Isaiah 59:1
God’s character is perfect. He cannot change. Therefore we can always trust him completely (see Hebrews 13:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s character is perfect. He cannot change. Therefore we can always trust him completely (see Hebrews 13:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 59 WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYERS V1 The *Lord can still save. His power has not become weak. He can still hear. He has not become deaf. V2 It is your own wicked lives tha... [ Continue Reading ]
It is we who have to change. Then God will act on our behalf. EVIL BEHAVIOUR V3 Blood stains your hands. The marks of crimes are on your fingers. You speak lies with your lips. You plot wicked schemes with your tongue. V4 Nobody wants to be fair and true. Lies are the false base of what you say i... [ Continue Reading ]
In this verse, parts of the body (blood, hands, fingers, lips, tongue) are picture words. Isaiah uses these words to describe evil behaviour.... [ Continue Reading ]
In court, people accuse other people falsely, but without any real evidence. They just want to cause trouble.... [ Continue Reading ]
People’s evil behaviour is as dangerous as the bite of a poisonous snake. One bite can cause death.... [ Continue Reading ]
Only God’s love can provide real happiness. People who live wicked lives can never enjoy real happiness. That is not God’s fault, but their own. Evil actions can never produce anything good. PEOPLE CONFESS THEIR WICKED DEEDS V9 Now we realise why we get no fair decisions. And why right things do... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah’s list of wicked deeds is a great shock to the people. They suddenly recognise that they are guilty of all those actions. Now they can understand why the *Lord is not helping them. But merely to understand was without value, if it did not bring about a change of behaviour! (See verse 16.) GO... [ Continue Reading ]
These references to a soldier’s equipment are word pictures to describe the *Lord’s actions. The *Old Testament often uses word pictures that describe the *Lord as a soldier. (See Exodus 15:3-4; Numbers 21:14; Isaiah 42:13 and Isaiah 51:9.) The words usually refer to the *Lord’s attacks against Isra... [ Continue Reading ]
God punishes evil behaviour wherever he finds it (see Isaiah 13:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
God has created everything (see Job chapter 38). And what God creates, he continues to control (see Isaiah 43:1-2).... [ Continue Reading ]
This repeats the *Lord’s promise of good gifts, at the beginning of Isaiah’s message (see Isaiah 1:19). LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language, God’s names mean ‘head over all’ and ‘God always’. JUSTICE ~ fair judgements. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital o... [ Continue Reading ]