“For those are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the LORD’s instruction. They say to the seers ‘See no more visions!’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel'” (Isaiah 30:9-11).
God is holy and just. We are sinners. And even if we are forgiven sinners, we are repeat sinners bound to sin again.
If that is true, and the church you go to never preaches anything that goes against your conscience, the pastor never preaches anything that offends you, and the god the church believes in believes everything you believe in, SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG!!!
We live in a world where no one wants to hear that they are wrong.
We go to churches where the pews and seats are filled with people who want their beliefs and ways affirmed.
We live in a world where declaring biblical truth is declared hateful speech.
But this is nothing new. This was what the prophets of Isaiah’s days from 2,600 years ago were challenged with. People haven’t changed.
Sinful people hate being told they are sinful people.
And, here is the craziest thing. God knows this is who we are, and yet God still loves us. God still extends his grace towards us. God still offers us his forgiveness.
Repent. Turn to God and be forgiven of your sins.
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