Family Discussion Questions:
1. Why would deliverance from the Babylonian exile on its own not really be a lasting promise of salvation for God’s people?
2. Why does God accuse His people of bringing him no sacrifices when earlier passages say they were bringing a “multitude?”
3. What was the purpose of the sacrifices? Why, then, is the heart of the person bringing sacrifices significant?
4. Isaiah’s rebuke of idolatry was a stinging mockery of the nations around Israel. Why was this rebuke also important for God’s people to hear?
5. How can idolatry still exist in a culture that says it has no formal religion or gods?
6. How can even right forms of worship be twisted into false worship or idolatry?
7. If it is so easy for human hearts to ruin worship, how can we be confident that it is possible to offer right worship to God?
8. How does God save us not only from enemies, but from the sin and hypocrisy of our own hearts?
9. What is the role of the Spirit in our salvation?
10. What is the role of the Spirit in our worship?
