Special Lecture

I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME; YOU ARE MINE

Isaiah 43:1-5

Key Verse 43:1

1. How does “But now” connect God’s judgment described in Isaiah 42:24–25 (1a)? What might “created,” “formed,” “redeemed,” and “called you by name” have meant to a people who had lost their homeland (1b)?
2. What does God promise his people as they pass through the waters and the fire (2)? What does each of God’s titles reveal about his relationship with his people (3a)?
3. Why does God say he will give people and nations in exchange for his people (3b-4)? How do God’s words reveal the depth of his love for his people (4a)?
4. What command and promise does God repeat, and why might his people need to hear them again (5a)? What would the promise to gather them “from the east” and “from the west” have meant to people living in exile (5b)?