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every one loveth gifts, and followeth after
rewards…."
Those rewards Isaiah was talking about
were bribes or under-the-table deals.
Compare his words to our generation. Our
nation now is a lot like the city of Jerusalem
was then. Just reading that scripture, you'd
think you were reading the newspaper.
Isaiah continues: "they judge not the
fatherless, neither doth the cause of the
widow come unto them. Therefore saith
the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty
One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine
adversaries, and avenge me of mine
enemies: And I will turn my hand upon thee,
and purely purge away thy dross [or, your
slag and your alloys—the stuˆ you've mixed
in with your purity], and take away all thy
tin" (verses 23-25).
Your Ballot
Is Your Seed
MANY YEARS AGO, I FOUND MYSELF GRIPING ABOUT
SOME THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN DOING. THEN,
THE LORD REMINDED ME THAT MY ONLY SOURCE OF
INFORMATION WAS FROM THE NEWS MEDIA.
Now, not all of them lie, of course, but
some distort the facts for a living. They
don't know much about the president, and
it makes them mad that he doesn't tell them
anything. I don't blame him—I wouldn't tell
them anything, either!
But I fell over into a gripe mode for a few
days and The LORD got on to me about it. He
got really straight with me about allowing
television, television news and television
people to infl uence my thinking.
We all need to be very, very cautious about
that.
Isaiah 1:21-23 says, "How is the faithful
city become an harlot! it was full of
judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but
now murderers. Thy silver is become dross,
thy wine mixed with water: Thy princes
are rebellious, and companions of thieves:
by Kenneth Copeland
