31/10/2020 - UNFAITHFUL TO YOUR GOD

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Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor. Hosea 9:1

Israel was going the opposite direction from what it was supposed to, but even so, they prospered. There was still an operation of divine power in them, because they were of the Lord’s. Today, many who are far from God believe that they are supported by the Most High in their mistakes; after all, “good” things happen to them. Such individuals forget that this prosperity began when they had fellowship with the Father. However, the tempter took them away from the Lord’s presence to be killed.

Hosea saw this happen to the people of divine property and warned them of their deception. It´s good when God visits us and advises us to be vigilant. Just as sanctification takes time to bear fruit in the life of the believer, the result of transgression also takes time to happen. The truly saved must repent of their sins and return to the Father’s presence as quickly as possible.

They were on their way to the abyss, the wide door (Matthew 7:13). The world entices those who are not firm in their faith in Christ. Then, the enemy shows who their master is. There is only one way to know if we are heading towards Heaven or Hell: by the attention we give to the Word. Do not judge someone by their material “success”, but by the fear of the Lord they show.

The behavior of the Israelite’s became like that of the lost – with no communion with the Most High. Understand: God does not need to “modernize” His ways of acting, as some claim, because He is already ultra-modern, more updated than the world will be in a million years. Compare your behavior to the Bible’s guidelines. The more you go back on the journey, the more you will distance yourself from divine commandments. Stay alert!

The Israelites had been to God like a prostitute who sells herself to men. We don’t need gifts from the enemy; we just have to remain faithful to the Savior. The day will come when the angels will separate those whose garments are white (Revelation 3:5) from those who have been involved in hellish errors. Flee from sin while there is still time to be freed! Pray!

Those who give themselves to spiritual idleness can be compared to those who fornicate with the demon of laziness; he who indulges in alcohol is as if he had a relationship with the spirit of mental numbness, and whoever steals or commits any kind of iniquity, undoubtedly lives as in a romance with Satan. Because he is far from God, even though he participates in worldly parties and rejoices in them, he knows he is in the wrong place. Nothing better than putting an end to sin and turning back to the Lord.

Harvest celebrations were cults rendered to demons, and many people participated in them and in other sinful acts. Therefore, do not mix with the world, because there is enmity against God in it. Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” (Matthew 4:10 ).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares