Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own sight! Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! There, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel."Isaiah 5:20-24
God warns each of us: Don't get it confused, good and evil and your own innocence and arrogance and self-esteem. But the argument always comes from the unbelievers, how does anyone know what is good and evil? The answer easily and clearly is from the Holy Bible.
Confusion and distortion of God's truth comes clearly from a person's rejection and despising of God's Scriptures (verse 24). They don't like the truth, they don't like their evil exposed! See John 3:16-21, especially verse 20. When one no longer believes in a final individual judgment there is a turning away from any clear moral distinctions. Do what you want in love they cry! Don't judge lest you be judged, they incorrectly throw Matthew 7 at us.
Evil is each of us, naturally the sinful humans we are. We cannot do the good demanded by God to be in His Holy presence, Leviticus 19:2. Thus, we need someone who can meet the demands of the law for us and also be the sacrificial punishment. This is none other than "the Holy One of Israel, Jesus Christ"!
Praise be to His Holy Name, that we who are by nature evil are declared good because of Christ's goodness! We hear of such marvelous Good News in the hearing of His Word. How sweet and rich it is to our ears! Don't get it confused!
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