COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
Through Isaiah God condemns the religious practices of his day and promises forgiveness if the people will repent. The prophet Isaiah served under four kings of Judah from 792 to 686 B.C. He finds the country in a horrible moral condition equal to Sodom and Gomorrah, sin cities that God destroyed by fire and brimstone. The people are religious but immoral. Yahweh hates their condition. Through Isaiah he calls upon the people to repent. If they turn to God, they will be forgiven and blessed. But if they resist and rebel, they will be doomed.

Epistle: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
True faith is exemplified by Abraham and Sarah. Hebrews 11 is known as the faith chapter of the Bible. At the beginning of the chapter, faith is defined and then illustrated by…