Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Just then the Spirit of the LORD took control of me and told me, "You are to say, "This is what the LORD says: "You've said, O house of Israel, that I know what goes through your mind.
For I am watching all their ways; they are not hidden from my sight. Their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity.
Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
It never occurs to them that I remember all their sin. Now their actions have caught up with them, and they have my attention.
Fall of man » Cannot be remedied by man
Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then you who are trained to do evil will also be able to do good.
Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?"
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
Justification » Of self, impossible
Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?
Therefore, God will not justify any human being by means of the actions prescribed by the Law, for through the Law comes the full knowledge of sin.
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.
"Indeed, I'm fully aware that this is so, but how can a person become right with God?
Man » Cannot cleanse himself
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?
Nitre » Lye, rv
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
Secret sins » Known to God
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Just then the Spirit of the LORD took control of me and told me, "You are to say, "This is what the LORD says: "You've said, O house of Israel, that I know what goes through your mind.
For I am watching all their ways; they are not hidden from my sight. Their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity.
Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
It never occurs to them that I remember all their sin. Now their actions have caught up with them, and they have my attention.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Just then the Spirit of the LORD took control of me and told me, "You are to say, "This is what the LORD says: "You've said, O house of Israel, that I know what goes through your mind.
For I am watching all their ways; they are not hidden from my sight. Their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity.
Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
It never occurs to them that I remember all their sin. Now their actions have caught up with them, and they have my attention.
Soap » A washing compound
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
But who will survive the day when he comes? Or who can stand when he appears? Because he's like a refiner's fire and a launderer's soap,