You Will Perish

Leviticus 26:38-42 – You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you. Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away. “‘But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me, which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

Psalm 1:6 – For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Exodus 20:5-6 – You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Leviticus 5:2-5 – “‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt; or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.

Hosea 5:15 – Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face—in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Application:

• ·         Implicit in the destinies of righteousness and wickedness are also the destinies of those who choose them.
• ·         God will not put up with rivalry or unfaithfulness.
• ·         The offerer had to acknowledge his sin to God in order to receive forgiveness.
• ·         God threatened to withdraw from Israel until, out of desperation, she truly repented.
• ·         “Faithful and Just”  indicates that God’s response toward those who confess their sins will be in accordance with His nature and His gracious commitment to His people. He is faithful to His promise to forgive.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV