How To Live A Godly In A Corupt World

So how can we be the church? How can we live Godly lives in a corrupt world?

Look back in Isaiah 1:16-20

In verses 16 and 17, it gives us three things to start with.

1. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean. When you have a car and you want to give it a wax job to make it all pretty and shiny; what is the first thing that you do? Wash the car first, or else you are just waxing the dirt. As Christians we need to ask the Lord to forgive us of our sins.1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

2. Put away the evil. When you ask God to forgive you of your sins then you need to do a U-turn. That is the problem with us, a lot of times we ask God to forgive us, knowing very that we will do the same sin again and we are just looking for some temporary relief of our guilt. 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Do a U-turn and turn away from your wicked ways.

3. Learn to do good. How do we learn to do good? What is the best way to learn anything? You learn best from the teacher. And who is the best teacher? No one other than our Lord Jesus Christ. He taught us by example. Hebrews 4:15, “ For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” He taught us with His teachings. Remember from the age of 12, He amazed us with His teachings. No one can teach us any better to do good any better than the Master. Always remember to pattern your Life and the decisions you make to be like Christ.

If you do these then you will learn how to live Godly in a corrupt world.

In verse 19 we find the last two conditions. Willingness and Obedience

The first thing you have to do is be willing. If I were to say that I wanted to loose some weight, which would be a great plan. But it would take me being willing to start the plan to lose the weight. Then we need to obey the plan, whether it be the exercise or the diet, before it would any thing would happen. Most of us cheat and do not obey the plans of the diet and wonder why we are not loosing any weight.

When you say I want to live a Godly life in this corrupt world, which too is a great plan. But you have to be willing to make the sacrifices to obey God and His commands to make it happen.

Do the things we’ve pointed out today and you will have a wonderful life, or eat the good of the land as our text stats in verse 19-20. Refuse and rebel then this corrupt land will devour you up.