE.
2. IT COVERS FROM 742BC (BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM IN
722BC BY THE ASSYRIANS) DOWN TO 538BC ( JERUSALEM AND SOUTHERN KINGDOM
WAS DESTROYED BY THE BABYLONIANS IN 586/7BC AND ALSO COVERS WHEN THE
REMNANT RETURNED TO JERUSALEM FROM BABYLONIA AROUND 540BC)
3. THE CHAPTER IS PART OF THE BOOK (CHAPTERS 40-55) WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE HAD BEEN
TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMELAND TO LIVE IN EXILE IN BABYLON(587-538BC/40
YEARS)
4. THIS SECTION OF ISAIAH INTRODUCES GOD’S CHOSEN SERVANT…EMPOWERED BY THE
SPIRIT, WHO WILL BRING TRUE JUSTICE AND LIGHT TO THE NATIONS…NOT THROUGH
FORCE BUT BY GENTLE PERSEVERANCE…RESTORING THE BROKEN AND FREEING THE
CAPTIVES, FULFILLING GOD’S PLAN FOR SALVATION AND REVEALING HIS GLORY.
5. THIS PASSAGE DESCRIBES A QUIET, FAITJFUL AND COMPASSIONATE FIGURE WHO WILL
ESTABLISH JUSTICE ON EARTH…OPENING THE BLIND EYES AND RELEASING PRISONERS
FROM DARKNESS, AND IS SEEN BY CHRISTIANS AS A PROPHECY FULFILLED IN/THROUGH
JESUS.
6. REMEMBER THIS IS WRITTEN DURING THE TIME OF THEIR CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON…GOD
WILL/IS SENDING A “SERVANT” WHO RESTORE JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS TO HIS
CHOSEN PEOPLE…
PSALM 29:
1. THIS IS A PSALM OF PRAISE CELEBRATING GOD’S GLORY IN NATURE.
2. IT IS TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO KING DAYID AROUND 1000BC BUT CAN’T VERIFY
3. IT IS A POWERFUL “LITURGICAL” POEM AND VERY SIMILAR TO CANAANITE STORM-GOD
MYTHOLOGY.
4. IT DECLARES YAHWEH THE TRUE SOVERIGN KING OVER NATURE AND ALL THE FALSE
GODS.
5. IT USES IMAGERY OF THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND WIND TO ASSERT HIS SUPREME
POWER
6. IT SERVES AS A MEANS TO REDIRET WORSHIP FROM PAGAN GODS LIKE BAAL TO THE
ONE GOD WHO COMMANDS CREATION.
7. IT BEGINS WITH KING DAVID(??) DIRECTING THE ANGELS/HEAVENLY BEINGS/ANGELS TO
SPEAK OF THE LORD’S GLORY AND STRENGTH.
ACDTS 10:34-43:
1. THIS BOOK RECORDS THE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN APOSTLES LIKE PETER, PAUL, AND
STEPHEN…AFTER THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF JESUS AND THE BIRTH OF THE
CHURCH.
2. THE BOOKS OF LUKE AND ACTS WERE WRITTEN BY THE SAME AUTHOR. LUKE FOCUSES
ON JESUS AND ACTS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH.
3. IT WAS WRITTEN AROUND 80-85 AD
4. WE DON’T KNOW WHO WROTE THESE BOOKS BUT THEY WERE WRITTEN AT A HIGH
LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND SO IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY A WELL-
EDUCATED JEW WHO HAD COME TO FAITH IN JESUS.
5. BOTH BOOKS WERE WRITTEN TO A “THEOPHILUS” WHICH MEANS “FRIEND OF GOD.” IT
IS THOUGHT THAT THIS MEANS IT WAS WRITTEN TO ALL WHO FOLLOW JESUS..
6. SOME BELIEVE IT WAS WRITTEN TO A ROMAN OFFICIAL WHO HAD COME TO ACCEPT
CHRIST AND WAS THE AUTHOR’S PATRON AND PAID FOR HIS WRITING.
7. IT WAS LIKELY THAT IT WAS FIRST WRITTEN FOR GENTILES AND JEWS LIVING ON THE
NORTHERN COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
8. THIS CHAPTER IS A PIVOTAL NEW TESTAMENT PASAGE WHERE PETER PREAHES TO
CORNELIUS, A GENTILE, PROCLAIMING THAT GOD SHOWS NO FAVORTISM AND ACCEPTS
PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION WHO FEAR HIM AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EMPHASIZINGI
JESUS’ LIFE, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND THE PROMISE OF FORGIVENESS OF SINS
THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS.
9. IT MARKS A TURNING POINT, BREAKING DOWN ETHNIC BARRIERS IN THE EARLY
CHURCH BY DEMONSTRATING THE GOSPEL IS FOR “ALL” PEOPLE, NOT JUST JEWS,
CENTERING ON JESUS AS LORD OF “ALL.”
10. BEFORE THIS, PETER, WHO WAS A JEW, WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO ENTER A GENTILE’S
HOME.
11. THIS VISION THAT PETER HAD…PREPARED HIM TO GO TO CORNELIUS, WHO WAS A
ROMAN CENTURION, REALIZING GOD WAS OPENING THE DOOR FOR GENTILS TO
RECEIVE SALVATION. RY