From the CANON on this blog:
How the
worship of Baal breaks the Ten Commandments
1.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Tyrants do not believe in the true God. Their god is Tyranny. They cause their subjects to worship and be
dependent on them, rather than God.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
This is what causes Tyrants and their
subjects to violate all the other commandments.
The Tyrants covet, and their resulting actions cause their subjects to
covet.
Solutions
1.
God is omnipotent and therefore can solve any problem. He may choose to use the solutions listed
below, but he often provides in ways you could have never imagined. The poor should cry out to God for help,
rather than depending on Baal.
From today’s scripture reading:
I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider
them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the
infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded
everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own
righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith
in Christ. For God’s way of making us right
with himself depends on faith.
I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that
raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death.
Philippians 3:7-10
From today’s devotional:
God created men and
women to be in relationship with Him. The type of communion Adam and Eve first
enjoyed with Him was meant for us as well. But when sin entered the world,
everything changed. God’s intended intimate relationship with mankind was
broken, and it has been passed down through the generations in that damaged
condition.
But as we know,
that’s not the end of the story. Jesus came to die in our place, bringing
forgiveness for our sins and restoring our relationship with the Father.
Through faith in Christ, we are adopted into God’s family and belong to Him
forever—just as He originally planned. He has provided us with everything we
need to experience intimacy with Him.
So what happens if,
following salvation, new believers never go deeper? Some may drift away from
their initial zeal for the Lord, failing to make Bible reading or church
attendance a regular occurrence. Perhaps others try to focus on the Lord but
allow earthly matters to distract them. Over time, some Christians settle for
what’s comfortable and familiar. Sadly, they will miss out on the deep
contentment God wanted to provide. Yet those who make Jesus the priority of
their life will have a deepening relationship with Him, which transcends any
earthly one.
Communion with God
made King David “fully satisfied as with the richest of foods” (Psalms 63:5 NIV). And Paul viewed his own
accomplishments as nothing in comparison with “the surpassing value of knowing
Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:8). Draw near to God, and experience
the blessings of knowing Him.
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