DON'T BE INCLINED TO WORLDLINESS

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2024-04-26 03:00:00

Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice  - 

Exodus 34.15

 

            The Lord's care for His people is great, which is why He told them not to make an alliance with the inhabitants of that land, who set a bad example for children and young people. Worldliness repudiates holiness and goodness and doesn't even care how the poor manage to survive. The wicked are given to evil and do not rejoice in purity and respect. Their end is eternal torment, but we must save them (Jude 1:20-23). 

 

          The religion of these people is perverted. They act like opportunists, wearing expensive clothes to deceive the simple, but their purpose is to satisfy their lust, carnality and other demonic feelings. So, they take over the governments of countries by force in order to get rich and do what they like best without being bothered. They have never had a plan for the recovery and salvation of the lost; on the contrary, they celebrate with them and support them in their mistakes.

 

           Their gods are pure lies, fabricated to use the misfits in order to have the backing of benefactors. These individuals are not interested in the situation of those in need and give them crumbs, wanting to be recognized as kind. They don't realize that one day they will be sitting in the defendant’s bench on the Last Judgement. The One who will judge them will be the Lord, Who was rejected by His preaching and His works, examples left for those who convert!

 

           These people still disrespect everyone today and have one goal: to live the way the devil wants them to, so they harm many people. They refuse to know the Lord, who will judge and condemn them. The Word became flesh and was born: Christ, the Son of God. He came to dethrone the demons who had usurped the power given to man (John 1:1-14; Acts 10:38). They prefer the defeated, without measuring the consequences of their filthy act. We prefer to love Jesus, the Savior!

 

           Many sacrifice their lives to the gods of the earth, who have done nothing but harm to those who served them in previous generations. For this reason, one of the Lord's commandments to man is not to ally himself with those who repel what is good and clean, indulging in moral filthiness and refusing the virtue that comes from fearing God. Whoever makes a pact with the enemy lives outside the control of the Kingdom of Good.

 

           Another reason why the Lord forbade the Israelites to join the inhabitants of the land was the danger that they would prostitute themselves spiritually, serving false gods. Whoever bows down to the devil becomes a slave to the power of hell, which corrupts man at every level (Romans 6:16). Because of the poison of the evil one, God gave such a command to the sons of Jacob. Divine justice is better!

 

             Whoever joins Satan speaks and participates in evil deeds, because that is the nature of the enemy: corrupted, with no chance of reversing his situation. If you are a servant of the Most High, never exchange your position in Christ for that of one who is subjugated by evil. God is the Greatest!

 

           

         In Christ, with love

         R. R. Soares

 

 

 

Today's Prayer

Prayer

           

 

           God, Creator, and Preserver of Life! You have spoken clearly about what will happen to people who turn away from You and turn to the enemy. There has never been, nor will there ever be, anyone who becomes a blessing by living and serving worldliness. Help us!

 

          We have Your promise that we will never be abandoned by Your Spirit, but sustained by Your hands. They created all things and know how to preserve them. The devil, on the other hand, is nothing but a loser, a liar and a destroyer of good!

 

           We want to be used by You to love people! Lack of fear of You brings man down to the lowest level of life. May Your power and Your peace come upon humanity, and may everyone truly love and serve You!