Saturday, July 27, 2013

From now on I will tell you of new things

Isaiah 48:1-22
You who take oaths in the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel - but not in truth or righeousness - you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Isreal- the Lord Almighty is his name.
For I knew how stubborn you were, therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you, so that you could not say,' My idols did them.'
The future:
"From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknowns to you. So you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew of them.'
For my own name's sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to cut you off.
Listen to me, O Jacob, ISrael, whom I have called.
I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
"From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there."
If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like ariver, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
"There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked."
There are harsh words for God's people. Sttubborn, deaf to God, treacherous and rebellious they have fully deserved all they have suffered.
Why?
The Lord won't give glory to the idols.
All that God foretold in their past history has come true. Now he is telling them something new.
God always purposed peace for his people, but there could be 'no peace for the wicked.'
The Lord said to his people, pay attention to what he commanded. Peace and righteousness will be with them forever.
The Lord revealed his way to us clearly, without hidden anything to us.
The Lord has mercy to us for his name and his praise. Let us won't be cut off.
But many of God's people walk not in truth and righteousness.
How?
Am I walking in the turth and righteousness?
Thanks the Lord, he will tell me the new things without secret.

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