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Isaiah chapter 3 verse 9

for the look on their faces bears witness against them.

They proclaim their sin like Sodom.

They do not hide it.

Woe to them!

For they have brought evil on themselves.

This is such an interesting verse, because there's a temptation, I think, in all of our lives to sin and then try to hide it, try to cover it up because we're ashamed of it.

Because we realize we've sin, we don't want anybody to know, we don't want anybody to know we don't want

God to know although he is the omniscient God of the universe it is futile to try to

hide sin from God and ultimately our sin will be brought into the open.

So there's a futility in trying to hide sin,

but this verse is actually talking about the opposite.

It's talking about those who sin and don't try to hide it.

Instead, it's talking about those who sin and flaunt it. They do not hide it, verse 9 says. They

proclaim their sin. It's just an open defiance of God and almost a pride in it.

I think about when in my country and culture we decided we were going to redefine marriage and we just openly said

God's definition of marriage in his word we do not agree we are proclaiming a different

definition of marriage or not we're not hiding anything here we are openly

defying God. What a dangerous thing to say. And not just in this example, but other

examples and my culture and my country, but even to think like this is possible in the church or in our lives

like we need to examine our hearts. Yes, we need to always examine is there

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