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THE SINFULNESS OF SIN AND CONFUSION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Deuteronomy 9:16-25

Matthew 15:19-20

 

“For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries,

fornications, thefts, false witness…”

 

THE SINFULNESS OF SIN AND CONFUSION
 
The victory of Israel over Egypt was displeasing to the evil one and thus he instigated Israel to sin against the Lord. Aaron and all Israel turned against the Lord in the absence of Moses. God’s grace is the only hope of overcoming sin. Though Israel was perpetually inclined to sin, Moses interceded for them. He knew that God was always ready to hear their prayers. This is the message of the text.
 
Israel made and worshipped a golden calf in the absence of Moses and sinned greatly against the Lord. It was a devastating step for that nation that had seen all the miracles of the Lord and His hand in providing daily food. There was absolutely no reason for them to turn against the Lord and imagine that a man-made object could assist them. It was foolishness of the highest order. Moses had gone to the mountain to seek their welfare and here they were creating their own downfall by denying the Lord that had redeemed them from bondage. They sinned and turned against the Lord.
 
The sin of Israel also brought confusion. The people demanded that Aaron should make an idol for them. He yielded to their demands without waiting longer for Moses to come back. Moses came and found the people having corrupted themselves as the Lord had told him. Moses did not expect what he saw, thus he was so angry that he cast down the two tables of stone on which the Lord had written the Law. It was symbolic of how the people had broken God’s law.
 
Moses knew that he had to bring the matter to the Lord first. He fell down before the Lord and fasted forty days. Moses was afraid of the Lord’s anger and retribution. Israel had provoked the Lord to wrath in that rebellion. He knew that God’s vengeance for that sin would be very painful and at the same time he did not know what to do next but to pray for God’s mercy to forgive their sins.
 
THOUGHT: Sin’s stain is an abomination to the Lord.

PRAYER: Father, may I deliberately keep my distance from all sin.

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