In the 8th century BC, amid personal and national injustice, the prophet Isaiah was used by God to awaken the conscience of His people. Their convenient spirituality had led them to violence and insensitivity toward their fellow human beings (Isaiah 57).
God’s people were oppressing the poor and substituting religious practices for genuine righteous living (Isaiah 58:1-5). God indicted them (Isaiah 58:1) and prescribed spiritual living that would be expressed through turning to God in genuine repentance and setting people free (Isaiah 58:6-12).
Like Isaiah, we have been sent to awake the conscience of the Lord’s people as well (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16). By the teachings of the Holy Spirit, we must proclaim that the captives of sin can be released (Romans 6:17-18), that the downtrodden can be freed from their oppressors, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come (Luke 4:18-19; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2).
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
God’s people were oppressing the poor and substituting religious practices for genuine righteous living (Isaiah 58:1-5). God indicted them (Isaiah 58:1) and prescribed spiritual living that would be expressed through turning to God in genuine repentance and setting people free (Isaiah 58:6-12).Like Isaiah, we have been sent to awake the conscience of the Lord’s people as well (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16). By the teachings of the Holy Spirit, we must proclaim that the captives of sin can be released (Romans 6:17-18), that the downtrodden can be freed from their oppressors, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come (Luke 4:18-19; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2).
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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