Today: [Isaiah 59] Why are Prayers Unanswered. In chapter 59 of Isaiah we are confronted with a very pungent explanation of why prayers go without an answer. In unambiguous terms Isaiah declares by the spirit of God that if prayers are unmet that our transgressions stand between us and heaven. This is a very challenging reproof – so much so that most Christians today would reject such a suggestion without another thought. Yet if we are to accept the book of Isaiah as inspired by God that we have to take a good hard look at ourselves in this area and be more willing to question ourselves than we are to question or explain away the simple reproof of the word of God.
