27“Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior. 28You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.
God is a Lover but he is also a king and a jealous God. God has a anger and he is going to use it on the sin you have before him. Israel turned and rejected God and God is not one to like being rejected. Jesus died and earned the right of being first in your life and when he is not and you fail to love him your not going to like the results. God gave them up to the harlots. They turned the good things into bad. So God made wrath. God is not going to tolerate sin. If you sin it is never good.
Sin, Against God—Ingratitude is sin. God provided all Israel needed and provides all we need for life with Him. We sin against Him when we take His gifts and prostitute them to serve purposes other than His. Our beauty, fame, fortune, and skills are His gifts to us. We can use them in gratitude to worship Him. When we use them selfishly to attract other people whose favors we desire, we sin. When we use them to buy protection from other powers, we sin. When we use them to pay homage to anyone or thing besides God, we sin. When such sin leads us to violent treatment of others, we multiply our sin. We think our brazen actions against God show our strength and independence. God says they show how weak our mental, moral, and spiritual capacities are.
No comments:
Post a Comment