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Isaiah chapter 1 verses 18 through 20

come now 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 become like wool.

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.

But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword, for the

mouth of the Lord has spoken. These verses together give a compelling picture of the two options before us.

God in his grace has designed for us to experience life goodness in him and he's made away for that

to be possible even though we are sinners he's made away for our sins though they're

like scarlet to be washed as white as snow though they're red like crimson he

will make them become like wool by his grace.

If we will turn from our sin and trust in him,

then we can experience his goodness and walk in his abundance.

Then the other option is to refuse to confess our sins, to refuse to

repent of sin, to rebel against God, to live in sin.

And the language Isaiah 120 uses is you shall be eaten by the sword.

That's extremely serious, extremely grave language.

And so I'm compelled based on this text to look at my own life and to encourage you to look at your life and just to ask

what do I what do you need to repent of what sin am I what sin are you holding on to?

And God may it not be sad of us that we refuse to repent, that we rebelled against you. Oh let's pray God help us to be

honest with you about our sin. Help us to confess our sin to you expose our art so God help us to see sin in our lives for what it is help us to confess it and to turn from it

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