May 25, 2010

“Innocent Blood…”

Blessings Folk!

Here are some abominations that God hates…

• haughty eyes
• a lying tongue
• hands that shed innocent blood
• a heart that devises wicked plans
• feet that rapidly run to evil
• a false witness that utters lies
• one who spreads strife among brothers

We looked at haughty eyes and a lying tongue yesterday.

Next, God hates the abomination of hands that shed innocent blood.

The Lord tells us much in His Word related to such…

Deut 27:25
25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV

2 Kings 24:3-4
3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
KJV

Prov 1:11
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
KJV

Our land is filled with innocent blood.
Murder is upon the land.
Abortion has costs at least 45 million lives on our nation alone.
Yet, can you believe, there are many professing Christians who see nothing wrong with aborting a baby? They view it through the euphemistic lens of “choice.”

God will hold us accountable.

You think not?

The Lord is tired of those who profess to know and to have experienced His salvation and goodness, yet will easily declare the shedding of innocent blood a choice.

One can be ignorant, but upon the revelation of the Word, decisions must be made.
No longer can we adhere to personal preferences and thoughts.

What are we to do?

Listen to what the Lord says…

Isa 59:1-7
1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
KJV

This is where many are today.

They call for the end of war...a worthy call…
They call for “social justice”...not knowing what is really meant by the phrase within the political realm...
Yet, they condone the shedding of the most innocent of blood.

Such should not be.

Again, the Lord is sick of those who profess faith in Him yet shed innocent blood.
He is tired of programs, worship services, studies, buildings and the like done in His name by those who will not protect the most innocent.

This is the reason that we feel that our prayers are hidden from the Lord...read, note the situation, then, note the solution…


Isa 1:11-16
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
KJV

Let us do so…

• wash yourself in the blood of the Lord Jesus
• make yourself clean by the blood and the Word
• put away evil
• learn to do well
• seek judgment
• relieve the oppressed
• judge the fatherless
• plead for the widow

Be willing and obedient, then you will eat of the good of the land.
Refuse and rebel? Be devoured by the sword.

Repent of the shedding of innocent blood.
The Lord will forgive.

Blessings!

Lesson 2 of the “God Searches for a Heart Fully His” course has just been posted.
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