Don't Gloss Over Dross

 

Isa 1:22 Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

The Lord continues His charge against His church, but I wonder how many of us pay attention to the words he uses.

 

Dross is not one of those words you hear in every day conversation. I worked in a foundry for two years and I know what dross is. It is the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal.  It is good for nothing but the slag pile. “What I have meant to be as precious as silver, (holy) you have turned into moral slag!

 

The Lord’s church, which was meant to be precious and rare and shiny like silver had become so morally debased that they were likened to scum. Their message of moral purity had become watered down like wine mixed with water.

 

These are strong (forever) words and the church today should not ignore them. They ought to serve as warnings to us as we seek to graciously work out our salvation.  Don’t water down the Word and don’t water down sanctified living! 1 Pet 2:9 reminds us:  ^“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

By grace, we’ve been called out of darkness into His marvelous light, let’s seek to live in a way that declares our praise of Him!