“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This […]
02/09/2024 Daily Devotion – Subtle Idolatry – Making God in our image!
“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become […]
02/08/2024 Daily Devotion – The Subtle Idolatry of the Golden Calf!
“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become […]
11/8/23 Daily Devotion – Subtle Idolatry!
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. “On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice […]
11/07/2021 Daily Devotion – Who do you turn to?
“They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it; They set it in its place and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; It cannot deliver him from his distress. “Remember this, and be assured; Recall it to mind, you transgressors. “Remember the […]
11/02/2021 Daily Devotion – The futility of idolatry!
“No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!” (Isaiah 44:19, NASB95) This […]
10/29/2021 Daily Devotion – The danger of self-deification!
“They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to molten images, “You are our gods.” (Isaiah 42:17, NASB95) We read a verse like this one and say to ourselves, I sure am glad we aren’t as bad as the heathens back then. They were foolish enough to […]
11/26/20 Daily Devotion – Flee from sin!
“Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” — 1 Corinthians 10:14 (NIV84) One could easily take our verse for today and restate it as, “Therefore, my dear friends, flee from sin.” Throughout the Scriptures the prescribed method for dealing with temptation and sin is to flee the source. So I find myself asking a few basic […]
