55:7
So the wicked are to forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. We need to repent, to turn to the Lord, and if we do that He will have mercy upon us. A key element of the gospel is that man’s ways are not good. The ways of man who has rebelled against God are not righteous, they fo not produce life. Yet this is an element of the gospel that we seem very reluctant to talk about. Repentance is an essential element of the gospel (it was an essential element of Jesus’ teaching!) and is good news.
55:8
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and neither are your ways my ways.” This is a well known verse, and a highly important one. In a sense this is obvious. If we look at western society’s views on sexuality there is a very clear difference between God’s thoughts and our thoughts, but the difference goes far deeper than this. When we rebelled against God everything changed. We see the extent of the change when we see Jesus. In Christ we see a man who lives His life in complete obedience, trust and love for the Father, for God. And when we see Christ we see someone who is so radically different from every other man or woman.
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