COME AND GET CLEAN (6 OF 12)
Scripture: Isaiah 1:18-20
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Come and Get Clean (6 of 12)
Series: The Great Invitations of the Bible
Richard Bradley
Isaiah 1:18-20
There are all sorts of illnesses. Some are inherited and some we incur for no apparent reason. We just get sick. However, there are those illnesses we bring on ourselves when we become sick through our own bad behavior. I doubt there's anyone with cirrhosis of the liver who doesn't wish they had never taken that first drink. And, no doubt, there are many who have lung cancer who wish they had never smoked that first cigarette.
According to Isaiah, Israel was a sick nation and they didn't just get that way for no apparent reason. They were the cause of their own worst problems. They had turned away from God and were no longer keeping His commandments. They were serving others gods, had incurred God wrath, and were both physically and spiritually ill.
Israel was sick but Isaiah knew the nation could be cured through the medicine of repentance and God's forgiveness. In this passage we find one of the Bible's greatest invitations: ''Come and get clean.'' Isaiah 1:18-20
18 ''Come now, and let us reason together,'' Says the Lord, ''Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; 20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword''; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
GOD'S DESIRE FOR OUR CLEANSING
18 ''Come now, and let us reason together,'' Says the Lord, ''Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
In verse 18 we find a plea for God's people to come to their senses and come back to Him. When God looked at His people He saw them in their true state; rebellious and hostile. We are either in fellowship with God or hostile to Him. There's no middle ground. All roads that fail to lead to Him will lead ...
Series: The Great Invitations of the Bible
Richard Bradley
Isaiah 1:18-20
There are all sorts of illnesses. Some are inherited and some we incur for no apparent reason. We just get sick. However, there are those illnesses we bring on ourselves when we become sick through our own bad behavior. I doubt there's anyone with cirrhosis of the liver who doesn't wish they had never taken that first drink. And, no doubt, there are many who have lung cancer who wish they had never smoked that first cigarette.
According to Isaiah, Israel was a sick nation and they didn't just get that way for no apparent reason. They were the cause of their own worst problems. They had turned away from God and were no longer keeping His commandments. They were serving others gods, had incurred God wrath, and were both physically and spiritually ill.
Israel was sick but Isaiah knew the nation could be cured through the medicine of repentance and God's forgiveness. In this passage we find one of the Bible's greatest invitations: ''Come and get clean.'' Isaiah 1:18-20
18 ''Come now, and let us reason together,'' Says the Lord, ''Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; 20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword''; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
GOD'S DESIRE FOR OUR CLEANSING
18 ''Come now, and let us reason together,'' Says the Lord, ''Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
In verse 18 we find a plea for God's people to come to their senses and come back to Him. When God looked at His people He saw them in their true state; rebellious and hostile. We are either in fellowship with God or hostile to Him. There's no middle ground. All roads that fail to lead to Him will lead ...
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