The Sins of Injustice

Isaiah 1-3; Titus 3 

“Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. ‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow;…’”

Isaiah 1:16-18

Our individualized application of discipleship and salvation inform how we read God’s promise to wash our lives clean, as ‘white as snow’. The sins for which God rebuked Israel were the corporate sins of ignoring justice for the oppressed and ignoring the cause of the fatherless and the widow. The most vulnerable in society are noticed by the Lord and he holds his covenant people responsible to do something about it. This kind of repentance is very practical. ‘Stop doing wrong, learn to do right!’ 

What injustices does God want us to respond to?

“Lord Jesus, you are the Light of the World, through me and through your Church. Forgive my selfishness and let me see injustice through your eyes that I would respond, for your glory.”