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Isaiah 1:18-31

Now we see all God’s grace shining upon the wretched people (but also upon every sinner who confesses himself lost). We left them yesterday covered with bruises and open sores like that man in the parable, who fell into the hands of thieves (Luke 10:30). Now the LORD invites them to reason with Him. Reason? What’s the use? What can they say in their defence? The mouth of the guilty party is closed. But then instead of his condemnation, he can hear the wonderful promise of v. 18 pronounced by his own Judge. It has brought peace to many people: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow . . .". We know that it is by the blood of Jesus Christ that this cleansing can be achieved (1 John 1:7). If not, punishment will be executed on those who reject the pardon held out. V. 21 and the following verses describe for us what has become of Jerusalem, "the faithful city": a den of murderers. The LORD must purify it. Unfortunately, it will not be by the redeeming blood – because the city wanted nothing to do with it – but by judgment falling on the lawbreakers after all the longsuffering which God showed toward a rebellious people.

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