Here are some suggestions to discuss: 1. Peer pressure to do things against God's will like lying, stealing, sexual immorality 2. Temptation from social media like inappropriate content, comparing oneself to others 3. Lack of strong Christian community and role models 4. Prioritizing studies/career over time with God 5. Not knowing how to stand up for beliefs respectfully 6. Feeling alone in faith at school/work 7. Stress and difficult emotions leading to unhealthy coping Some ways to overcome: prayer and God's word daily, accountable Christian friendships, involve in church youth group, set boundaries respectfully, focus on identity in Christ not accomplishments,

1. MESSAGE
ACROSS
TIMEMAJOR
PROPHETS:
ISAIAH
JEREMIAH
EZEKIEL

2. MESSAGE ACROSS
TIME
Lesson 1: Isaiah: Live by God’s Standard
Lesson 2: Jeremiah: Shaped or Shattered
Lesson 3: Ezekiel: Model your message

3. A BRIEF STORY OF
ISRAEL THE NATION
God as King,
living among
Israel in the
Joshua + Israel
Tabernacle (Northern Kingdom, Falls to Assyria
70 elders 19 kings – all bad)
on 723 BC
Jonah went to (207 years after
Solomon)
Nineveh, capital of
Moses Assyria (796 BC)
United Kingdom of Israel
Jeremiah
(627-580 BC)
970 BC-930 BC
Solomon (40 years) Isaiah Ezekiel
1010 BC-970 BC
(740-700 BC) (593-570 BC)
David (40 years)
1050 BC-1010 BC
Saul (40 years)
Period of 18 Judges Judah Falls to Babylon
(Southern Kingdom,
Samuel on 597 BC
350 years 20 kings – 8 good)
(333 years after Solomon)
1,446BC 1,380BC 1,043BC 597BC

4. A BRIEF STORY OF
ISRAEL THE NATION
1. Prophet Samuel anointed two kings – Saul and David. Saul
disobeyed and God rejected him. God loved David
2. Solomon was wisest man, but strayed from God because of
his wives. God was angered by this – tore half the kingdom
from the house of David
3. Judah (Southern kingdom)
1. ruled by house of David – 20 kings, only 8 good
2. God sent them 12 prophets to warn and encourage them
3. In the end, God raised Babylon to punish them
4. Israel (Northern kingdom)
1. ruled by many different families – 19 kings, all bad, they led
the people to serve other gods
2. God sent them 9 prophets to warn them
3. In the end, God raised Assyria to punish them

5. THE DIVIDED NATION

6. WHO IS ISAIAH ?
• He is one of the four major prophets in the OT:
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
• Prophesied around 700 B.C. in Judah
• Name means “Yahweh is salvation”
• Royal blood (his father Amoz is the younger son of
King Joash of Judah
• Influential, educated and well connected
• Married a prophetess
• Tradition holds that he died a martyr in the reign of
Manessah (sawed in half)

7. WHEN WAS HIS MINISTRY?
Northern Kingdom Ends 
740 735 716 697 687
Uzziah Ahaz Hezekiah Manassah
Jotham
Ministry of Isaiah
Amos Ministry of Micah Nahum
Ministry of Hosea

8. KEY POINTS
What’s the BIG Idea?
God expects his people to turn away from sin and live holy
lives that honour Him
Why does it matter?
Rejecting God’s standard will result in judgement
How do I live it?
Remove any attitudes or actions that displeases God, and
commit to holiness in all you do

9. 1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?
The Vision of God in His temple
Isaiah 6:1
In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of
His robe filling the temple.
While Uzziah was a good king, he became
proud later on
And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he
lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off
from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over
the king's house judging the people of the land. 22 Now the
rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet Isaiah, the
son of Amoz, has written. (2 Chronicles 26:21-22).

10. 1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?
The Holiness of God
Isaiah 6:2-4
Seraphim (“the burning ones”) stood above Him, each
having six wings; with two he covered his face, and
with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3
And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy,
Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of
His glory.” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds
trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the
temple was filling with smoke.

11. 1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?
How it affected him!
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am
a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of
unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the
LORD of hosts.”

12. 1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?
Read Isaiah 2:6-8
1. God called him confront to His people, that they were
sinning and not living to God’s standard - holiness
2. God warned them of His impending judgment and that
they were to repent
3. Did the people receive Isaiah’s message happily and
repent?
4. Do you think people today will receive his message?
5. Do you think people will respond if they were told that
they are sinners and that they must repent immediately?

13. ISAIAH 1:4
Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers, Literally “Seed
of Evil Ones.”
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of
Israel,
They have turned away from Him.

14. 2. WHAT DID HE SAY?
Book of Isaiah: A mirror of the Bible!
The Bible Isaiah
Old Testament: 39 books Judgment: 39 chapters
New Testament: 27 books Comfort: 27 chapters
Total books 66 books Total chapters: 66 chapters

15. 2. WHAT DID HE SAY?
Book of Isaiah: Judgment and Salvation
Chapters 1-35 Chapters 36-39 Chapters 40-66
Judgments in the
Historical Interlude Glory in the Future
Present
The Comfort of
The Judgment of God
God
Messiah the
Messiah the Judge
Servant
Groan Glory
God’s Government God’s Grace
“A throne” (6:6) “A Lamb” (53:7)

16. PROPHECY OF JESUS
ISRAEL’S NEED THE SERVANT’S REMEDY
Our griefs (53:4) He Himself bore (53:4)
 Our sorrows (53:4)  He carried (53:4)
 For our transgressions  He was pierced (53:5)
(53:5)
 For our iniquities (53:5)  He was crushed (53:4)
 For our well-being  The chastening… fell
(53:5) upon Him (53:5)

17. 2. WHAT DID HE SAY?
1. God created us – Isaiah 40:26-31
2. Sin has its consequences – Isaiah 1:15-17
3. God offers salvation from sin – Isaiah 53:1-12
4. God promises a great eternity for His people – Isaiah
65:17-25
We must be holy as He is holy

18. GROUP DISCUSSION
1. List down situations where
Christian teenagers might have
difficulties being holy
2. Suggest ways to overcome these
difficult situations