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We look into the application of Isaiah 5:20 in our times today… (NLT) What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. (ESV Bible reads: “Woe to those…”)

— Let’s dig in to see if we are calling evil good, and light dark today…

Looking into Isaiah 5:18-30 (NLT)

(18) What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart! (19) They even mock God and say, “Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.” (20) What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.

(Mark all correct answers)

Fill in the blanks…

— Q1. From (Vs.18) What picture-language-things are said to draw sin and wickedness along?

O – chains of poverty     O – with ropes made of lies     O – behind them like a cart

— Q2. Does this speak of people being sorry for sin, OR of people purposely sinning?

O – Of people who are sorry for their sins.     O – Of people who are trying to hide or promote their sins.

— Q3. Why does anyone purposely do evil?

O – They don’t, it’s always someone else’s fault.     O – To satisfy their own wants and desires.

— Q4. (Vs.19) They even mock God and say, “Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.”

— This judgment of coming sorrow falls on those who say…

O – If there is a God let Him prove it.     O – I’ll believe God’s power when I see it.     O – both of these.

Moving on to (Vs.20) What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.

— Q5. Mark the following as to what you would call evil or good:

a) Government-supported abortion on demand.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

b) Giving drug addicts a free safe drug supply without requiring addiction treatment.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

c) Insisting churches must perform, or provide their facilities for Gay marriages.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

]d) Making it illegal for businesses to refuse work to supply a Gay marriage ceremony.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

e) Your government using your taxes to provide medically assisted suicide.      O – GOOD     O – EVIL

f) Not allowing medical personnel to opt out of MAID or abortion services.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

g) Removing the right for Christian Universities to provide degrees in Law.     O – GOOD     O – EVIL

— Q6. Where do we stand as a nation under the standards of Isaiah 5:18-20?

— Q7. Can we do anything about our nation’s failure to acknowledge God and His standards?

These questions lead us to God’s Word, the Bible, to search for His answers to our problems.

— We’ll close by discussing these Bible promises to strengthen us…

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT) (11) For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD . “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (12) In those days when you pray, I will listen. (13) If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

2^nd Peter 1:3-8 (NLT) By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. (4) And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. (5) In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, (6) and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, (7) and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. (8) The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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