In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse six, ” Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?” The fast that God approves is one accompanied by love for Him and genuine concern […]
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse three, “Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.” God’s people were complaining that He would not help them. But God knew
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse two, ” Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.” Judah was seeking God every day as though
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse one, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” The prophet cries out against the people’s sins like a mighty trumpet blast; the transgressions and hypocrisy of God’s people must be revealed. If God’s
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verse twenty-one, “There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” God has so structured the human conscience that there will never be real peace for those who live wickedly: neither inward peace nor outward peace. As long as they sin, their lives will be like a troubled sea, full
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verse fifteen, ” For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verses three through fourteen, beginning at verse four. “Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood? When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verses one through two, “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.” Righteous believers
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verses ten through twelve, “His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verse seven, “Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.” An essential and central component of
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