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\nExodus 22:20<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u201cWhoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Numbers 25:2-4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.\u00a0\u00a0So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.\u00a0\u00a0And the LORD said to Moses, \u201cTake all the chiefs of the people and hang them in the sun before the LORD, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Deuteronomy 13:1-15<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIf a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,\u00a0\u00a0and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, \u2018Let us go after other gods,\u2019 which you have not known, \u2018and let us serve them,\u2019\u00a0\u00a0you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.\u00a0\u00a0You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.\u00a0\u00a0But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD your God<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Deuteronomy 17:2-5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIf there is found among you, within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,\u00a0\u00a0and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,\u00a0\u00a0and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel,\u00a0\u00a0then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Deuteronomy 18:20<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Joshua 23:15-16<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0But just as all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you,\u00a0\u00a0if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unto the Lord only; the true and living God; Jehovah, the self-existent, immutable, and eternal Being; the Creator of all things, the possessor of heaven and earth, the most high God, and the only one: sacrificing takes in all the acts of service performed to an idol as to the true God, as offering incense, pouring out a libation, as well as slaying and burning an animal as Jarchi observes: he shall be utterly destroyed; be accursed, anathematized, devoted to destruction, as the word used signifies. (Gill)<\/p>\n
Man is wired to seek and worship the Creator. Denying and rejecting God, this inward yearning will turn to almost anything as a substitute and will become their act of worship and sacrifice. Look at the world around us. It is full of the lost who need to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and acts of love, grace, mercy, kindness, gentleness, and generosity of the redeemed. Let it be our goal, commitment, and intentional choice to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all we think, say, and do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Exodus 22:20\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction. \u00a0Numbers 25:2-4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.\u00a0\u00a0So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.\u00a0\u00a0And … Continue reading “43.o. “Wilderness” – 7.v. Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1115,16672,16674,316,6052,11471,564,4718,16682,16681,8396,76,8712,6182,8662,16683,1285,8860,16671,16673,1057,4350,16676,16677,796,16679,219,5430,4353,3669,421,1357,849,9392,16675,6699,16684,1009,1709,16680,16678],"class_list":["post-165666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-anger-of-the-lord","tag-bowed-down-to-their-gods","tag-chiefs","tag-destruction","tag-devoted","tag-evil-in-sight-of-the-lord","tag-fear-him","tag-fierce-anger","tag-forbidden","tag-found-among-you","tag-given-you","tag-god","tag-good-land","tag-good-things","tag-hang-them","tag-hear-of-it","tag-his-voice","tag-hold-fast-to-him","tag-invited-people","tag-israel-yoked-to-baal","tag-keep-his-commandments","tag-kindled","tag-let-us-go-after-other-gods","tag-let-us-serve-them","tag-lord","tag-love-the-lord-your-god-with-all-your-heart-and-all-your-soul","tag-moses","tag-obey-him","tag-perish-quickly","tag-prophet","tag-rebellion","tag-sacrifices","tag-serve-him","tag-shall-die","tag-sign-or-wonder","tag-testing-you","tag-the-anger-of-the-lord","tag-their-gods","tag-turn-away","tag-walk-after-the-lord-your-god","tag-you-shall-not-listen-to-the-words"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165682,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165666\/revisions\/165682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}