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The Standard Bearer aims to equip the believer in Christ with a systematic study of 52 chapters of the Bible. This is one chapter per week and can be started at anytime. Our goal is to raise the banner of Heaven and equip you with the knowledge you need to be a spiritual warfighter in your place of employment, in your own home, and in your sphere of influence.

 It all starts with God's Word.
 

The Standard Bearer is a weekly study of God's word. 

Each week a chapter of the Bible will be presented in the Newsletter and on this page. Sign up for the Newsletter and have it delivered directly to your inbox, or check back here for the next weekly study. 

It is then your task to:

1. Read the chapter for yourself.

2. Write a summary of what you've read. 

3. Underline any key words that you find important.

4. Write down any questions you have.

5. Memorize one scripture through the week. 

You will find that reading the Bible yourself builds your knowledge and equips you to handle the Sword of the Spirit correctly. Writing a summary helps solidify what you've read. Underlining key words will drive you to dig deeper into their meaning.  Writing down questions will make you want to find the answers. And memorizing a scripture each week will help ready you to correctly handle the weapon of our warfare, which is the Word of God.

Each weekly study will be in the following format. 

Week 20

Isaiah 53

The Suffering Servant
(Acts 8:26–40; 1 Peter 2:21–25)

1Who has believed our message? 

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?a 

2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, 

and like a root out of dry ground. 

He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, 

no beauty that we should desire Him.

3He was despised and rejected by men, 

a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. 

Like one from whom men hide their faces, 

He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

4Surely He took up our infirmities 

and carried our sorrows;b 

yet we considered Him stricken, 

struck down by God, and afflicted.

5But He was pierced for our transgressions, 

He was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, 

and by His stripes we are healed.c 

6We all like sheep have gone astray,d 

each one has turned to his own way; 

and the LORD has laid upon Him 

the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed and afflicted, 

yet He did not open His mouth. 

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 

and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, 

so He did not open His mouth.

8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, 

and who can recount His descendants? 

For He was cut off from the land of the living;e 

He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

A Grave Assigned
(Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)

9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 

and with a rich man in His death, 

although He had done no violence, 

nor was any deceit in His mouth.f 

10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him 

and to cause Him to suffer; 

and when His soul is made a guilt offering,g 

He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, 

and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

11After the anguish of His soul, 

He will see the light of lifeh  and be satisfied. 

By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, 

and He will bear their iniquities.

12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,i 

and He will divide the spoils with the strong,j 

because He has poured out His life unto death, 

and He was numbered with the transgressors.k 

Yet He bore the sin of many 

and made intercession for the transgressors.

Next we will...

2. Write a summary of what we've read. (A short three or four sentence summary highlighting the main themes.)

3. Underline any key words that you find important.

4. Write down any questions you have.

5. Memorize one scripture this week. 

The following chapters and their subsequent weeks are listed here.

Week 1   Genesis 1

Week 2   Genesis 2

Week 3   Genesis 3

Week 4   Genesis 7

Week 5   Genesis 12

Week 6   Genesis 13

Week 7   Genesis 18

Week 8   Exodus 12

Week 9   1 Samuel 17

Week 10   2 Samuel 11 

Week 11 1Kings 18

Week 12 Psalm 19

Week 13 Psalm 22

Week 14 Psalm 24

Week 15 Isaiah 53

Week 16 Isaiah 14

Week 17 Psalm 100

Week 18 Isaiah 22

Week 19 Isaiah 40

Week 20 Isaiah 53

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