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Are your ways Changed?. Hiawatha Bible Chapel October 4, 2009. Isaiah 55:6-7 (NASB95).
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Are your ways Changed? Hiawatha Bible Chapel October 4, 2009
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NASB95) • 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6 (NASB) • 6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
seek \ˈsēk\ verb • 1: to resort to : go to • 2 a: to go in search of : look for • b: to try to discover call \ˈkȯl\ verb • 1 a: to speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance : shout 〈call for help〉 • b: to make a request or demand 〈call for an investigation〉 • Seeking and Calling: • are actions focused on God • imply an external need
How Do We SEEK? • But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. • Matthew 6:33 • So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seekHim by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. • Daniel 9:3 • “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. • Deuteronomy 4:29
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NASB95) • 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:7 (NASB) • 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
for•sake \fər-ˈsāk • :to renounce or turn away from entirely; synonymy see abandon • re•turn \ri-ˈtərn\ verb • 1 a: to go back or come back again • 1 b: to go back in thought or practice : revert • 2: to pass back to an earlier possessor • 3 : make linear motion back to a point previously departed • Forsaking and Returning: • are actions focused on dealing with and leaving sin • are results of a need for change
How do we forsake? • Psalm 37:8 (NASB95)Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. • c.f. Ephesians 4:31 (NASB95)31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. • Isaiah 55:7 (NASB95)Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.