Sunday, January 5, 2014

Right in your own eyes?


Mo. 1/6/14: Judges 17:1 – 2                  What was confessed and replied?
Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”
You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain Exodus 20:7a
What was confessed and replied? Stealing, taking His name in vain.
Tu. 1/7/14: Judges 17:3                  Was the dedication unsound?
So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”
You shall not make for yourself a carved image Exodus 20:4a
Was the dedication unsound? Yes, a carved image dedicated to the Lord!
We. 1/8/14: Judges 17:4 – 5                  Where was the idol housed?
Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah. The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:3
You shall not bow down to them nor serve (other gods). Exodus 20:5a
Where was the idol housed? It was in a shrine in Micah’s house.
Th. 1/9/14: Judges 17:6                  Did they read Scriptures?
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Did they read Scriptures? No, they did not use their eyes to read.
Fr. 1/10/14: 1 John 5:21                  Do we do such things now?
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Do we do such things now? Yes, we still repeat such mistakes.

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