“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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… One in this section, a few more to end. Isaiah chapter 1, verses 18 and 19. I love this. God says, come now. So before I read, does that apply to you? Listen. Whoever you are, if you can hear me right now, wherever, whatever. God is saying to you, come now, not come later. Come now, and let us reason together. The word reason is, let's argue. See, he's so honest, because you know, you do want to argue with God at times, don't you? He knows that. So he says, you want to argue? Come on. Come on over, and let's argue. It's like, yeah, I got a few things to say about it. Yeah, come on, guys, bring it. Oh my goodness, I have a horrible picture in my mind. I've told you this before, but you forgot maybe. My mom, when she'd get upset with us, she was so tiny. And she was just really feisty. Incredible temper. It's a good thing she was small. But she would come after us, and we would hold her, or I or my brother, it depends on who was in trouble, she was swinging at us. …
… true. And that can't be true. And so I would give reasonable answers. And I just watched how effective that was. To be able to speak to a person reasonably. Come, it says in Isaiah chapter 1 verse 18, let us reason together says the Lord. And it is reasonable. So he reasoned with them from the scriptures. Explaining and demonstrating that the Christ, Messiah, had to suffer and rise again from the dead. Remember, they're Jewish. They're living far away from Jerusalem. They may have heard about Jesus, may not have. Paul is there to say, you're waiting for the Messiah to take over and rule the world. You know, first he had to come and die and suffer and showed that from the scriptures, demonstrating that Christ had to suffer, rise again from the dead, saying, this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. Now, here's the effect. This is how the church gets started. And some of them were persuaded. Now the ones that were persuaded become the church that he writes to. …
… Plead the case of the widow. Come now. Let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. We're not even at the new covenant yet. And already God is communicating to his people. Outward washing is not enough. This is what the Pharisees didn't understand. Matthew 23, 25 and 26. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate. but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and the plate that the outside may also be clean. Jesus didn't say the outside doesn't matter. He said the inside has priority and that if you clean the inside, the outside becomes clean. Can a streetwalker walk into a church looking like a streetwalker? Yes, she can. but if God who dwells in unapproachable light redeems her and transforms her will she still continue to walk into church looking like a street walker? …