Isaiah 6:7-9- And he touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.” Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’"
Isaiah just saw the Lord God, high and lifted up. He saw how awesome God was and is, how holy God was and is, and Isaiah realized something horrible! Isaiah was a rotten sinner surrounded by other rotten sinners. God, the Lord God, made a way for Isaiah to have his iniquity taken away and his sin purged. Isaiah, in gratitude to God's forgiveness, volunteered when the Lord asked. Isaiah wanted to do anything for the Lord because the Lord had done so much for him.
That is how it is with Christians. God made the Way for us to get our sins purged and forgiven, and our iniquity taken away. He gave us His Holy and Perfect Son, Jesus, to be our Savior. Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins. When we believe and accept Jesus gracious and holy gift, we are grateful and want to do things for Him out of gratitude. I use to think that the verse in James was being harsh when it said that faith without works is dead. (James 2:20) It is more of a call to action to a people that should work for the Lord Jesus with gratitude for all that He did and does and is doing for us. How great is the love of our God. I want to do things for Jesus for the rest of my life. That is pretty much it in a nutshell. Have a great week.
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