Bible Study

Isaiah 42:1-9

The LORD’s Chosen Servant

    [1] Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

        my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

    I have put my Spirit upon him;

        he will bring forth justice to the nations. 

    [2] He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,

        or make it heard in the street; 

    [3] a bruised reed he will not break,

        and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;

        he will faithfully bring forth justice. 

    [4] He will not grow faint or be discouraged

        till he has established justice in the earth;

        and the coastlands wait for his law.

    [5] Thus says God, the LORD,

        who created the heavens and stretched them out,

        who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

    who gives breath to the people on it

        and spirit to those who walk in it: 

    [6] “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness;

        I will take you by the hand and keep you;

    I will give you as a covenant for the people,

        a light for the nations, 

    [7]     to open the eyes that are blind,

    to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

        from the prison those who sit in darkness. 

    [8] I am the LORD; that is my name;

        my glory I give to no other,

        nor my praise to carved idols. 

    [9] Behold, the former things have come to pass,

        and new things I now declare;

    before they spring forth

        I tell you of them.”

    Philippians 2:6-11

[6] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. [8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. [9] Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, [10] so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Isaiah 11:2

    [2] And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

        the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

        the Spirit of counsel and might,

        the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 61:1-2

The Year of the LORD’s Favor

    [1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

        because the LORD has anointed me

    to bring good news to the poor;

        he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

    to proclaim liberty to the captives,

        and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 

    [2] to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor,

        and the day of vengeance of our God;

        to comfort all who mourn;