From the series, "Seeing God (and Ourselves)" at Church of the Apostles.
Isaiah 1:1-9
Matthew 9:9-13
The Essence:
What sin is.
Isaiah calls sin dumb. It is folly.
Wisdom is not the same thing as intelligence in Scripture.
Sin is trying to swim upstream. It’s being at odds with how things work.
God comes into the story like a passionate mother who cares for her children. Why would you break faith with that God?
The Consequences:
What sin does.
Both of these images have the theme of comprehensiveness. We are totally corrupted by sin.
An individual’s sin affects the whole.
Unity means striving to be the best version of my self for the sake of my community.
Christians know how bad sin is because we know how it gets better.
The Healing:
What God has done.
Things may be at their worst. But God will not abandon us.
God saw us trying to swim up stream and stepped into the river.