Isaiah 42:1-17

Meet the servant

The great promise of 'comfort' for God's people has been announced. The Lord will return to rescue! But how will he do it? In a surprising turn, the Lord introduces his chosen servant. Here is the first of four portrait sketches of a person through whom the Lord will save the world. He will have a relationship with the Lord like no other, he will bring ‘justice’ to the world, and he will do it in a way unlike any other the world has ever seen.