They shall be white as snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD, Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” Isaiah 1:18
As we continue in the book of Isaiah we learn of God’s great forgiveness, his mercy. God’s love compels him to forgive and to show mercy. It is not his desire to ‘devour’ but righteousness in us is his greatest desire.
To have God’s forgiveness we must repent. Repent means to turn from our sin. To go away or turn-around from our sin and turn to God.
In our daily lives we all sin. We all fail to miss the mark or the bulls-eye that God intended. Our sin grieves the very heart of God and it should grieve ours. Sometimes though our hearts become so hardened by sin that we fail to notice, we fail to repent.
God, in his love will not allow us to continue in our sin. He will get our attention. Like a good Father he may put us in the corner for a ‘time-out’ or worse. For whom the Lord loves he corrects (Job 5:17), (Proverbs 3:12).
“Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrew 12:11)
As we continue in the book of Isaiah we learn of God’s great forgiveness, his mercy. God’s love compels him to forgive and to show mercy. It is not his desire to ‘devour’ but righteousness in us is his greatest desire.
To have God’s forgiveness we must repent. Repent means to turn from our sin. To go away or turn-around from our sin and turn to God.
In our daily lives we all sin. We all fail to miss the mark or the bulls-eye that God intended. Our sin grieves the very heart of God and it should grieve ours. Sometimes though our hearts become so hardened by sin that we fail to notice, we fail to repent.
God, in his love will not allow us to continue in our sin. He will get our attention. Like a good Father he may put us in the corner for a ‘time-out’ or worse. For whom the Lord loves he corrects (Job 5:17), (Proverbs 3:12).
“Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrew 12:11)
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