M-W-F Bible study: Isaiah 58:1,2

Merry Christmas! Joy to the world, the Lord is come! And how welcome into our lives He is! I think of the darkness of the world before He came down, and how unimaginably grateful I am for the gift of a savior. Emmanuel, God with us, forever and always.

Have a blessed day,
Lili

1 "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.

2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.

(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)

Commentary on Isaiah 58:1,2

The Holy Spirit had hypocrites of every age in view. Self-love and timid Christians may say, Spare thyself; dislike to the cross and other motives will say, "Spare the rich and powerful;" but God says, "Spare not:" and we must obey God, not men. We all need earnestly to pray for God's assistance in examining ourselves. Men may go far toward heaven, yet come short; and they may go to hell with a good reputation.