Thursday, January 1, 2015

The Seriousness of Sin (Lesson 1)



1 Kings 16:31-33 NASB
(31)  It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.
(32)  So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
(33)  Ahab also made the Asherah.  Thus, Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

There is no limit to the depth of sinfulness.  Check out verse 33.  Ahab provoked the Lord God.  God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.  Deu. 6:15 states that God is a jealous God and we should have no other Gods.  He also goes on to say that, this will kindle His anger and He will destroy that person from the face of the earth.

Ahab had a desire to do evil.  There are people today who have that same desire.
It is time we take God at His word.  As we start a new year, we need to realize the seriousness of sin and make a conscious effort to obey God.   

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