By God's grace, I have learned a thing or two in the 47 years since I became a born-again Christian at age 12 in 1979. I have read many Bible commentaries but have often been disappointed that theologians avoid commenting on the passages I looked up. Therefore, my goal in this blog is not to comment on the entire Holy Bible; but rather, to share what I have learned. To God alone be ALL the praise and credit. Jesus is precious!
Showing posts with label Isaiah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaiah. Show all posts

Monday, February 26, 2024

Isaiah 1:4-6

Isaiah 1:4-6, “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.  Why should ye be stricken any more?  ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.”

This Scripture passage always reminds me of the United States. We are a sinful nation! From legalized abortion, nudity at all beaches, legalized same-sex marriage, the $50 billion a year divorce racket, Sin City Las Vegas and a thousand other evils in this country, we deserve the divine wrath and swift judgment of God almighty. Proverbs 14:34, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”

From the soul of the foot, even to the head of the body, there is no soundness of health in America today. Our public schools are very sick! The gender-bending insanity that is being propagated throughout the classrooms of America today is of the Devil. There is something very wrong with anyone who tries to convince a biological female that she is actually a boy.

Children Should Directly Be Told The Truth

I miss the good old days when only military men wore tattoos. Men used to look like men, and women like women. Those times are long gone! There is nothing as unnatural as meeting an effeminate man, or a masculine woman. It is shameful and against nature. Many people nowadays have lost their fear of God, totally disregarding the inspired Holy Bible.

There was a time in America when all businesses were closed on Sundays, to reverence the Lord's Day. In fact, those store owners pulled their shades to cover the windows, to prevent people from even looking at the merchandise, to honor the Lord's Day, Sunday. We've lost that respect for God today. It's hard to find a business that's not open on Sunday. 

Women preachers were wrong a century ago, and they are still wrong today. Women have no biblical right or authority to enter into the church pulpit. Whenever women become pastors, they are rebelling in direct opposition to God's Word, blaspheming the Scriptures. Men are ordained by God to lead the churches, not women! Only a wicked feminist enters the ministry pulpit to usurp authority over men.

All Women Preachers Are False Prophets

Evangelist Joyce Meyer is a prime example of an ungodly rebel who has total disregard for God's Word. She also preaches a damnable counterfeit plan of salvation, which is typical of women preachers. Woe unto Joyce Meyer!!!I have heard employees of Meyer's wicked so-called "ministry" inviting unsaved people to improve their lives by purchasing Joyce's ministry junk. All they care about is making money! Joyce Meyer is not a true born-again believer and is a dangerous false prophet. Jesus warned everyone that deadly false prophets would come as wolves in sheep's clothing to deceive us (Matthew 7:15).

It is tragic that 99% of people today blindly follow television preachers, while not searching the Scriptures as Jesus commanded (John 5:39). You can only be deceived if you don't use the Word of God to try (test) al things to determine if it is biblical or a lie (1st John 4:1). 1st John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” The same Apostle John through whom God penned the Gospel of John, also penned the Epistle of 1st John. John tells us the reason why we should test everything with the Holy Bible—BECAUSE MANY FALSE PROPHETS ARE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD!!!

Use The Inspired Holy Bible To Expose False Teachers

In other words, there are so many liars in the world (including in the Bible colleges and churches) that you cannot believe anything you hear!!! If you are not grounded in the authority of the inspired Holy Scriptures, then you will be blown about by every wind of doctrine, misled or even damned. ...
Ephesians 4:14-16, “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
This is a profound passage of Scripture. Carefully notice that the Greek word kubeia for "sleight" means "gambling dice." It refers to the type of trickery you'd find in a shady casino. The phrase "cunning craftiness" (Greek: panourgia) likewise refers to trickery to deceive someone. It means sophistry: A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. The Devil is a beautiful liar!

Children by nature believe every word they hear in their innocence and naivety. However, the Apostle Paul exhorts us as believers to grow up, and as adults give heed to Bible study, searching the Scriptures (John 5:39) to verify if the things we're being taught are factual or fables (Acts 17:10-11). There are MANY deadly lying false prophets today who preach a corrupt gospel message, like Marty Herron and Gary Walton from the Bob Jones University cult; and then Jeff Redlin and Timothy Zacharias from the cult at Pensacola Christian College. Their plans of salvation does not match the simple plan of salvation in the Holy Bible.

We Are A Wicked Nation

The United States is a very sick nation today. Just as Isaiah (the prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel) called the Jews to repentance toward God, so also do faithful preachers today call America to repent toward God in faith. It is a travesty what has happened to our country. I was watching Tucker Carlson the other night and was shocked by the injustices he was talking about. Tucker said when he visited Moscow a few weeks ago that he realized something. He realized that the homelessness crisis, fentanyl drug crisis, filth (trash everywhere) crisis, open border crisis, housing crisis, et cetera, are all deliberate in the United States. Moscow doesn't have all these social problems like we do in America!!!

From the sole of our nation's foot, to the crown of our nation's head, we have terminal cancer as a society. Just as Israel's days were numbered in the Old Testament, so also are the days of our nation's liberty numbered. No nation has ever survived treason from within. Isaiah 1:4, “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” I cannot think of a passage of Scripture more befitting of the United States than this!

Church attendance and marriage are now at all-time lows in America. Shacking up is the new norm in our nation, which is sinful and wrong to do. Courtship before marriage is nearly non-existent today. We are living in a new generation that has no fear of God. They don't look up! We've been increasingly seeing college campus murders, smash & grab mobs stealing everything that's not bolted down in all kinds of businesses across the United States.

We're seeing mentally-ill homeless people assaulting, stabbing and pushing people down onto the train tracks in the subway. This is the demonic society in the United States today! The courts are so liberal that they oftentimes don't even prosecute offenders anymore, they just release them back into the public to hurt more people. I thank God for guys like Tucker Carlson who tell the truth and expose the tyranny and treason in our country today.

Isaiah 43:7 and Revelation 4:11

Isaiah 43:7, “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.”

Revelation 4:11, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

A foundational Bible principle is that all things were created for God's pleasure. Every human being was created to glorify God. That is our purpose on earth. Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” Our purpose for existence is to glorify God. We glorify God when we obey Him and keep His commandments.

When we sin we're not giving glory to God, we bring shame to Him. Especially as Christians, we are bought with a price the Bible teaches. That price is the precious blood of Jesus (1st Peter 1:18-19). 1st Corinthians 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” If you are a born again believer, your body and spirit belong to God, by both creation and redemption.

This is why the Apostle Paul said in Romans 12:1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” God does not require anything from us in return for saving us. Eternal life is a free gift, paid for by the precious body and blood which Jesus sacrificed for our sins.

Even though we are not debtor to repay Christ's payment for our sins, it is only reasonable that we lay down our life as a living sacrifice. It is not required, but it is appropriate and ethical. The Lord is so good that even after all He has done to rescue us from eternal damnation in Hell, He is going to reward us for all of our labors for Him (1st Corinthians 3:8). God is so good. Isaiah 43:7, “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” God is worthy of our sincerest praise and gratitude.

Most religious people are phonies. They attend church and superficially praise God, sing religious songs and go through all the motions of playing church. Matthew 15:7-8, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” Pensacola Christian College is a prime offender. They are like the sinking Titanic ship. The grew and passengers are arranging deck chairs up on top, while the frigid icy Atlantic ocean is fast flooding into the leaking compartments and the ship is going down.

The churches today are apostate and pathetic. They have replaced preaching with entertainment. They have substituted the old hymns of the faith with lifeless Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). The new music s awful, lacking pretty melody, beautiful harmony and the profound meaning of lyrics that the old time hymns of the faith had. Today's music is garbage! There is no Holy Spirit conviction anymore in churches. No wonder church attendance is now at an all-time low in the United States.

So, please remember that you and I were made to please and glorify God with our life.

Luke 9:26

Luke 9:26, “For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glor...