Isaiah
30:9
9 That this is a rebellious [m@riy] people [`am], lying [kechash] children [ben], children [ben] that will ['abah] not hear [shama`] the law [towrah] of the
LORD [Y@hovah]: KJV-Interlinear
9 For they are a rebellious people, lying
children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD; ESV
One of the sure
signs of immaturity, is the refusal to listen. And when an immature person
refuses to listen, they rebel, they presume that what they already know, is
enough, and that they do not need instruction.
The Israelites
were referred to as children. And not only referred to as children but referred
to as lying children.
The Israelites, as
a nation of God, considered themselves the people of God, and as such they
presumed themselves as better than everyone else. They presumed that since they
had already been chosen, then they did not need instruction, and certainly not
from other people.
But they also took
on an arrogant air, and refused to listen to God.
Immature people
act just like children. They need instruction but often times they refuse to
listen. And this was the big problem of the people of Judah.
This is a problem
not only of the people back in Isaiah’s day, but for people from generation to
generation, and certainly our present generation of people in this world,
demonstrate a high level of immaturity. They claim Jesus Christ as their God, or
they reject Him altogether, they claim to want Christ, they claim to obey
Christ, they say all the right words and make all the proper noises, but most
of that is a phony front.
Because in their
boasting, they are all talk, as they ignore God’s mandates to listen, to learn,
they even ignore the requirement of confession which is paramount for getting
into a functional spiritual life.
So, children they
are and children they remain, immature, undisciplined, never learning, always
boasting, but in reality going nowhere.
And as we will see
in the next couple of verses, the only things that a child wants to see and
hear and do, are those things which benefit or pleasure them directly, and
especially those things that require no effort on their part.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a phenomenal
eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
