V1-43 Has God Turned Away?
Walking Talking Bible Project
What can cause God to turn away and refuse to listen to people? What does it mean to have hands covered with (or stained by) blood? Is it okay to oppress people if we have labeled them as oppressors? Has God turned away from us today? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week's edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Isaiah 59:2
Isaiah 59:2
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
Connection Passage #1: Isaiah 59:1–3
Isaiah 59:1–3
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Connection Passage #2: Micah 3:4
Micah 3:4
4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
Connection Passage #3: Isaiah 1:15–17
Isaiah 1:15–17
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
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