Themes:
1) Mankind is under indictment! We have been diagnosed with a terrible malady.
2) God is the moral authority in the universe! That's because He is . . .
3) God graciously offers salvation to rebellious and sinful mankind.
4) Choices have consequences.
During our last study, we discussed a process whereby we can extract principles from a given passage from which we can make application, even if we are not the original audience for the message. In this way we operate under the principle that although not all Scripture is to us it is all for us.
I would like you to apply this process to Isa 1:11-17. Carefully study the passage, and then answer the following:
1. What is God rejecting in this passage.
2. You might find this odd--since God is the one who required the sacrificial system associated with the Mosaic Law. Why do you think God is rejecting what He has required?
3. If you had to distill the "lessons learned" to one or two principles, what would they be?
4. How do those principles apply to our church fellowship?
***Here is an advanced question for you.***
5. Can you find an example of what God has a problem with, regarding worship, in Isa 7:1-13? (Reading 2Kings 16 might give you some helpful background.)
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