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Promises To The Sincere.
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 1, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: A changed heart and a new life.
PROMISES TO THE SINCERE.
We who have heard His call and answered, “Here am I LORD, send me” (Isaiah 6:8) will now call on Him, and He will answer “Here am I” (Isaiah 58:9).
When our ‘religion’ consists in more than outward rituals, and our deeds follow our souls in pity to the poor, then the LORD will guide us, provide for us, and make our land as a watered garden (Isaiah 58:10-11). This is a spring from which not only do we draw water for ourselves, but in a surfeit of abundance we shall have more than sufficient for others also. The only wealth which we properly desire is the type of prosperity which spreads itself abroad for the benefit of others.
There is a promise of blessing for those who keep the true fast, repent and walk in God's way. Their children shall rebuild the old waste places, and they shall dwell in the paths of righteousness. The breach in the covenant shall be repaired (Isaiah 58:12).
Furthermore, those who keep the Sabbath and the fast days not out of custom but out of a changed heart and a new life, will find their delight where they have sought it: in the LORD. They will reap the benefits of heavenly citizenship even whilst they are still here upon the earth (Isaiah 58:13-14). Then at last they shall enter into the fullness of their salvation in the glory hereafter.
