Sunday, August 19, 2018

I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me

Isaiah 65:1-16
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
A people who continually provoke me to my very faceoffering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;
“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps— both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,” says the Lord“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.”
As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes  and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,  there is still a blessing in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.
But as for you who forsake the Lord and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughterfor I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listenYou did evil in my sight  and chose what displeases me.”
God responds to the prophet. He has always been ready to help, but his people never sought him. He will answer the prayer for his people in a way which exceeds their wildest dreams. But the answer will be two edged: for those who align themselves against him, total destruction, the sweeping away of every vestige of evil; for his faithful ones, life, joy, peace beyond imagining, in a heaven and earth made new.
Why?
God is always ready to help those who seek the Lord.
There is clear that those who seek the Lord may have the peace and prosper, but those those who continue provoke to God's very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick; God will pay it back into their laps.
Do not spread a table for fortune, do not fill bowls of mixed wine for destiny, God will destine them for the sword, and fall in the slaughter. There is quite difference consequences between seeking for the Lord and forsake the Lord,
Above behavior like people in Taiwan doing offering to the ghost in lunar July.
How?
I am be blessed for I am seeking the Lord, I know that Jesus Christ is son of the Lord, no one can come to the Lord except through Jesus.


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