ISAIAH 7:1-9
And the Lord said to Isaiah, "Well thou come out to see Ahaz, thou and Syear Yasyub, thy son, to the end of the upper pool channel, to the highway in the pasture of the gardener, and say unto him: Sip your heart and stay calm, fear not and do not your heart because of these two smoky wood butts, the overheating of Rezin with Aram and his son Remalya.
PSALM 48:2-8
The Holy One, the towering one, is the joy of the Whole Earth; Mount Zion, far to the north, the city of the Great king. As we have heard, so we also see, in the City of the Lord of hosts, in the City of our God; God is to enforce it forever.
MATTHEW 11:20-24
Jesus condemned Kota2 not repent; The city of Khorazim, Betsaida, Capernaum
DEVOTIONALS
Jesus was very loud rebuking the inhabitants of the cities of Khorazim, Bethsaida, and Capernaum because they did not repent.
It is not explained why the inhabitants of the three cities would not repent? What sins do they do?
Let us explore more deeply so that we understand and understand the intent of Jesus condemn the 3rd city.
What the 3rd population of the city has done reflects the attitudes and deeds of the people whose lives are contrary to their attitudes and deeds according to the will of God.
Live up to the lusts of the flesh, pursuing the pleasures and pleasures of the worldly, stockpiling the Treasures of the world, and other things for self-interest that do not favor God.
In general, such a life-like attitude is difficult to break away from the worldliness because it is bound and shackled by it.
It would be advised that he would not be heard by it, even to ridicule and insult the person who advised him because of him the advice is something of ignorance in his opinion.
We still remember the rich man's story with Lazarus; The rich man was injected but did not listen (Luke 16:19-E1).
Rich people, successful people, people whose popularity is highly vulnerable reject the Gospel because it believes in self-power and greatness so that it does not require the advice of others and does not feel the need to listen to the Gospel.
People who underestimate the gospel or the word of God then usually his life according to the teachings and philosophy of the world as a standard of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive that which is of the spirit of God, for it is ignorance; And he could not understand it, because it could only be spiritually judged.
Darisini we can suspect the main cause of the 3rd population of the city that was condemned by Jesus not to repent because their attitude of life prioritizes worldliness and no wonder if they commit sin.
But according to them it is not sin because their standard of righteousness is not based on the word of God but according to the truth of the world they adopt as a standard of righteousness to him.
We Christians will experience a similar thing when we choose to live according to the principle of the truth of the world despite professing faith in Jesus Christ but not living in the righteousness of the Word of God.
Repent and do not be hard of your heart because we do not know when the time comes the judgment of God.
Regards,
The Surya Darma
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