Good morning. We're going to look at some things in Isaiah. This is for those people who are fulfilling all the trappings of Christianity by being "religious". When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you, yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. "But God, I've gone to church, I've given money, I've been a good person. Why don't you hear my prayers?" First clean up your act: wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from my sight. Cease to do evil. Of course we can't – only He can make us clean. Only He can help us to cease from doing evil. However we need to put forth the effort to help Him accomplish it. Then one of the most powerful verses of all: though your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be white like wool. It took His red blood to make our red sins to become white. There is nothing religious that we can do to accomplish that. It took Him to do it. If you consent and obey, you will eat the best of the land. We are not just going to barely get along. We are going to eat Donald Trump style. What happens if we don't do His will? But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. If you refuse to do His will, then you are rebelling; and rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. The word devoured comes from the same root word as the devourer in Malachi. I will also turn My hand against you, and will smelt away your dross as with lye, and will remove all your alloy. When we are not pure, He needs to remove all of the impurities. Lye is caustic – it will burn. It will not be pleasant when He does it. It's like the story of God rubbing the cat's fur the wrong way, against the grain. The cat says "God why don't you rub me the other direction? This way is uncomfortable." God says "why don't you turn around"? We need to quit rebelling and turn around. Father we thank You for the red, red blood of Jesus that makes our sins as white as snow. Thank You that the reader will eat the best of the land. Through all he/she will prevail with Your help.

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