Isaiah 1:18. “Come now. Let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” One of the key verses, Isaiah 1:18, is not very well translated, really. The idea of reasoning together is not God negotiating with sinners. Literally it says, “let's settle the matter.” Let's let's bring this issue to a conclusion.

And of course, God constantly holds out to His people the offer grace and mercy, even in the midst of discipline and judgment falling on the nation. Though your sins are like scarlet, the scarlet that he's talking about here is the dye that was used for the robes of royalty.

That scarlet or purple dye came from a grub worm. They would crush the grub worm and they would get this purple dye, and it was indelible. If you got it on your clothes, you would never, ever get it out — very, very strong. And that scarlet color, was used in the robes of royalty in the ancient world. The veil of the temple had that scarlet color. But it represented two things as it comes down to us through the scriptures. It represents the stain of our sin. It's indelible. You can't get it out. But God can. “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow.” That is complete and total forgiveness. “Him God hath exalted to his right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.” Acts 5:31.

Now here's an interesting little factoid for you. When Jesus was on the cross, what Psalm did He quote? Psalm 22. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” And I believe that he quoted the beginning of that so that we would go back and read the Psalm. Verse six, “But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.” well, the word for a worm is the worm they got the crimson dye of the scarlet robe of royalty. The soldiers scourged Him, beat Him, spit on Him, put a crown of thorns on His head. And then what did they do? They put about Him a purple robe. It was done in mockery. It was done in jest. Here is “The King of the Jews.”

As they laughed and they mocked, and they spit, and they beat him. And yet one day He'll come in that robe. Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 63 that he is going to come in a robe dipped in blood is going to be a royal robe, and it's going to remind us of the price that He paid. So Jesus goes to the cross and bears the scarlet of our sins, so that he can offer us the scarlet or the purple of His royalty.

It was a great transaction. The greatest trade in history. “I'll take the penalty of your sins, and I will give you the righteousness of My majesty and My royalty.”

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In 606 B.C., the prophet Jeremiah, on the very eve of the Babylonian captivity, spoke to Jerusalem. The ancient tradition tells us that as the Babylonians were training the young people, Daniel and his friends, they took the nobles, the young men, they were chaining them neck and neck to go on the death march to Babylon. Jeremiah was preaching to them. You know what he preached to them? The book of Lamentations.

The Book of Lamentations is a message. And you'll remember in chapter three he cries out in his anguish, "How could God allow this to happen to His people?" And then at last, he comes to the point where he says, "This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness." That was the message that those young men, Daniel, his friends and others carried in their heart as they marched as slaves across. And then how, interestingly, by the grace of God went from being slaves to being the rulers in the kingdom; that's what God can do!

Never doubt what God can do. Never judge what he's doing based on how things look. "His mercies never fail. They are new every morning." Never allow darkness and difficulty to blind you. To the fact that the light is coming. "The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple." Psalm chapter 119:130.

God is light. He will guide you. He will illumine you. If you trust the message of God, you turn to him with all your heart. He will always lead you into the light. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalm chapter 119:105. And the light is where we want to be living our lives. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin." 1st John 1:7

"His mercies never fail. They are new every morning." I don't know how things are going to turn out. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. I'm not a prophet, but I can tell you this with absolute certainty. What he did promise us was if we trusted him, we would have no need to fear. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6. If you trust in the Lord, you're going to be fine. And that's very, very important.

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“Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:15. Believe or perish. That theme runs all through the Bible, doesn't it? That theme can even be seen in the early Bible geneology in Genesis Chapter 5. Adam means “man.” Seth means “appointed.” Enoch means“mortal.” Cainan means “sorrow.” Mahalo means “the blessed God.” Jared means” shall come down.” Enoch means “teaching.” Methuselah means “his death shall bring.” Lamech means “the despairing ones.” And then Noah means “rest.” So what does the list mean?

“Man is appointed sorrow unto death. The blessed God shall come down teaching His death shall bring the despairing ones rest.” There's the gospel message.

The message of God's redemption runs all through the Bible. “Everyone who thirst come to the waters. Incline your ear and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live.” Isaiah 55:1, 3. And of course, Jesus echoed Isaiah's call. “Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. But this He spoke concerning the spirit whom those believing in Him would receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” John 7:37-39. That's the call to faith.

The Word of God calls us. The uncertainty and instability of our own souls calls to us. The conditions of the world around us call to us to turn to God in faith. If you will not believe, you will not be secured. You will not be established. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17 is a very clear passage about the Word of God giving birth to faith.

Ephesians 1:13 tells us how salvation takes place. “In Him you also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of His glory.” 1) They heard the word of the gospel. 2) After they heard, they believed. 3) After they believe, they were sealed by the Holy Spirit.

So the call to faith is something that we can't really escape. We can ignore it. We can reject it. But every soul is going to feel the pull of that call. We can choose to accept God's gracious redemption and His deliverance, or we can reject it. And that's a freedom that God gives to us. And of course, if we reject the grace, there is no other alternative but the judgment. "The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2nd Peter 3:9.

Throughout history, God has been calling men to come to Him in faith, and God calls us to trust Him every day. We need to answer the call.

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Acts 17:24-37 says, "God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, nor is he worshiped with men's hands as though he needed anything, since he gives to all life, breath and all things, and he has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined at pre appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord in the hope that they might grope for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us."

So what are "the boundaries of our dwelling" place? There are four. They are not geographical. They are time, space, matter and intellect. There are four things you cannot surpass. You cannot surpassed time. You can't go back to yesterday. We can't escape space. You can't be here and there at the same time. Space is a boundary that we cannot break. Matter. Try walking through a wall. You can't violate the boundary that God has put around us that we call matter. How about intellect? There are various boundaries for different people in the realm of intellect. But none of us can surpass the limit that God has put on us. There are things that we will not figure out because God has determined we will not figure it out. We continue to learn new things. Different people working in different fields continue to explore and continue to expand. But there's a limit.

In Psalm 55, verses 4 to 8, David longed to be able to be set free from his human limitations. He wanted to have the wings of a dove that he might “fly away and be at rest.” Couldn't do it because of his limitations. I don't know if it's a comfort to you, but you can't flee from God. He's always right there, and there's no place that we can escape.

So of these four areas, time is one of our greatest limitations. Time is also one of our greatest opportunities. “And He has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of [their habitation or] their dwelling” place. Why? “So that they should seek the Lord in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though he is not far from each one of us. He is always near. He is near every single member of the human race. One of the amazing things about the spiritual life is how far someone can be from God when He is so near.

You know what? One of the horrible realizations is? One split second after an unbeliever dies for the first time in their existence they’re without God, and that is the hell of hell. No more chances, no more possibilities. Everything sealed for all eternity. It's one of the things that drives me to pray for them by name that somehow God will allow the glorious light of the gospel of Christ to shine into their soul, because they are a soul for whom Christ died. Part of the penalty He paid was the penalty He paid for them. And so I pray for them, and I hope that you will as well.

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This lesson is edited and originally given on at Grace Bible Church Hot Springs Arkansas 2025.

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This lesson is edited and originally given on at Grace Bible Church Hot Springs Arkansas 2025.

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