"The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe My commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. They rejected His decrees and the covenant He had made with their ancestors and the statutes He had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”"
"BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN & WERE AS STIFFED-NECKED AS THEIR ANCESTORS, WHO DID NOT TRUST IN THE LORD THEIR GOD..."
Israel's greatest sin was not their disobedience, nor their idolatry!
In fact, those were just symptoms of their true error!
Their greatest sin was one that we commit many times ourselves, if in fact, we are truthful with ourselves!
THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT TRUST THE LORD,
WAS THE TRUE SOURCE OF THEIR DISOBEDIENCE!
THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT TRUST THE LORD AS THEIR GOD,
WAS THE TRUE SOURCE OF THEM SEEKING A HIGHER POWER ELSEWHERE!
Unless we TRUST that God will do what He promises,
WE WILL NEVER OBEY HIM!
Unless we TRUST that God is enough in our circumstances,
WE WILL NEVER ALLOW HIM TO BE OUR SOURCE OF POWER!
They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”"
"Imitating this world will only make you a reflection of it!"
BUT AREN'T WE AS CHRISTIANS SUPPOSED TO IMITATE CHRIST?
"DO NOT DO AS THEY DO!"
"INSTEAD, DO AS CHRIST DID!"
"TRUST THE FATHER'S PLAN!"
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