e [Music] [Music] what's good everybody today uh we going to be reading Isaiah chapter one this is something that I read this morning actually I'm starting to go through this book and starting to study the Prophecies of Isaiah if you don't know uh Isaiah was a prophet of God the Lord Almighty and bround like 700 BC is so when I read chapter 1 this morning uh it was really heavy on my heart because it uh reminded me of you know the current state of the world right now the current state of our nation our world
our culture and I just thought that it was something we needed to hear and something I needed to hear so yeah let's get into it um I'm reading out the ESV by the way so verse one it's just telling you that who who this is from these are visions of Isaiah the Lord is speaking through Isaiah and he's prophesying and he's speaking to the people of Judah so verse two says here o heaven and give ear o Earth for the Lord has spoken first of all that means tune in you know what I'm saying hear
Heaven and Earth the Lord has spoken this is something we got to pay attention to immediately children he's talking to you he's talking to me his children here I re children have I reared and brought up but they have rebelled against me so he's saying I gave you life you're my child you're my son you're my daughter but you're rebelling against me he's talking to the people of Judah but this this is to us too the ox knows its owner and the donkey and the donkey its Master's crib but Israel does not know my people
do not understand that's what he's saying like yo even the animals understand who their Master is they understand to they know to listen to his voice to listen to his Direction but you guys are rebellious you're not listening to your creator and man our nation acts like that too a lot so ah sinful Nation verse four says a people Laden with iniquity offspring of evildoers children who deal corruptly they have forsaken the Lord they have despised the Holy One of Israel they are utterly estranged that's crazy ain't it so he's calling us out not us
but he's calling them out but to me he's calling us out right he's like you're a sinful Nation we're full of iniquity we're full of sin and to me he's not lying like that applies even right now in our world and our culture thousands and thousands of years later we're still the same human beings we're still rebellious towards God we still fill our lives with sin with sexual impurities you know fornication uh alcohol drugs you know we're not sober minded we're always trying to find quick pleasure we lust for things our minds are evil and
twisted our hearts are not in the right place all of these things that still occur today that were happening to the people of Judah so verse five why will you be struck down why will you continue to Rebel the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint from the soul of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it but bruises and sores and raw wounds they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil so God is saying do not see how much hurt you've caused Yourself by being
rebellious towards your creator he saying you can't even take another wound because you're so injured you're so inflicted because of your Rebellion you're so damaged because of your rebellion and to me in our world right now it's that emptiness that everybody is trying to fill with their sin and it's only causing more emptiness you know what I'm saying that Rebellion from God and that iniquity where you're going off and drinking and partying trying to feel that void you're going off you know having sex with multiple woman or multiple men trying to feel that void and
it's only causing you more pain it's always only causing you more pain and God is like do you not see this is why there's so much pain this is why there's so much soreness is because you're rebellious you're sinful you're not coming to your creator do you not understand that do you not see that and that is the state of our current you know Nation our current culture it's to go to those things to make you feel better and God is like no my child like he says in verse two hear oh heavens and give
ear o Earth children have I reared and brought up he saying I reared and brought you up he's saying even the ox knows its owner do you not see just come to me right that's what he's saying it's a call he's saying here listen so verse seven your country lies desolate and cities are burn burn with fire this is a prophetic word right here it's talking about the future of Judah so your country lies desolate your cities are burned with fire and your very presence foreigners devour your land it is desolate as overthrown by foreigners
and the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a Vineyard like a lodge in a cucumber field like a besieged city so we saying look you're and he's basically prophesying through Isaiah like look because of your Rebellion this is what's going to happen your city's going to lie empty you're going to be exiled you're going to be conquered by somebody else and that's exactly what happens because they decide not to turn to God verse 9 follows saying if the Lord of hosts had not let us left us a few survivors excuse me we
should have been like Sodom and become like gamorra man that's crazy a lot most people know the story of Sodom and Gomorrah if you don't it's just two cities it's kind of an Infamous story in the Bible that were destroyed by the wrath of God because of their sin that they just would never turn to God so he had to destroy them right so he's saying like luckily you know there's few survivors there's few people that have been kept otherwise you would have been just like them you would have been destroyed because of your sin
and your rebellious Spirit verse 10 hear the word of the Lord you rulers of Sodom give your ears to the teaching of our God your PE you people of gorra he's calling him he's calling us he's calling us to listen to his word to listen to his teaching to come back to him to hear his voice to discern his voice and to listen to it make note of it to walk it out all of those things give ear stop listening to the what the world is telling you to do to feel that emptiness in you
stop listening to the rebellious and sinful nature that you have listen to me I'm your creator I know what you what's best for you right all things work together for the good of those who love him that's what he's saying hear the word give ear to the teachings you obviously can't take care of yourself so you got to listen listen to me that's what he's saying 11 what to me is the multitude of your sacrifices says the Lord I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of wellfed beasts I do not
Delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of goats when you come appear before me who has required of you this trampling of my courts bring no more vain offerings incense is an Abomination to me new moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates they have become a burden to me I am weary of bearing them when you spread out your hands I will hide my eyes from you even though you make many prayers I will not
listen your hands are full of blood that was a lot to take in we started at verse 11 right so God is calling them out when they made a covenant with him this is what he required of them the sacrifices and the things like that but he says that they have become vain offerings and if you look at that word we also can understand that that can mean emptiness you know almost like fake empty so when I think of that right when I hear emptiness when I hear vain offerings I think of Heartless you know
ingenuine the things that you offer to God are ingenuine so when we're walking up in church on Sunday and you you know you make sure you're Fly you make sure you know maybe you got your Bible with you and you may lift your hands you may sing a couple songs maybe you'll even pray maybe you'll walk up to the altar but God is calling us to be genuine to put our heart into it he he doesn't want the Antics he doesn't want you to just do the things the religious you know ceremonies the same things
over and over again that are you know routine and repetition no God wants you to be genuine God wants your heart you know he doesn't want a robot that's why he gave us free will he wants you to love him genuinely and deeply and out of that love he wants you to speak to him to dwell with him because he wants to dwell with you to draw close to him because he wants to draw close to you you know to meet with him to worship him to praise him to pray to him that's what God
wants so he saying I'm tired of these vain offerings I'm tired of these you know religious ceremonies that you guys have and you think they're pleasing me but I can see right through it you can't you can't fake this I'm God I know exactly what every single one of you are thinking or move are doing where your heart is at what's in your mind I know that this is it's not real so that's basically what he's saying he's like man it's disgusting to me that you can you can have this fake attitude towards me on
the outside you know you can you can look clean up on the outside and be dirty on the inside because that's what I care about I'm disgusted so he's saying wash yourselves make yourselves clean remove the evil of your Deeds from before my eyes this verse uh 16 cease to do evil learn to do good seek Justice correct oppression bring Justice to the fatherless pleas plead the Widow's cause 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 man as powerful wash yourselves make yourselves clean let us reason together says the Lord this is the character of the god that I serve and this is something that moves me in my spirit when I even just try to comprehend the love and mercy that God is filled with and you know it baffles me when people talk
about how God could possibly be evil or how God has bad intentions when he always wants us to be saved when he recognized that his people are rebellious and full of iniquity or sin that we fall short you know what I'm saying that sometimes we're ingenuine sometimes we don't give him our hearts and we hold back from him when he sees all those things and he's he just wants us to come to him with a a broken Spirit right he wants us to come to him just I keep saying it but being genuine he's saying
wash yourselves and make yourselves clean from your evil Deeds seek Justice correct oppression bring Justice to the fatherless please the Widow cause come now let us reason together so he's saying even in even in all the sin I'll reason for you and he's saying I know I know you're sinful you know your sins are like Scarlet but they'll be white as snow they're red like Crimson but they'll become like wool if if and only if you are willing and obedient you'll eat the good of the Lamb all he's asking you is just to listen to
him tune your ears be obedient to God and you'll be all right he'll forgive you he'll love you all of those things he'll love you anyway but this is what he wants from you he wants to see the best for you and that's why he's saying look man I know what you need I know what this sin and iniquity is going to lead to and I don't want that for my son or daughter I want you to be with me I want to dwell with you I want to take you into a land of prospering
you know he says you shall eat the good of the land verse 21 how the faithful city has become I'm going say a prostitute cuz if I read that on YouTube has become a prostitute she who was full of Justice righteousness lodged in her but now murderers your silver has become draw your best wine mixed with water your princes are Rebels and Companions of Thieves everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts they do not bring Justice to the fatherless and the Widow's cause does not come to them so he's just saying he's calling out
the evil the evil people he's calling out the Unfaithful people 24 therefore the Lord declares the Lord of hosts the mighty one of Israel ah I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes I will turn my hand against you and will snatch away your dross with lie and remove all your allo alloy I don't know how to say that y I'm not going to lie and I will restore your judges as at the first and your counselors as at the beginning afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness the
faithful City so God is saying look I'mma allow y'all to lose you know what I'm saying he said I'mma avenge myself on my foes I will turn my hand against you he saying I'm I'm I'mma take my hand off you and actually put it against you to show you that this is not who you're called to be that I'm a man of my word not a man I'm a God of my word sorry but I'm a God of my word my word is truth and y'all need to listen you need to T tune your ears
you need to hear Oh Heaven here oh Earth he's like this is not a front y'all think I'm playing games and you keep rebelling against me no I'mma turn my hand against you and then I'mma lift you up to righteousness that's how good he is he's like look you deserve this punishment but I'm still going to bring you out of that and lift you up again he continues this is the end of uh the chapter y lowkey y but hey that word be spit in Zion shall be Redeemed by Justice and those in her who
repent by righteousness but Rebels and sinners shall be broken together and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed for they shall be ashamed of the Oaks that you desired and you shall bless for the gardens that you have chosen that's talking about Idols by the way you shall for you shall be like an oak whose Leaf Withers and like a garden without water and the strong shall become tender and his work a spark and both of them shall burn together with none to quench them so he saying you rebel against God you you sparking
the own flame you're sparking a flame on yourself if you rebel against them but those in her who repent by righteousness shall be Redeemed by Justice right so God is always offering us a way to him he's always offering us a Redemption God has always giv us a way out he's always showing us his love even when we rebel against him and I've see the state of our culture and our world and our nation and all the things that are preached and taught and all the things that we see and hear and I just I
just know that God is pushing us to to tune those out and to hear his truth his word his voice in a world that is for lies Kanye we say you know but yeah that that was all today saying that was all I've been having for a minute but I appreciate you if you made it this far shout out to you for real subscribe leave a like let's spread that word together you know help that algorithm anyway thank you for your time God bless you have a good day appreciate you peace out
