Isaiah 64:6 Abuse

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Isaiah 64:5:6-7b

“You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.” ​​​​​​​

Isaiah 64:6-7b
6 “But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; [...].”

This often quoted Isaiah 64:6 verse is not a universal truth that applies to everyone at all times. Not everyone is living in sin and needing to be saved. A whole lot for sure, but a few do get saved (Luke 13:23-24, 1 Peter 4:18). When a person gets saved, Jesus removes them from the deadly sin trap they are in, they are reconciled to God to start walking faithfully with Him. They are not in a permanent state of backsliding as in Isaiah 64:6-7. So, with everything being said about identity in Christ, this is certainly a case of mistaken identity to apply this verse to a saved person or born again believer, unless it's a case of backsliding or return to one's vomit as in the 2 Peter 2:20-22 case. 

1 John 3:6-7
“Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”

Isaiah 64:6 in no way describes born again followers of Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit:

Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Having sinless perfection? Being perfectly sinless?

This writing is not making a point about being "perfectly sinless," supposedly. And Isaiah 64:6 is not saying anything about a servant of God, but about people who have turned away from God and have been rebellious to Him (they have not been "serving" Him). That's very different from being a faithful servant of God who may fall short in some ways not leading to death. We must make the distinctions the Bible makes also.

1 John 5:16-17
16 “If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.”

Sins leading to death are listed and warned about in these passages for instance: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Colossians 3:5, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15). Having the mindset to stay away from them is enough to not walk in them.

Freedom from sin should be unequivocally understood as what Jesus has given a sinner who has submitted to Him: 

Romans 6:5-7
5 “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.”

Romans 6:17-18
17 “But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. ”

Romans 6:20-21
20 “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

⇕ (This is the same kind of state of shame that comes from being a slave of sin still.)

Isaiah 64:6
“But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.”

Romans 6:22
But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, eternal life. ”

The constant quoting of Isaiah 64:6 to speak of a servant of God is not making a statement about any normal shameful situation. It's saying someone needs to get right with God. It's not an unfortunate and helpless situation. Jesus saves from that situation precisely. (Sinners don't save themselves, but Jesus saves them. And whom the Son sets free is free indeed.) God will hold everyone accountable for their own choices to obey or disobey Him, to deny themselves, and take up their cross daily to follow Jesus (Luke 9:23) or to not do that.

John 8:34-36
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.

⇕ (That's the "living in sin" case as a slave to sin.)

36 Therefore if the Son makes you free [that's getting saved from sin], you shall be free indeed.

Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Colossians 3:5-7
5 “Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.” [PAST TENSE]

May the way we speak of ourselves as "saved" Christians or followers of Jesus not deny the transformation that happens when a person gets saved and is a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

See also:

Problem in the Church: Isaiah 64:6

Remarque sur l'identité juive

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Extrait de Perturber le trafic d’esclaves de Satan et permettre une migration massive et libre vers le royaume de Dieu.

*Notes à l’intention du lecteur  :

Les juifs mentionnés dans le passage ne se rapportent pas aux habitants de l’état d’Israël fondé au Moyen-Orient en 1948.

L’apôtre Paul était-il un Juif ?

Actes 22 :3

« Je suis juif, né à Tarse en Cilicie, mais j’ai été élevé à Jérusalem et formé aux pieds de Gamaliel dans la connaissance exacte de la loi héritée de nos ancêtres ; j’étais plein de zèle pour Dieu, comme vous l’êtes tous aujourd’hui. »

Qui l’apôtre Paul qualifierait-il de juif aujourd’hui ?

Romains 2:28-29 

28 Le Juif, ce n’est pas celui qui en a l’apparence, et la circoncision, ce n’est pas celle qui est visible dans le corps. 29 Mais le Juif, c’est celui qui l’est intérieurement, et la circoncision, c’est celle du cœur, accomplie par l’Esprit et non par la loi écrite. La louange que reçoit ce Juif ne vient pas des hommes, mais de Dieu.

Éphésiens 2:11-22 

11 C’est pourquoi, souvenez-vous qu’autrefois vous étiez identifiés comme non juifs dans votre corps, appelés incirconcis par ceux qui se disent circoncis et qui le sont dans leur corps, par la main de l’homme. 12 Souvenez-vous qu’à ce moment-là vous étiez sans Messie, exclus du droit de cité en Israël, étrangers aux alliances de la promesse, sans espérance et sans Dieu dans le monde. 13 Mais maintenant, en Jésus-Christ, vous qui autrefois étiez loin, vous êtes devenus proches par le sang de Christ. 14 En effet, il est notre paix, lui qui des deux groupes n’en a fait qu’un et qui a renversé le mur qui les séparait, la haine. 15 Par sa mort, il a rendu sans effet la loi avec ses commandements et leurs règles, afin de créer en lui-même un seul homme nouveau à partir des deux, établissant ainsi la paix. 16 Il a voulu les réconcilier l’un et l’autre avec Dieu en les réunissant dans un seul corps au moyen de la croix, en détruisant par elle la haine. 17 Il est venu annoncer la paix à vous qui étiez loin et à ceux qui étaient près. 18 À travers lui, en effet, nous avons les uns et les autres accès auprès du Père par le même Esprit. 19 Ainsi donc, vous n’êtes plus des étrangers ni des résidents temporaires ; vous êtes au contraire concitoyens des saints, membres de la famille de Dieu. 20 Vous avez été édifiés sur le fondement des apôtres et prophètes, Jésus-Christ lui-même étant la pierre angulaire. 21 C’est en lui que tout l’édifice, bien coordonné, s’élève pour être un temple saint dans le Seigneur. 22 C’est en lui que vous aussi, vous êtes édifiés avec eux pour former une habitation de Dieu en Esprit.

Galates 3:26-29

26 Vous êtes tous fils de Dieu par la foi en Jésus-Christ ; 27 en effet, vous tous qui avez été baptisés en Christ, vous vous êtes revêtus de Christ. 28 Il n'y a plus ni Juif ni non-Juif, il n'y a plus ni esclave ni libre, il n'y a plus ni homme ni femme, car vous êtes tous un en Jésus-Christ. 29 Si vous appartenez à Christ, vous êtes donc la descendance d'Abraham [et] vous êtes héritiers conformément à la promesse.

Colossiens 2:11-12

11 Et c’est en lui que vous avez été circoncis d’une circoncision que la main n’a pas faite, mais de la circoncision de Christ, qui consiste dans le dépouillement du corps de la chair : 12 ayant été ensevelis avec lui par le baptême, vous êtes aussi ressuscités en lui et avec lui, par la foi en la puissance de Dieu, qui l’a ressuscité des morts.

Jésus a-t-il fait des déclarations sur l’identité juive ?

Apocalypse 2:8-11 

8  Écris à l’ange de l’Église de Smyrne : Voici ce que dit le premier et le dernier, celui qui était mort, et qui est revenu à la vie : 9 Je connais [tes œuvres,] ta tribulation et ta pauvreté (bien que tu sois riche), et les calomnies de la part de ceux qui se disent juifs et ne le sont pas, mais qui sont une synagogue de Satan. 10 Ne crains pas ce que tu vas souffrir. Voici, le diable jettera quelques-uns de vous en prison, afin que vous soyez éprouvés, et vous aurez une tribulation de dix jours. Sois fidèle jusqu’à la mort, et je te donnerai la couronne de vie. 11 Que celui qui a des oreilles entende ce que l’Esprit dit aux Églises : Celui qui vaincra n’aura pas à souffrir la seconde mort.

Apocalypse 3:7-13 

7 Écris à l’ange de l’Église de Philadelphie : Voici ce que dit le Saint, le Véritable, celui qui a la clef de David, celui qui ouvre, et personne ne fermera, celui qui ferme, et personne n’ouvrira : 8  Je connais tes œuvres. Voici, parce que tu as peu de puissance, et que tu as gardé ma parole, et que tu n’as pas renié mon nom, j’ai mis devant toi une porte ouverte, que personne ne peut fermer. 9 Voici, je te donne de ceux de la synagogue de Satan, qui se disent juifs et ne le sont pas, mais qui mentent ; voici, je les ferai venir, se prosterner à tes pieds, et connaître que je t’ai aimé. 10 Parce que tu as gardé la parole de la persévérance en moi, je te garderai aussi à l’heure de la tentation qui va venir sur le monde entier, pour éprouver les habitants de la terre. 11 Je viens bientôt. Retiens ce que tu as, afin que personne ne prenne ta couronne. 12 Celui qui vaincra, je ferai de lui une colonne dans le temple de mon Dieu, et il n’en sortira plus ; j’écrirai sur lui le nom de mon Dieu, et le nom de la ville de mon Dieu, de la nouvelle Jérusalem qui descend du ciel d’auprès de mon Dieu, et mon nom nouveau. 13 Que celui qui a des oreilles entende ce que l’Esprit dit aux Églises !

Remarque sur l’identité juive 

Un écart des contextes présentés dans les Écritures sus-citées ne permet qu’une discussion séculière de l’identité juive. Cette même identité juive sera d’emblée mise en question par rapport à son fondement biblique ou véridique.

Voir aussi:

Qui n'a pas

L'Église De Jésus-Christ : Un Édifice Spirituel Vivant

Position inattendue

Épître aux contemporains – Exploration de l'appel à la repentance (Amazon.com)

Se connecter avec Dieu par Jésus

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Healthcare Injustice

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Healthcare Injustice

There is an injustice in the healthcare industry that is contrary to the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath. 

No reaction. 

It must be that medical professionals are either not actually in charge of healthcare, or they have adopted the spirit of businesspeople, each at their own level.

Fine. 

Anyone can be business-minded or an entrepreneur. But medicine is meant to heal, not to self-aggrandize or destroy. 

So much emphasis is placed on the importance of mental health in our society, yet seemingly the same hand that makes one physically whole can potentially dig him into a hole through a mind-boggling billing department.

When will this unsustainable healthcare system shake itself from its insane foundations?

Healthcare workers inspire respect and admiration and find honor. But these medical professionals don’t have to be absorbed into a beast. 

Someone questioned the health insurance company-approved pricing of MRIs in some places—we read the article. Centers elsewhere offer the same procedures for much less to self-payers.

That didn’t trigger a Cuban Missile Crisis, yet an elephant is in the room. Barely observed, it seems. At least not by those who want to serve those who need “affordable healthcare.”

The oxymoron is officially buried in the “Act.”

So, “affordable” can be tweaked, but a lie is embedded in "healthcare," right between “health” and “care.” That is above the pay grade of etymologists!

And why should an ER visit be dreadful and potentially life-shattering unless a health insurance organization is ushering one into the care rooms?

In whose care is our health?

What will be the color of the truth? Red, white, or blue?

Can an entire ancient profession be hijacked? Can such a thing be covered up, or can too many people act blind, rather?

The meaning of holistic medicine, like foreign matter, can be consumed by macrophages in our healthcare system.

The system could mend my broken bone, but it could still stress me to death (if that were possible). Praise Jesus, who taught me not to worry. His directive is so very supportive of mental health!

In our healthcare system, money seems to flow faster than blood is kept flowing. 

And the money flows are mere indicators of the infestation of influential, unregulated, and unchallenged money-loving hearts in “healthcare.”

The compromise may be too widespread to challenge internally, in the manner that an uncompromised immune system would challenge a disease. 

You don’t bite the hand that feeds you, Doctor.

You don't bother the system that gives you a stable job, Nurse. 

I get it. 

But that’s at the expense of those the system claims to care for. 

Can hospital rooms be safe spaces for all, regardless of who they are or who welcomes them in?

The love of money is indeed the root of all evil. It kills consciences and keeps every stakeholder quiet. 

No chance of conscientious objection.

The beast is on the move. 

_______

Contextual references:

Billionaire Mark Cuban Asks Why Insurance Companies Pay $2,500 for an MRI When ‘a Center Down the Street’ Only Charges $350

“Act” is a reference to the “Affordable Care Act” (2010), a law that regulates government subsidies to health insurance premiums in the United States. 

“Red, white, or blue” refers to the political parties that identify as red or blue in the United States, but “red, white, and blue” is also a reference to the colors of the US flag. 

_______

Related:

I Took My Dad to an Italian Hospital. American Healthcare Is A Scam. $80 IN ITALY??

"That's not a healthcare system, that's a machine who completely removed its owner consciousness [sic]."

4 days before the DTaP. 4 days after the DTaP.

If You Don't Wait on God

See also:

Walking by Faith and Under Precise Direction

Jesus vs. Christianity

Unexpected Position

Epistle to Present Time People – Exploring the Call to Repentance (Amazon.com)

A Brush with Yoga (Not a New Age-to-Jesus Testimony)

Connecting with God through Jesus

Call to Repentance – Scriptures

End Porn Manifesto: Ending the Idolatry of Submission to Porn and to the god of Lust

If I submit to God and resist the devil, he will flee from me.

If I draw near to God, He will draw near to me.

I need to do these things.

I need to repent, agree with God, reject evil (sin), and pursue what is good and right in God’s sight (righteousness).

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

God will remove me from the wrong path as I commit to obey Him.

James 4:7–8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

I need to hear Jesus’ words. The Scriptures tell me how to come into a relationship with Him and be saved or made free from sin (John 8:31–36).

Luke 9:23
And [Jesus] said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, [Jesus] became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].

Acts 3:26
To you first, God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your evil ways.

When I am watching porn, I am looking at a tragedy—something a parent would not normally wish for their daughter to be involved in as a job, or some kind of self-employment in which her very real boss—the devil, the mastermind of her sick “empowerment,” is not a transparent master, and her clients are only fans.

You normally would not want your sister to make a living while trapped in pornography.

Forget the smiles.

I am looking at people who are lost and need to be found (Luke 15:24).

I am looking at people who are walking in darkness and need to find the light of life (John 8:12).

I am looking at people who are dead in sin and need to be made alive with Jesus (Ephesians 2:1–10).

I am looking at myself too: I am lost, walking in darkness, and I need to be saved.

I see “pleasure,” “release,” and “a high,” but I am basically being lied to.

What is a fake connection worth with someone who neither knows nor loves me?

What am I encouraging when I take pleasure in viewing what only appears to be fun in the moment?

Where is God in the picture?

My answer tells me everything I need to know about my orientation toward good or evil, toward doing God’s will or living in rebellion against Him.

It tells me whether I have been pro-light or pro-darkness.

I oppose the plan of those who would have me be entertained to death.

I will blame no one.

May I see myself how God sees me.

My addiction is idolatry; it’s devotion to an idol.

I want God, the Eternal, in the picture, and I want a new picture of my life.

I want out of the trap I am in.

Jesus, rescue me.

I am not in a good place.

I will be honest and agree about what I need.

Being in a death trap, in fact, is not what I need.

I resolve to change the direction my life is going.

Given the choice between slavery to sin and the freedom to serve God in righteousness from a pure heart, I choose to serve God.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

James 1:21–22
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that’s repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that’s faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

I want order in my life.

My faith will carry me through.

I am judging myself and giving myself this memo.

Appendix

Direction:

Ask God for help. There is no formula to repeat. Ask God to rescue you. You only need to be tired and understand that you desperately need to be rescued. Ask Jesus to save you as you commit to submit your life to Him.

God bless you!

Definition:

Lust, in the context of sexuality, is a misguided sexual desire. It does not describe normal sexual desire between a husband (male) and his wife (female), or vice versa, nor does it refer merely to sexual arousal or attraction to the opposite sex. Normal sexual desire is biological, not sinful or “sick” in and of itself. But lust implies a mind sickness as one’s sexual desire is directed at an object in a disorderly way that is devoid of love, and that infringes decency and lawfulness.

Lust in Matthew 5:28

In plain modern English, lust in Matthew 5:28 is referring to the precise situation of a man desiring to have another man’s wife as his own. Jesus taught that this is adultery. Conversely, a woman can be an adulteress by wanting to have another woman’s husband as her own. Likewise, the desire to commit fornication (whoring) with another person makes one a fornicator already because sin begins in the heart (Mark 7:21-23).

Faith:

Jesus is the Savior who sets sinners free from slavery to sin (John 8:36; compare with John 8:34). A connection with God heals and ends such a predicament. But freedom from sin comes only through having a saving relationship with Jesus, to which obedience to the truth leads—not through going to church or following a religious ritual such as repeating a prayer. Misdirection leads to deception and not loving the truth leads to delusion.

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My contribution to addressing this plague of lust will take the form of a request here: If you have faith, please share this with him: ().

No need to have a conversation. If he will follow up, he will follow up, and to God be the praise. If he gets saved and someway, somehow, your family heads toward being restored, to God be the praise too. I wish you well, you and all your love ones. 7/23/2026

A Misunderstanding of Matthew 5:28

 "A misunderstanding of Matthew 5:28 has driven many into vicious cycles of guilt, condemnation, and defeat. 

“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matthew 5:28)

At first glance, it seems that most of humanity is in a whole lot of trouble!

But what was Jesus’ intent?

The issue that Jesus was addressing in Matthew 5:28 was adultery, and He was referring to a specific condition of the heart. Biblical adultery is to defraud another man of his wife, either in a physical (sexual) manner, or even simply in an emotional manner. Intent is sufficient for this violation to take place. A sexual act never has to be committed.

Jesus referred to a man “looking” to “lust” after a woman, but He was not referring to just any woman, nor was it just any look. In order for adultery to take place, the woman would have had to have been married to another man (the man’s marital status would be irrelevant). The Greek word “gyne”here used for “woman” is the same word used interchangeably for “wife” throughout the New Testament.

This could be paraphrased: 

“Whoever looks at a married woman in a covetous manner (with intent to possess her for himself) has already committed the act (of adultery) in his heart.” 

Jesus is referring to the underlying intent of the 7th and 10th commandments in the law of Moses (See Exodus 20:2-17)

7. “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

10. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.”

Jesus brought them to a higher standard through grace than even the written law appeared to require, for this was the true intent of the law. If you have broken the 10th commandment, then you have already, by default, broken the 7th. Jesus always dealt with the intent of the heart. The true source and origin of sin. 

What Jesus was not referring to was a man looking at a woman and finding her sexually attractive. Of course, how then would a man assess a future partner? The subject was adultery, and therefore the woman had to be married to another man, and the man had to do more than simply look. There had to be something specific going on in his heart. Something stronger than sexual attraction and arousal, or noticing her physical beauty. There had to be an intent to possess. When covetousness conceives in the heart, intent is birthed. He would take her if he had the chance, even if he never would have the opportunity. Thinking, “I would like a woman like that someday,” is not sinful. Thinking, “I want that woman,” would be wrong, and a violation of God’s law. Intent was sufficient to be guilty of committing this crime against another man, and against God who joined the marriage. 

Most men understand this look, for many fights have originated from this particular look. The look that usurps the man’s authority, and breeds disrespect. “I will take her for myself!” Absent this element of intent to possess, most men would be very happy with other men looking at their wives and finding them physically attractive, just like they want other men to admire their homes, cars, boats, motorcycles, and other things, because it reflects well on them. This is not a bad thing in and of itself, for it is a form of honor. It can be a bad thing if it crosses the line into covetousness, disrespect, and intent to possess. To admire a man’s car for instance, is one thing. To contemplate stealing it is something else entirely. One is honorable and the other is dishonorable. 

For this reason, Matthew 5:28 does not apply to the issue of pornography, masturbation, or sexual desire. But we should use wisdom, common sense, and walk in honor and respect toward others. For example, what would be the result of indiscriminate sexual activity? Babies without fathers in the home, and many other pitfalls. God is not against sex, but we should know how to possess our vessels (bodies) in a way that is honorable before God (having faith and a pure conscience), and man, and He doesn’t want us controlled by anything."

Thomas Woythal 

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See also:

Is Masturbation a Sin?

Qui n'a pas

 

Évangélisme - connaître Jésus - repentance - foi - salut