Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
Fall of man » Cannot be remedied by man
But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?
Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
Justification » Of self, impossible
You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
Man » Cannot cleanse himself
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Nitre » Lye, rv
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
Secret sins » Known to God
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
Soap » A washing compound
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.