A Refuge of Lies

The Prophet Isaiah brought this same warning to the people of Israel in his day.

"Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it." - Isa. 28:15-18.

"For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it, " - Isa. 28:20.

Are you, dear reader, like those who said, "We have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves"? Do you have a false hope of salvation? If you do, then God promises that "the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place." The scourge of God's judgment will come, and you will be trodden down by it if you make lies your refuge! There is only one true hope of Heaven and that is in Jesus Christ, "a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation." One who trusts in Him will never be ashamed, will never be left embarrassed and ruined by a false hope. Every other refuge is a refuge of lies, a delusion of Satan, a false hope that will lead you to the torment of the damned.