Isaiah 59

March 26, 2022

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Reading along with us in Isaiah? Here’s today’s reading:

Isaiah 59 (NIV)

Sin, Confession and Redemption
1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken falsely,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.........Continue Reading

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  1. This chapter made me think of a parent watching a child just mess something up over and over so hopeful that they will get it right and finally having to step in an clean up the mess for the child. God just watches us time and time again when left to our own free will choices just make a mess of our situation and fall back into sin with no one righting the course. Finally He needed to himself become our salvation redeemer to allow us to be forgiven and clean in His sight.

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  3. Many of the same concerns raised about the Israelites in chapter 58 come out here as well. God has distanced Himself from them because of their disobedience toward Him and their mistreatment of others…usually the most vulnerable amongst them. We can be glad that our relationship with God is secure through Jesus, but our fellowship with Him does depend on our harmony with His will. God wants things pure on the inside and the out and He cares deeply about the nature of our relationships and how we treat others. And He always gives us a path back to Him. And yet His impatience with the Jews is expressed at the end of the chapter, where He says I am going to make your faithfulness happen. I will provide salvation to make you right from me and I will orchestrate things so they will follow Him. Sounds like a promise to be fulfilled in the millennial reign….unless the church itself and God’s Spirit within us is the fulfillment of this…

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