"BE TROUBLED, YE CARELESS ONES"

ISAIAH 32:1

A. "BE TROUBLED, YE CARELESS ONES"
  1. The context will show that this warning is given to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea:
  2. Dire predictions concerning the city and the land in general are made by the Lord:
  3. This passage, however, may be appropriately applied to all who are in a state of indifference about their soul:
B. LET US CONSIDER THE IMPLICATION OF OUR TEXT
  1. To Whom it Applies:
    1. "Ye careless ones"
    2. To be careless signifies inattention, indifference, unconcern, heedlessness.
  2. Who are the careless?
    1. Those who live as without God in the world - EXAMPLES -
      1. Esau - Gen. 25:30-34. We have no Bible record showing that he believed in God!
      2. Pharaoh - Ex. 5:2
      3. Rabshakeh the Assyrian - 2 Ki. 18:29-34
    2. They who neglect communion or fellowship with the Lord - Jer. 10:25; Hos. 7:7
    3. All who make an outward profession, yet deny the Lord in their daily life - 2 Tim. 3:1-9
    4. They who neglect their spiritual nature - Rev. 3:14-17
  3. Let us note the indicated symptoms of the careless:
    1. They are inattentive - EXAMPLES -
      1. The relatives of Lot - Gen. 19:14
      2. The special guests - Luke 14:17-20
    2. The indifferent - Luke 17:26-29; Matt. 24:36-39
    3. The unconcerned - Luke 12:16-20; 21:34-38; 1 Thess. 5:1-9
    4. The heedless ones - Heb. 3:7-9; 4:1-9; Acts 24:25
C. WHY THE HEEDLESS ONES OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED
  1. God is exceedingly displeased with their carelessness:
    1. Said He to the antediluvians, "My Spirit shall not always strive with man" - Gen. 6:3
    2. "For when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction shall come upon them" - 1 Thess. 5:3
  2. God has a time limit for sinners and saints:
    1. For sinners - 2 Cor. 6:1-3; Heb. 3:7-9
    2. When their cup of iniquity is full, they will drink out of it - EXAMPLES -
      1. Belshazzar and his lords - Dan. 5:1-18
      2. Herod - Acts 12:23
      3. Ananias and his wife Sapphira - Acts 5:1-14
      4. All the nations - Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:31
    3. Professed Christians -- Our Lord's admonition, "Watch and pray" - Matt. 24:42-44
    4. He is against the careless preachers - Matt. 24:48- 51
    5. Laodiceans take notice - Rev. 3:14-17
  3. Why the careless ought to be deeply concerned:
    1. There is an accounting taking place of all we do, say, or think - 2 Cor. 5:10
    2. Our Lord warns us against that time - Matt. 12:36, 37
    3. We are well advised to discontinue to be careless, or take the consequences of our carelessness.


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