In our education hour, Pastor Peter and Cedar both talked about how knowing the horrible depth of our sin is one of the biggest components in realizing our need for God. Cedar emphasized that following the legalism of spiritual discipline is also not what God wants.
In these passages of Isaiah, it says
"... but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
is made up only of rules taught by men."
Obviously this is again God not asking for obedience of rules but of the giving of their hearts. So many people see Christianity or religion as a set of rules to live by... but as one person said in Tim Keller's book, "A Reason For God," the prospect that God truly owes us nothing is even more frightening and humbling than being able to 'work' for your place in heaven.
And truly understanding that and what means is eluded to later in the passages. Spirit poured out from on high... a fertile field? That sounds like the great commission. Harvesting until the church is a "forest." We are called by our hearts to seek peace and in doing so, grow the church.
It also talks about how we will forget our transgressors and those that have wronged us because of what God has done. I think that's pretty interesting. I'd like to see that.
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