Isaiah 1:16-17 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
Many times in today’s culture, we hear that the Bible is open to interpretation. God is a direct communicator. Here is what God says in response to all of the sin. He uses simple, direct statements. The directions are generally two to four words in nature. In these two verses, look at the verbs. The list includes: wash, make, remove, cease, learn, seek, reprove, defend, and plead. Let’s be honest, this is not complicated stuff. Ultimately, the issue is not an intellectual puzzle or riddle. It is a moral issue and a matter of personal will.