"Separated from God"

“Separated from God”

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.  But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.      Isaiah 59:1-2



Who is SEPARATED from God?  Both the BELIEVER and UNBELIEVER, can be SEPARATED from God.  The BELIEVER, is SEPARATED from God, when they have UNCONFESSED sin in their hearts.  You see, the word SEPARATED means to KEEP APART, DISCONNECT, and when the BELIEVER has a sin in their heart it SEPARATES them by BREAKING the line of communication, and their FELLOWSHIP is severed, BECAUSE of that sin.  These verses of Scripture, tells us that INIQUITIES (sins) SEPARATES us from God.   He will hide His face from us; therefore, our FELLOWSHIP is broken.  But this is TEMPORARY, when the BELIEVER CONFESSES their sins to Him, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then their FELLOWSHIP with God will be MENDED and God will HEAR them when they PRAY.



However, for the UNBELIEVER, there is NO RELATIONSHIP with God, to begin with, so there is NO FELLOWSHIP with Him and they ARE SEPARATED FOREVER, until they give their HEART and LIFE to Him. And NO matter HOW, WHEN, WHERE or WHAT they PRAY for, He will NOT HEAR them, until they become His CHILD.  The ONLY PRAYER that God HEARS from an UNBELIEVER, is the prayer of REPENTANCE, once that is done and their HEARTS are CLEANSED with the BLOOD of Jesus Christ, then and ONLY then will He HEAR.  Psalm 66:18, says: “If I regard iniquity (sin) in my heart, the Lord will NOT hear.” 



Being a BELIEVER and being SEPARATED, even temporarily from God, is NOT a GOOD situation to be in.  But to be an UNBELIEVER, and FOREVER SEPARATED from God, would be UNBEARABLE.  And knowing that your DESTINY is an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPING, after you’re there, would be HOPELESS.  So, if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, why NOT do it NOW, His ARM is NOT too SHORT to SAVE you, nor is His EAR too DULL to HEAR your prayer of REPENTANCE.  If you are WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and have a RELATIONSHIP with the Almighty God of the Universe, and STOP being SEPARATED from Him.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!