The Devotional – Idolatry is Foolish! (Part 2)

The Devotional – Idolatry is Foolish! (Part 2)

Comment: Right living will exalt a nation, yet that simple small word ‘SIN’, it is a reproach (shame or disgrace) to all people; Proverbs 14:34. I can only say that for myself, I find it hard to watch the people around me, our nation has lost its exalted position among the peoples of the world, and yet the world around this nation is just as corrupt. How is that for an oxymoron? Actually, shame of face and disgrace; or the reproach of a nation among the nations is more than the battle of finding the right word to establish an understanding. The SIN problem is serious, critically SERIOUS, yet nearly everyone laughs and scoffs at this and therein lies the problem. Is there hope? Yes of course, there is always hope; even on the other side of disaster and failure, the next step to take is one of HOPE.

Devotional: Proverbs 25:11 – A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like and earring of gold and an ornament fine gold is a wise rebuke to an obedient ear. 

The question is; did you get it? The nuggets of returning to life, liberty and avenue of happiness are available to all of us who will turn away our ears, eyes and pride from the clatter and clamor of world around us. Am I preaching to the choir here? I think not! Many if not all of us have some connection to a church by family or tradition. The link between God and man today is the local and universal church, so if the most of us are linked to a church, then why is all not well with the nation? – THERE MUST BE A SIN PROBLEM!

Israel had and has the same problem, as I mentioned yesterday, the historical account of Israel in the Old Testament is an example of what happens to a nation that mixes faith in God with idolatry. The runoff is IMMORALITY. Israel allowed the nations around them to corrupt their faith in God with the minor gods (demigods) designed by humans to mix the Truth of God with the lies of the devil. Inter-marriage, commerce and greed has driven Israel to a temporary blindness. Such is true of the Church of Jesus Christ TODAY.

Jesus tells us plainly that HE knows our works (Church). Identified in Revelation 2 and 3 are the current works of the churches throughout Christendom TODAY. If one would combine the universality of these seven churches and compare this to the Spiritual production of our LOCAL churches today, we would certainly see that; as a nation of New Testament saints whose ‘citizenship’ is in heaven that we are no better than Israel in her finest and final moments. Can then the condition of our nation be the result of our inability the HEAR with our EARS and SEE with our EYES what the Spirit of God already KNOWS about the weakness of our churches today?

I think in our heart we know the answer already, but it is the PRIDE of life that keeps us silent – 1 John 2:15-17.

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