Isa. 3:9-11 Woe to the Wicked
Isa. {3:9} The shew of their countenance doth witness against
them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not.
Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto
themselves. {3:10} Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be]
well [with him:] for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
{3:11} Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him:] for
the reward of his hands shall be given him.
They declare their sin as Sodom...they hide it not.
How true is this for our day.
So many sins are acceptable today that never were before. Sin is no longer called sin.
Adultery, fornication, selfishness, thievery, murder... yes, even murder we make excuses for, we feel less emotion for.
It's common place to hear of murder, rape, lying, stealing...common.
They declare their sin as Sodom they hide it not.
Sin isn't hidden anymore is it? It's glorified in so much we do, so much we enjoy, so much we call entertainment and fun.
We declare our sin as Sodom, we don't hide it.
The result...
'Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.'
We do it to ourselves.
The righteous shall be well they'll eat the fruit of their doings, this is a good thing. The fruit of the righteous can only be good fruit. The fruit of the wicked is deadly.
Woe to the wicked- for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Woe to the wicked, woe to their soul.
Do you see the big trap we've made for ourselves?
When sin is no longer called sin the complacency we are lulled into is deadly.
Woe to us.
Woe to the wicked.
As Sodom declared its sin and didn't try to hide it our world mimics Sodom.
People raise their voices to shout out their sins and call it progress, call it enlightenment, and freedom when in truth it's all death and destruction and very few will understand or see this because sin is now acceptable and those who don't accept it are the ones in the wrong. Yes, just like Sodom.
Sodom where not even 10 righteous people lived before it was destroyed.
Our generation is the same only it's not one city, it's the world.
May God have mercy on our souls and may our hearts be turned from sin and made clean by the blood of our Lord and Savior before it's too late.
By His grace, by His love, now and forever...
Amen.
2/23/10
Eph 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Glorifying God.
If we honor God with our lives, our actions and such we are glorifying Him. We ask how we can glorify the Lord and our very lives are a testament to God. We don't need to do anything extraordinary. We don't have to be important or do some great work of notority. If we live a simple life to God that is enough to glorify Him. What matters most is we live for God and do His will whatever that may be. Knowing God's will for us isn't something easy. Again we tend to think outside of the normal life and into the extraordinary events. We have to know that it's God's will that we honor Him in all we do. We have to confess Jesus Christ the Son of God as our Lord and Savior and live a life that He calls us to live. It may mean picking up our own crosses and bearing our own heartaches, our own tribulations. We have to realize it's not God's disfavor that tribulation comes to us. God isn't punishing us. God isn't turning His back on us during the worst and darkest hours of our lives. We must cling to Him and confess that He is Lord and Savior, Creator and Redeemer even when our very lives and the lives of others around us are falling apart. Not easy, no, but it is the work we are called to do, God's work is for us to believe on Jesus Christ, His Son. We have to let our light shine, any good that comes from us must be attributed to God, not ourselves, all glory to God in the Highest, forever and ever.
Amen.
2/23/11