It is the children of God that God has mercy upon. Those that call upon the Name of Jesus and do what He says will be found worthy.
As the people left Paul, having mixed feelings about what they just heard, Paul then quoted from Isaiah 6:9,10.
Isaiah 1 :16-18 (KJV)
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,...
I am sorry Jesus for my sins. You are my Lord and I can see how far I have strayed from You now. My life is a mess without You.
Isaiah 58 :9-11 (KJV)
9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,...
Surely with the Lord God in my life, my future is secure. All my burdens are lifted. Where there was hunger, He gave me bread to eat.
Isaiah 58 :11 (KJV)
11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring...
Isaiah 59 :7 (KJV)
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
When women murder their unborn babies, their innocent blood is on their hands. They have seriously defiled their own bodies with the blood of innocent children.
Isaiah 40 :3-5 (KJV)
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall...
Even when Isaiah was written 700 years before Christ, the prophesy of John came true at the exact moment of time that it was destined to happen.
Isaiah 29 :15 (KJV)
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?...
One specific addiction that ruins lives is pornography and this is often done in secret. However, it is game over when a person finally gets caught looking at porn.
Isaiah 14 :12-15 (KJV)
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said...
So let’s see if we can piece this all together for everyone to understand. Again Mormons state that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers but the Bible is clear that Jesus is His and our creator.
Isaiah 13 :19-21 (KJV)
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it...
In verse 11, we learn more about people’ pride and how it is ultimately what will have them pay dearly for their sins.
Isaiah 13 :9-11 (KJV)
9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10...
In these last days, that Jesus returns, Isaiah said that the whole earth would shake. It would no longer be the same place again.
Isaiah 12 :4-6 (KJV)
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
5 Sing unto...
Isaiah 12 :1-3 (KJV)
1 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold,...
Surely, what Isaiah saw speaks true to my life and the lives of many other Christians. For we were lost and broken inside but he has come and found us and made us whole again.
Isaiah 11 :10-12 (KJV)
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall...
As we’ve learned, God does not only love the Jewish people but also the Gentiles. Every Gentile that also believes in Jesus will be saved.
Isaiah 11 :1,2 (KJV)
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the Lord shall...
Isaiah 11 :10 (KJV)
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall...
To help us understand who has the characteristics of being mighty in all works, our counselor and judge, we will look to another verse from Isaiah.
Isaiah 10 :16,17 (KJV)
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17...
As the righteous enjoy being in the light of Jesus, the wicked do not want anything to do with it. It actually causes them to fear and be anxious.
Isaiah 9 :2 (KJV)
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
