Friday, January 7, 2022

Not Sensitive to Sin….

Here is a picture of what happens to those who are not sensitive to sin. God is watching, He can’t be fooled. People who turn against or away from God are like an “oven that is kept hot”. They are as “worthless as a half-baked cake”. They become like “silly, witless doves”. They tell lies about God, and have insincere hearts. They are as “useless as a crooked bow”. I don’t know about you but I know I don’t ever want to be insincere, worthless, useless, wandering around on my own, trying to figure things out by trying every method known to man, but getting zero results, no peace, and have no truth. When people love wickedness, and are not sensitive to sin, there is no room for God, which leads to a meaningless life.

1 “I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great.Samaria is filled with liars.Thieves are on the insideand bandits on the outside!2 Its people don’t realizethat I am watching them.Their sinful deeds are all around them,and I see them all. 3 “The people entertain the king with their wickedness,and the princes laugh at their lies.4 They are all adulterers,always aflame with lust.They are like an oven that is kept hotwhile the baker is kneading the dough.5 On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,carousing with those who mock them.6 Their hearts are like an ovenblazing with intrigue.Their plot smolders through the night,and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.7 Burning like an oven,they consume their leaders.They kill their kings one after another,and no one cries to Me for help. 8 “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,but they don’t even know it.Their hair is gray,but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.10 Their arrogance testifies against them,yet they don’t return to the Lord their God or even try to find Him. 11 “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.12 But as they fly about,I will throw My net over themand bring them down like a bird from the sky.I will punish them for all the evil they do. 13 “What sorrow awaits those who have deserted Me!Let them die, for they have rebelled against Me.I wanted to redeem them,but they have told lies about Me.14 They do not cry out to Me with sincere hearts.Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,and they turn away from Me.15 I trained them and made them strong,yet now they plot evil against Me.16 They look everywhere except to the Most High.They are as useless as a crooked bow.Their leaders will be killed by their enemiesbecause of their insolence toward Me.Then the people of Egyptwill laugh at them. Hosea 7:1-16

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