Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Better than Justice

This passage leaped off the page when I was flipping through the OT recently... How about it? Want to settle up and be made clean and have plenty to eat? Or keep having your own way, deal with your own sins, turn away, refuse to listen, and be devoured by your enemies (within and without)?
18 “Come now, let’s settle this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
19 If you will only obey me,
you will have plenty to eat.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Isaiah 1:18-20
>> Read the whole chapter.

1 comment:

Dean Smith said...

Didn't I see those lines in a briefing paper for George Bush?