DAILY MANNA SATURDAY JULY 25, 2020 TOPIC: WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY

DAILY MANNA

SATURDAY JULY 25, 2020

TOPIC: WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY

TEXT: LEVITICUS 17:1-7

KEY VERSE: "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations" (LEVITICUS 17:7).

     The worship of God must be done in spirit and in truth. It must also follow divinely established principles that are never to be violated since true worship involves reverence to God and submission to His will.On this premise, God insisted that the offering of the children of Israel must be brought and slain in an appointed place in the sanctuary, and whosoever violated this rule would face a death penalty in the Old Testament dispensation.

     God's demand has not changed. He demands orderliness and compliance in church worship, service and organisation. The holy God would not want any service or worship that demeans His nature and person.

     All worshippers of God should be wary of the temptation to follow worldly standards and traditions which Satan and his cohorts are passionately parading about in modern times to deceive and defile God's children. Recall Apostle Paul's warning about eating things offered to idols. He said that those things which the gentiles offer in sacrifice, they do so to idols. As believers, we have no business with the idols of this world and must not be seen to have any dealings with them and their worshippers. The scriptural counsel to all believers is that we should keep ourselves from idols. God will not spare the idolater from His curse and anger To keep away from idols, we must avoid fellowship with idolaters and guard our heart diligently. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen" (1 John 5:21).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: As obedient children, let's worship God in spirit and in truth.

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