“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you sexual immorality ,impurity, passion ,evil desire and covetousness ,which is idolatry. “Colossians 3:5
When God allowed people of Israel to observe the very first festival of passover lamb, God had told them, “You shall eat nothing leavened;in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.”
Exodus 12:20
Little amount of yeast spoils the entire flour. If you leave a kneaded flour having little yeast in it ,the entire flour gets spoiled and we have to throw it in garbage.
Same way our life also need to be pure and holy .There should be no adultery, idolatry, lies, stealing ,pride etc. because they are like yeast to our life and they spoil our life. Even we should not have the yeast of disobedience towards God in our lives that means whatever commands God has given us we need to obey them. Exodus 20 :1-17 .
Stealing whether it is of any small object or of diamond it is considered as stealing only. Sin is sin .There is no small sin or big sin. Sin came into this world because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve. We should not pray to other Gods because our God says so and our God is a jealous God. In Exodus 34;14:
When Israelite boys started mingling with Moabite girls and they made sacrifices to their gods .As a result God punished them with plague and people started dying( numbers 25:1-29)
People gradually started involving themselves in all sorts of sins and God had to destroy them by bringing flood on earth Genesis 6:17. Even on Sodom and Gomorrah God had to shower fire and sulphur to punish the people. David was God’s annointed one but because of the adultery he committed God had to punish him and God did not allow him to make His temple .In case of king Saul God considered him not eligible to remain a king because of his disobedience. Even Moses could not reach the promised land because of his disobedience.
Mathew 7:13-14 tells us-” Enter by the narrow gate.For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.”
Prayer
Lord many times we do so many things wrong knowingly or unknowingly which we don’t understand and they are evil in Your eyes .Father give us Your wisdom and Your understanding .Lord let Your grace and mercy be there with us always and help us to never ever disobey You. Help us to do what is good in your eyes and to follow what is written in the word of God so that we may reach the promised land ,that is ,our final destination – Heaven in Jesus name we ask.Amen
Sol.Vatsala