The Contrite and Humble in Spirit

Saturday, August 29, 2015
Isaiah 57:10-12 NIV 

10 You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint. 11 "Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? 12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After declaring His idolotrous people had transgressed against Him, what else did the Lord say about His rebellious people? (v.10)
2) What does the Lord ask those who have transgressed against Him? (v.11)
3) What else does the Lord declare about His wayward people? (v.12)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Do you know of any professing believer(s) who has (have) forsaken the way of the Lord to pursue their own way? If so, what do you think will become of them?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The Lord wants what is best for His people. Those who reject His will and His way, reject Him as Savior and Lord.
6) Do not dismiss the Lord because He has been silent. He has appointed a day of judgment for all who forsake Him.
7) The Lord will not remember the sins of those who are humble and penitent.