DLCM DAILY MANNA- NO TOLERANCE FOR APOSTASY

DAILY MANNA DAILY DEVOTIONAL

NO TOLERANCE FOR APOSTASY

24^TH ,MAY 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Galataians 4-6

TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 13:12-18

12 “If you hear someone in one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you to dwell in, saying,

13 Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” ’—which you have not known— 

14 then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you, 

15 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock—with the edge of the sword. 

16 And you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, for the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. 

17 So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers, 

18 because you have listened to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

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KEY VERSE: DEUTERONOMY 13:17).

“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

True love does not tolerate evil.

THE MESSAGE:

The most common game at play in our world today is the game of flattery and One of the widely accepted messages today is the message of tolerance and respect of other people's ways of life. It is believed that since we all have different opinions, the only way we can have world peace is when we love and learn to tolerate others, no matter what they believe. It is this modernists' view that encourages moral perversions such as sodomy, lesbianism, transgender, etc., that are prevalent in our society today. Christian love and tolerance do not accommodate such abominable worldviews.

From the text, the children of Israel are not to tolerate any form of apostasy. Those who turn away from the true God to embrace idolatrous worship are not to be accommodated. Such base fellows and all those who choose to follow them must be completely destroyed after due enquiry has been made to establish the truth of apostasy among them. This is because God holds the purity of His people so dear that He will not allow anything to defile them.

While Christians are called upon to love everyone, it must be without compromise and tolerance of evil. Love without rebuke is weak, permissive and indulgent. True love must be complemented by truth, righteousness and holiness.

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As believers, we are duty bound to help one another preserve the sanctify of the worship of God by ensuring we do not aid any son of 'belial' in our midst who seeks to corrupt others as well. There must be no tolerance for evil.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

©2022 DAILY MANNA IS a daily devotional by PASTOR W.F KUMUYI (General Overseer, DEEPER LIFE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY )