Isaiah 26:20 - 27:6

 1) What do you think it means practically to enter your chamber, shut your doors behind you; hide yourself for a little while during God’s times of judgement? (Consider Daniel 6:6-10) Does verse 20 challenge you or comfort you? Why? How should the idea that “the earth will disclose the blood shed on it” make us think about how we live in private?   2) Although the devil has been defeated he still prowls around looking for someone to devour. What are the dangers of overemphasising or underemphasising the devil and his work? What do these verses tell us about how the devil can effect believers – 2 Corinthians 11:3 &12-15 1 Corinthians 7:5 Ephesians 4:26–27 1 Thessalonians 2:18 1 Timothy 3:6-7 2 Corinthians 12:7 Revelation 2:10   3) Being part of the “true vine” by abiding in Jesus, what does it mean to you that God sings of His vine? How should this shape our relationship with God? How should it shape our attitude toward the church? (John 15:12-17)   4) Isaiah ends with the promise that Israel will “take root… blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit” (27:6). What does this look like for the church to bear fruit? (Colossians 1:3-11)