What is it that God requires? The careful construction of houses of holiness in which to live apart from those who are ‘unclean’? The strict observance of religious ordinances? “You ‘humble’ yourselves by observing the motions of penance,” says the prophet Isaiah. “You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. And this you call fasting. But do you really think this will please the LORD?” No! “This is the kind of fasting I choose, that you:
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AMEN
Amen!
LOVE the painting & visual analogy!
Well said!!!
Powerful image to convey a simple and very convicting truth!
Hi Mitch,
Right on! God makes the dead come alive. Love it!
Gary