The Vineyard Sings Again
Memory verse: Isaiah 27:5 — “Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me.”
Objectives
- Compare the two vineyard songs of Isaiah 5 and Isaiah 27 and explain what changed.
- Explain how God can say “I have no wrath” without overlooking sin.
- Respond to God’s invitation to make peace with Him on His terms.
Thesis
God took the song of judgment over a fruitless vineyard and sang it again as a song of grace, and the peace He offers in Christ is open to every enemy who will come and make peace with Him.
Study Guide
1. The first song ended in judgment — Isaiah 5:1–7
God did everything a vinedresser could do, and the vineyard gave Him worthless grapes. He removed the hedge, left it to briars and thorns, and charged the clouds to give it no rain. Left to ourselves, God’s people bear worthless fruit, and no one can blame God for it.
1. List what the owner did for his vineyard in Isaiah 5:1–2. What does God’s question in 5:4 prove about who is responsible for a fruitless life?
2. Isaiah 5:7 says God looked for justice and righteousness. What did He find instead, and where do you see the same gap between religious words and daily conduct today?
2. The second song turns every line around — Isaiah 27:2–4
The vineyard returns “in that day.” The rain withheld in 5:6 is given every moment (27:3), the vineyard is guarded night and day, and the briars and thorns are driven out (27:4). “I have no wrath” is not God overlooking sin, because Christ bore our sins in His body on the cross. The first song shows what we make of ourselves; the second shows what God makes of us when He keeps us.
3. Set Isaiah 5:6 beside Isaiah 27:3–4. Name each part of the first song that the second song turns around.
4. How do 1 Peter 2:24 and Romans 5:9 explain how God can say “I have no wrath” and still be just?
3. The door is open to enemies — Isaiah 27:5–6
The LORD invites His enemies: “Let him make peace with Me.” Paul says we were reconciled to God “while we were enemies” (Romans 5:10). God makes peace on His terms, never on ours, and He states those terms in the gospel. The vineyard that gave worthless grapes became, through Christ, a vineyard whose fruit fills the world (Colossians 1:6).
5. According to Romans 5:10 and Ephesians 2:13–17, how does an enemy of God become one of His people? What does the gospel require of the one who comes (Acts 2:38)?
6. Isaiah 27:6 promises fruit that fills the whole world. How does Colossians 1:6 show that promise at work, and what part do you have in it?
Application
- Examine your fruit: name one area where your life is giving God worthless grapes instead of justice and righteousness.
- Come on His terms: if you are outside Christ, hear, believe, repent, confess Christ, and be baptized for the remission of your sins, then live faithfully.
- Abide in the vine: if you are a Christian who has drifted, come home and remain in Christ, because the branch that does not abide is thrown away (John 15:4–6).
- Carry the invitation: write the name of one person who is still far away, and plan how you will tell him that God says, “Let him make peace with Me.”
Personal Response
Truth I must hold:
Worthless fruit I must give up:
Obedience I must practice this week:
Prayer: