*THE SCRIPTURE USED TODAY
Isaiah 43: 26-28
26 Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence. 27 Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me. 28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction[a] and Israel to scorn. Footnotes: Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
*DEFINITIONS REVIEWED
Definitions: (I choose to look up certain words that I feel could have more meaning than my current understanding of them or that could make more sense to me if I had a different or more current word)
1. Review: examin with possibility or intention of instituting change if necessary; look over; study; examine again; analysis
2. Argue: put forth reason for or against debate; prove reasoning; give evidence of ; persuaded; influence; insist
3. rebelled: rise in opposition to established government ruler; revolt, Riot, take up arms; be insubordinate
4. Disgraced: bring shame upon; discredit; treat with disfavor; rebuke, humiliate; fallen from favor; degrade; taint; stain
5. dignitaries: person of high rank, position or office
*MY INTERPRETATION
26 ANALYZE YOUR PAST THEN LETS LOOK FOR THE ACTIONS THAT COULD PROVE YOUR BLAMELESSNESS. 27 YOUR PREVIOUS GENERATIONS SINNED; THEN I SENT MORE TO TEACH YOU THE TRUTH AND YET THEY WERE REBELLIOUS & UNDISCIPLINED AS WELL 28 SO I HUMILIATED -completely destroyed-THE LEADERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
*MY RESEARCH & REFLECTIONS OF THE PASSAGE APPLIED TO MY LIFE
Stacey, carefully evaluate your past and then let’s understand your actions and see if they prove you to be blameless (I doubt they will.. ;/ EEKS). The family that came before you- even as far back to Abraham & Adam- have sinned so I -have continued to send- others to teach you the truth. Yet they, too were rebellious and undisciplined. I humiliated-or completely destroyed- the religious leaders of your community. Previously protected from my wrath because of their position, I have stripped them of their duties and allowed them to experience the same treatment as common people.
What should I do with the information I gain as a result of analyzing my past? If I recognize that I am doing the same and failing miserably by not providing the other’s with the truth of God’s word, then I need to
1. remind God of the promises that he made to me and the sacrifice that Jesus made FOR me so that I may avoid the same feat of the dignitaries. “In Matthew Henry’s Concise commentary it’s stated: Plead these -[his promises]- with him [when] wrestling for pardon; and declare these things, that thou mayest be justified freely by his grace. This is the only way, and it is a sure way to peace.”
2. I should ‘go & sin no more’; do as I am commanded to do and love people; because that is His greatest commandment.
But why should I do this you ask? Because I am part of the generation that he continues to send. There is currently a generation looking at me (& you) the way I looked to previous generations. It is my responsibility and my purpose on earth to give them the truth. I do not want to take my assignment of teaching others about the truth lightly and fail miserably.
John 11:40 "Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
Acts 13:32 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm,'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.'
Romans 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.17 so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, …
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