Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 20, 2010
2 comments, Jul 20, 2010
Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with heart-saving recognition:
“Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! ‘The multitude of your sacrifices – what are they to me?’ says the LORD. ‘I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.’”
(Isaiah 1:10-11)
This had to terrify Your people, Jesus!
You called them “Sodom and Gomorrah” –
after cities so wicked that You wiped them off the face of the earth.
When You told them to stop bringing You sacrifices
it must have felt to them
as though they no longer had access to You.
But that wasn’t true.
What You were sick to death of was the same thing you hate in me:
going through the motions of worship
while my heart is far from You.
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Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 2:4-5; Ezekiel 44:9-10; Matthew 6:2-8; Matthew 15:7-10; Matthew 23:13-39; Matthew 24:45-51; Mark 7:8-13; Luke 13:10-17
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Lady B. Says:
Dear Jeff: We all have sometime or other have disappointed God by our behaviors. But when you consider God’s grace and mercy is new everyday, then you should focus on the brand new slate that God’s gives you Ken. .Without God’s forgiveness, how very sad we as Christians would we really be. Remember Jeff Jesus
Jul 20, 2010, 7:45 amloves and forgives you. You must learn to forgive yourself
and strive everyday to be more and more like Christ.To me that’s the beauty of God’s grace and mercy! I’ll keep you in my prayers. Be encourage!!!