"there is no light in them"

As you know, I like to find confirmation of Biblical principals in both the Old and New Testaments.  I found another one today!

Isaiah 8:19-20(NKJV)

And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? 

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

I believe this matches what we are told in the New Testament that Jesus is the light.  If we preach anything other than Jesus then there is no light in us.

Pretty cool!

The Destruction of Judah

I'm reading Micah and Isaiah side by side.  What I find most interesting about that is that God sent not 1, but 2 prophets at essentially the same time to warn Judah.  How bad do you have to be that God feels the need to send two prophets?

The warnings from both prophets have things in common.  For example, they both warn of the threat coming from Syria.  They both talk about the people being carried off and those who are left will have to survive off of the land.

And they were both correct.  Judah ended up being taken in to captivity just like Israel before her.  

If you can only remember 3 things…..

I like to keep things simple.  Now of course first and foremost is believing in Jesus.  But after that here are three simple things to keep in mind. 

Micah 6:8(NKJV)

    He has shown you, O man, what is good;      And what does the Lord require of you     But to do justly,     To love mercy,     And to walk humbly with your God?