Thus says the Lord: “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? For your iniquities you have sold yourselves...” (Isaiah 50:1)
When Israel was going through the Lord’s correction for their idolatry, some people thought “God has forsaken us…”
Even today, it’s not uncommon for someone who’s wandered from the Lord to have the same thoughts - “Because of my sin, God has abandoned me…"
But in Isaiah chapter 50, God reveals something about His character: He NEVER abandons His people, be they the Israelites of Isaiah’s day, or the Christian today.
No, the reality was that Israel had sold themselves into slavery by choosing to live in sin: "For your iniquities you have sold yourselves…”
Christian, the same principle applies today. When a Christian chooses to live in opposition to God and His word, there will be negative consequences. Sin always brings three predictable consequences:
- Sin Divides - Sin divides us from the assembly of believers, divides us from those we love, and it divides us from God.
- Sin Enslaves - Sin seems like freedom at first, but eventually we find we’re enslaved to the sin, trapped in a downward spiral.
- Sin Destroys - Sin destroys everything it touches; relationships, careers, joy, peace, and finally lives.
What a great truth leading into Easter Sunday - This Sunday all over the world Christians will be celebrating the fact that through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have been set free from the curse of sin!
I think it's a message that everyone should hear - don't you?
Pastor Clay
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