This question from God Almighty is expressly directed to the people who say they are “Christians,” and who deny Him by their sins of commission and omission. “Why oh why have you forsaken Me?” You will say, “Wherewith have we forsaken You?”
“You have forsaken Me by compromising my Holy Word! By denying Me before men with your inactions, silence, cowardliness and downright disobedience to My Word. In vain have you professed your love to Me. Your action or inactions have proven you to be liars!” (John 14:15).
You now call good evil and evil good. You say again, “When have we done that?” With your cowardly silence, in not boldly and loudly speaking against evil! By tolerating sin against My righteous laws in order to keep ‘peace’ with your family and friends. Not understanding, that by doing so you are sending them to Hell. Truly Matthew 15:8 describes the vast majority of ‘God’s People’ today.
God Himself asks the question far better than this writer can through His prophet in II Chronicles 24:20 where He asks, “And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, ‘Why transgress ...