Peace to you my brothers and sisters.
Today’s Bible Verse: [Isaiah 5:21 ESV] 21 Woe to those who are wise in their
own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Woe is a deep suffering caused by misfortune and those that are wise in their
own eyes will suffer great misfortune.
This refers to people that are inflated with a false opinion of their own
knowledge; they tend to be self-confident and fain. This is specifically
forbidden:
[Proverbs 3:7 ESV] 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away
from evil.
This is a perfect description of the Pharisees; wise in their own eyes:
[John 9:34-40 ESV] 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and
would you teach us?" And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had
cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of
Man?" 36 He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in
him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is
speaking to you." 38 He said, "Lord, I believe," and he
worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that
those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." 40 Some
of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we
also blind?"
We have all known these types of people and, unfortunately, they abound in today’s
society and this is because they do not know God. They may profess that they do
but they do not. Spread His word and gospel even to them; some may awaken by
God’s hand.
We all have a job.
[Matthew 28:18-20 ESV] 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And
behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
All of the disciples of Jesus are to spread His word and the gospel.
This is the gospel:
[1 Corinthians 15:1-6 ESV] 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I
preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are
being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you
believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also
received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the
Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he
appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still
alive, though some have fallen asleep.
[Acts 2:22-24 ESV] 22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth,
a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God
did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know-- 23 this Jesus,
delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you
crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 God raised him up, loosing
the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
[1 John 2:2 ESV] 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only
but also for the sins of the whole world.
Propitiation: ἱλασμός hilasmós, hil-as-mos'; atonement, i.e. (concretely) an
expiator:—propitiation.
This is penal substitution; that is, our sins were transferred to Jesus and His
righteous transferred to us.
Go forth and spread this good news.
I pray that God has revealed Himself to you and that you have salvation.
Remember, God is sovereign. That means that he controls everything.
I hope this has been a blessing to you. May the rest of your day be blessed. Peace.
Monday, April 5, 2021
Isaiah 5:21
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