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A People Who Deliberately Choose To Do Wrong
What
happens to a people who deliberately sin before
God's eyes - who choose to do that which they know
He despises?
The answer can be found in three
particular verses in the Book of
Isaiah -
Isaiah 50:2 -
"Wherefore, when I came, was
there no man? when I called, was there none to
answer?..."
Isaiah 65:12 -
"Therefore will I number you
to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the
slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer;
when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before
Mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted
not."
Isaiah 66:4 -
"I also will choose their
delusions, and will bring their fears upon them;
because when I called, none did answer; when I
spake, they did not hear; but they did evil before
Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not."
Take notice of this one line -
"...but did evil before Mine eyes, and
did choose that wherein I delighted not."
These were a people - not unlike those of today -
who persisted in their choice and pursuit of
evil...with deliberation, committed sin in God's
sight and presence...and in contempt of Him, did
that which they knew was displeasing to Him.
What kind of response
did they give to Him when He called them to
repentance?
None!
That is exactly right! These
people who were deliberately persisting in sinful
practices were putting out a stiff arm to any type
of appeal!
Isaiah 50:2 relates God's inquiry to
these rebels -
"Wherefore, when I came,
was there no man? when I called, was there none
to answer?..."
Isaiah 65:12 says - "...because
when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye
did not hear..."
Isaiah 66:4 adds -
"...because when I called,
none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear..."
Through the prophets, God was calling them to
repentance - to leave their sin and bring forth
fruits meet for repentance - but none responded or
heeded the warnings...no one answered...nor did any
obey, regard His voice, or turn. The appeal was
seemingly all in vain.
Why was there no one?
Why didn't anyone
yield obedience to His call?
How could it be that
none answered?
The
answer?
Sin!
Deliberate Sin!
Walking
in total disobedience before God!
Oh, Reader, are you in
that place of rebellion?
Has God been calling
and calling and calling you through various
voices(Preachers, Teachers, Parents,
Spouse, Boss, etc) but due to your sin, you
have totally ignored or disregarded His warnings?
To all those who purposely choose to do their own
thing, set aside His Word as the only rule for their
actions, or go contrary to His Will for their lives,
this is the final outcome -
"I also will choose their delusions, and
will bring their fears upon them..."
(Isaiah 66:4).
In other words, He will answer to their own ways by
choosing the harsh treatment, vexations, calamities,
or mockeries which they thought to escape or avert.
That which they most dreaded will come upon them.
If there be no turning from all sin, He warns -
"Therefore will I
number you to the ...."
In the case of the Israelites, they were numbered to
the "sword" -
where many were destroyed in the invasion of the
Babylonians.
But what doom - or
retribution in kind - does God have for our nations
or this generation of people who persist in
rebellion and continuously ignore His warnings to
turn from all sin? Are you among that number of
rebels?
Is He saying of you today -
"...because when I called, ye did not answer; when I
spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before Mine
eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not"?
If so, it's time to answer the call to repent and
turn from all sin.
Whatever you do - Don't provoke Him to say -
"Therefore will I number you
to the ...."
May God Bless His
Word.
Connie
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