Isaiah 43:25 (ESV) " “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. "
Isaiah 44:22 (ESV) - " I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you." Isaiah 55:7 (ESV) -"let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Jeremiah 31:34 (ESV) -"For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Let us look at one more verse:” 1 John 1:9 (ESV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. This is a picture of a new Exodus that will take place or has taken place . We know that God again established Israel in 1947. But God did a new thing when the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost. When the Holy Spirit comes in waves of revival we declare God is doing a new thing. It is a rediscovery of that personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ generated by the work of the Holy Spirit. When God goes to work personally, corporately, nationally it is a new thing. Isaiah 43:2-3 (ESV)
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Going through rivers of difficulty will either cause you to drown or force you to grow stronger. If you try to go it on your own strength, you are more likely to drown. If you allow God to get in on it, He will go with you and will protect you. Vs. 1 & 5 says,” Fear not!” Fear is real and can cause a great deal of problems if we do not allow God to help us. Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)
" But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. We are important to God. He created , formed , redeemed and called us. Not only that, but He called us by our name. He knows us personally. If we claim to belong to God, we must never do anything that would bring shame to Him. When I was doing youth ministry( for 25 years) Sundays included a serious Bible study often through a specific book of the Bible using Sunday School material. Our discipleship groups followed a precise plan of discipleship. We rarely digress from the plan but Wednesday nights were a different story. I would pray and ask God to show me what to share with the youth that night. Sometimes I wouldn’t even know until I got up in front of them what God had in store for us. It was very unplanned and totally dependent on the Lord. Very Scripture based.
I didn’t have a PowerPoint. Nor an outline. We didn’t have a praise band nor colored lights to set the atmosphere. Nothing fancy. It just came forth. The Serendipity, the spontaneity, often there was a Surprising outcome of the night. I am hoping and praying we may see the Holy Spirit work in an amazing way. |
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