If you had to teach a Sunday School lesson on Isaiah, what would you talk about?

Question

I teach Sunday School to the teenagers in my congregation and usually things go pretty well. But this week I've been asked to teach about Isaiah and I'm not really sure what to say. If anyone has some suggestions I would be really grateful.

Update: I'd just like to thank everyone for their suggestions. I wish I could give everyone "best answer". I ended up using several of your suggestions in my lesson on Sunday.

The lesson didn't go perfectly, but I think I was able to be a positive influence in helping those kids come to Christ, and that's all that matters anyway :)

Answer 1

read Isaiah 53:5 and correlate it with 1 peter 2:24. and show how it was in relation to the crucifixion.

Answer 2

Isaiah had some of the greatest prophecies about Jesus...His first coming in Isa 53....and also His second coming....(see below)...

“In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Isa 2)

And again, he wrote, “Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders…Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.” (Isa 9)

Hope this helps!!

Answer 3

Whenever I go to teach a lesson in the county jail I always pray for God to put it on my heart what message the brothers need to hear. Isaiah is a big book with a lot of messages in it. What's going on in the lives of the teenagers that you are teaching?

Maybe you could teach them about Isaiah chapter 6 where the prophet answers God's call on his life and teach about coming to God in prayer to see where He would have them to be a light in this darkened world.

Answer 4

Isaiah 24 is directly related to the present time. It helped me
to understand the Earth will go through a physical change, that will cause spiritual repercussions. (Open the doors to other
realities). Resulting in the majority of events in Revelation. This disaster is recorded at the opening of the 6th seal.

Answer 5

I suppose you mean the person not the book?
ISAIAH (PERSON)
This prophet lived in the eighth century BC during the reigns of the Judean kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He was also the author of the Bible book of Isaiah. Isaiah was the son of Amoz (Isaiah 1:1) and may have been a relative of King Amaziah. Growing up in Jerusalem, Isaiah received the best education the capital of Judah could supply. He was deeply knowledgeable about people, and he became the political and religious conscience of the nation. He was able to communicate with the kings of Judah easily and may have been the historiographer (official history-writer) at the Judean court for several reigns (2 Chronicles 26:22; 2 Chronicles 32:32).
Isaiah’s wife is referred to as a prophetess (Isaiah 8:3) and they had at least two sons, Shear-jashub (Isaiah 7:3) and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:3). Isaiah wore a prophet’s clothing: sandals and a garment of goat’s hair or sackcloth. At one point during his ministry, the Lord commanded Isaiah to go naked and bare-foot for a period of three years (wearing only a loincloth, Isaiah 20:2-6). This must have been humiliating in a society that measured a person’s social status through clothing.
Isaiah worked to reform social and political evils. He berated soothsayers (fortune-tellers) and denounced wealthy, influential people who ignored the responsibilities that come with wealth. He exhorted the common people to obedience, and rebuked kings for their sin.
Isaiah’s writings express his deep awareness of God’s majesty and holiness. The prophet denounced not only Canaanite idolatry but also his own people’s religious worship, when this was insincere (Isaiah 1:10-17; Isaiah 29:13). He prophesied that the idolatrous Judeans would soon be judged, declaring that only a righteous few would survive (Isaiah 6:13).
Isaiah also foretold the coming of the Messiah, the “peaceful prince,” and the ruler of God’s kingdom-Jesus Christ (Isaiah 11:1-11; see also Isaiah 9:6-7). He depicted this Messiah as a suffering, obedient servant (Isaiah 53:3-12). Isaiah’s images and metaphors were grand and powerful; his imagination produced forceful, brilliant figures of speech.
Isaiah prophesied during the last three decades of the northern kingdom of Israel, but because he lived in Jerusalem, in Judah, he rarely talked directly about Israel. When that kingdom fell, Judah lay open to conquest by Assyria. Isaiah advised King Ahaz to avoid getting entangled with foreign countries, and to depend on God to protect his people. Ahaz ignored this advice.
It was Hezekiah, Ahaz’s pious son, who tried to remove Judah from this dangerous situation. When the Assyrians under Sennacherib approached Jerusalem, Isaiah inspired Hezekiah and the Judeans to rely on the Lord for the city’s defense, and “the angel of the Lord” destroyed Sennacherib’s army (Isaiah 37:36-38), giving Hezekiah and the Judeans a short period of peace.
Hebrew prophecy reached its peak with Isaiah, who was greatly respected in both Old Testament and New Testament times. One indication of his fame is the large amount of apocryphal literature associated with his name.

Answer 6

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Answer 7

be certain you study the finished e book in one sitting. upload references to the full Commandment and a million Cor 13 i'm hoping you're making plans on ending something of the financial ruin next week. i might never prepare that narrow slice of James, i might prepare the finished 2d financial ruin.