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The Hypocrisy in our Repentance

Published: Sept. 2, 2018, 4 p.m.

Isaiah 1:1-20
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.”

The book of Isaiah comes out swinging at Israel's sin, and he calls the people of God to a repentance that goes beyond lip service. In fact Isaiah, speaks for God as his prophet and says of God, "Even your prayers disgust me." How did the children of God stray so far from his heart? What implications does this have for our own worship and repentance? The Puritans use to pray, "Lord I need to repent of my repentance" and this passage of Isaiah falls in line with that sentiment. God calls us to an active form of repentance that goes beyond our Sunday worship and gets to the heart of what it truly means to be a follower of Jesus. Join us as we jump head first into the story of Isaiah.