Peter's Denial for Thursday June 16

[SeniorSeeker]

Peter's Denial

 

[calabash digger]

Love this part of the article in the whistle blower thanks for posting it.
QUOTE The whistleblower Isaiah said, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter; which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him” (Isa 5:20, 23). Notice that this passage begins with “woe.” Isaiah is not in “comfort my people” mode here; he’s issuing a rebuke, essentially pointing his finger at our flawed dealings with wickedness among us. By extension, he’s telling us that in our silence on church-related abuse we wordlessly call evil good, and passively justify the wicked for the reward of being spared the consequences of speaking up. And is it not so? In our fear of the messiness of such situations, we often “pray about it” when we should speak up about it. But the sin of silence and passivity in the face of evil will find us out. Unless something changes, woe unto us.