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Monday July 27
Isaiah 59: 1-14
SIN KILLS
“For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt.… Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.” Isaiah 59: 3-5, NIV
Imagine a world without punishment for sins; a world where sinners can dodge punishment, or have someone else punished for their sins. If such privilege is based on such condition as wealth, educational or social status, you can imagine how it would be! Praise be to God that a sinful man cannot escape divine punishment, no matter how hard he may try (cf. Ezekiel 18:20). God has put enough structures in place both to effect arrest, to convict guilty sinners, as well as to discharge the innocent who may be wrongfully accused.
In today’s passage, Isaiah assures about the fact that God is awesome, endearing and powerful. He is also righteous and just to give appropriate sanction to erring humankind (vv. 1-3). Though, that a man is sick or in crisis may not always be an indication that he/she is guilty of sin. However, the submission in the text should also encourage those being oppressed by human powers to know that God is impartial: He will be fair to all, no matter how hard it may seem at bending the hands of man for justice. Are you experiencing injustice? God will soon vindicate you.
Birthday Blessing:  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Galatians 6:7
Read Bible Through Passage: Job 14, 15, 16; Acts 23
You cannot play with sin and overcome it at the same time. - J.C. MacAulay
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