Isaiah - Verse By Verse

Isaiah - Day 16

versebyverse | May 24, 2008 13:58

Scripture:  Isaiah 1:16 (NIV):  "Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean.  Take your evil deeds out of my sight!  Stop doing wrong."

Thought:  To me, we need to grasp how important it is to be acceptable to God.

Question:  Do I want to change?

What God wants, which ought to be our central desire as well, is sinlessness (holiness).  He does not want the system of sacrifices to be an "enabler" of more sinning.  Therefore He commands that cleansing, true cleansing, be desired and accomplished.  Then He commands that the sinning cease.  To the adulterous woman He said, "Go, and sin no more."  Israel needed to stop sinning.  What possible good was there to their system of sacrificing if it did not produce change in their behavior?  God is trying to get this idea across!

As Christians we understand that sinlessness is impossible in our own strength, however.  That's why we treasure the blood of Christ so very much!  We need to utilize His blood every day, if necessary, thus keeping ourselves clean before God, The Father.  This is how we can "take" our "evil deeds" out of God's "sight."  Then, as we grow in maturity in our relationship with Christ, He anables us, ideally, to sin less and less.  How we need Our Savior, Jesus Christ! 

Prayer:  Father God, it is only through Jesus that we are made clean enough to stand before You.  Thank You that Jesus' blood cleanses my blood-guiltiness and washes it away!  Amen. 

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