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Isaiah 28:11 English Standard Version (ESV) For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the Lord will speak to this people,

This next verse was not quoted yesterday in the opening with purpose. While it is a continuation of the precept with truth it might sound like something else to the untrained ear. The natural tendency might be to think about evangelism. It does sound that way. The message of precepts is for everyone and not just for those that evangelize or are evangelized. It is for everyone.

John 4:23-24 English Standard Version

23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Worshipping God in spirit and in truth is foreign to the natural man, it sounds strange coming from the lips of those who are saved and falling upon the ears of the lost. Those who are in the world are hearing for the first time the voice of those living in the Kingdom of God. We are different and should sound different.

Those who have matured beyond the simple principles know Christ with the intimacy required to hear our Lord in the spirit and to know the truth being given to us is to be spoken. The lost need to hear the words of the Lord, not by the recital of memory but rather from a heart that has been changed by His abiding presence. We do not know the innermost needs of the lost but our Lord does. He knows best how to reach the lost to whom He calls.

Romans 15:1 English Standard Version (ESV) We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 10:15 English Standard Version (ESV) I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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