S – Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, 

they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 1:18 ESV

O – Commentary:

Come now, let us reason together was more than a call for negotiations between the people and God. The word “reason” (yāḵaḥ) is a law term used of arguing, convincing, or deciding a case in court. The people were to be convinced by their argumentation with God that He was right and they were wrong about their condition. (Other court terms in this chapter are justice … defend, and plead, v. 17.) If they acknowledged the depth of their sins-that their iniquities were like blood-colored stains on their souls (scarlet, a red dye made from a worm, and crimson, red-colored cloth)—then God in His grace would cleanse them, making them spiritually white like snow or wool. Acknowledgment of sin was to precede God’s cleansing. And the same is true today.

 John A. Martin, “Isaiah,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 1036.

A – Seven hundred years before Christ, God shares his heart to eliminate sin from people’s lives.  It was just as stark and glaring as it is today.  Jesus came to remove the “stain” of our sins and make us clean and pure again.

R – Heavenly Father, you are our Sacrifice and Savior.  Thank you for loving us enough to send the way and solution to our sin problem.  Even before it came through Christ, your heart for us to be free of sin demonstrates your love for us.