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Golden Calves for All!
All the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play [Exodus 32:3-6].
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. For more info please visit these sites to purchase my books:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. For more info please visit these sites to purchase my books:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Golden Calves for All!
All the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play [Exodus 32:3-6].
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes.
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes.
Golden Calves for All!
All the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play [Exodus 32:3-6].
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes.
Egads! What were those nincompoops thinking? They witnessed the Lord's power against the world's power of that day, Egypt and Pharaoh. They witnessed the dividing of the waters at the Red Sea, and they crossed the sea on dry ground. They saw Mt. Sinai ablaze with fire and billowing smoke, the earthquake and thunderous voice of the Lord. Those stupendous miracles occurred only a matter of days and weeks before. They couldn't have forgotten so quickly.
Alas, but such is the framework of sinful man, and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We're all sinful man!
Sin began in a beautiful garden, where all man's needs were readily provided for. Even his work of tending the garden was more like a hobby than strenuous exertion. The fruit of every last tree was available for him to eat...all, that is, except one measly tree.
Man was created in the image of God and, along with all creation, was "very good". No sin existed in man to incline him to disobey God. By nature man did not want to eat of the forbidden fruit because the Lord God told him not to. This was the exact opposite of man's penchant to sin nowadays.
The forbidden tree symbolized living for self according to one's own lusts and viewpoint. It typified man being lord of his own life, rather than as children of the Lord. There was nothing wrong with the tree or its fruit per se. It wasn't poisonous because everything God created was "very good". The interdiction on eating its fruit was given simply to test man. If man obeyed the Word of God, he would mature spiritually. If he disobeyed and did his own thing, he would die spiritually (and physically).
Man disobeyed because he listened to a voice other than the voice of the Lord God. He obeyed other words other than the Word of God. The inclination to sin came from outside man back then in the garden. Once man disobeyed, however, the inclination to sin was inside man. It formed the core of his nature, a sin nature which wants to live for self.
This was at the root of the Israelites fiasco of worshiping a golden calf and committing lewd acts during their bacchanalia. Will we dare say we haven't the same sin nature today? Will we be so blind as to say we can see, while all along we are strangers to the Word of God and to knowing Him personally? Will we insist we do have a personal relationship with Him, but not spend time alone with Him daily in prayer and Bible?
O Christians, for Christmas let there be golden calves for all! The gewgaws and baubles of the world claim our hearts, in much the same way a golden calf owned the hearts of those Israelites back in the day. We should assemble our worldly toys as a right fine display atop a stage. Then we can worship our gods in bacchanalian trysts before all the world.
Wait! We are already doing that... May this Christmas season serve as a call to repentance. Let us confess our sins, return to the Lord with our whole hearts, and be a cleansed people fit for the Master's use. Make it so, Lord Jesus. Make it so, we pray.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Exodus: Volume 2 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes.
