Every one of us has missed the mark in our relationship with God. No one is found right before Him, for even our “good works” are like filthy rags in His eyes. We are a desperate, sinful people, living in a dangerous, evil world…unable to save ourselves…incapable of redeeming our souls.
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Proverbs 14:2 ” He whose walk is upright fears the Lord, but he whose ways are devious despises Him.”
It’s simple…dishonest people don’t like God. Deceitful people abhor and hate Him. Why so? Well, when the light of truth shines brightly on sin it causes people to feel guilty and they become defensive…and in turn angry and scornful. Most people know they’re sinning…they just don’t want God pointing it out to them.
Amos 2:4 “This is what the Lord says: ‘ For three sins of Judah, even for four I will not turn back My wrath.’ “
The expression, “For three sins…even for four…” is a Hebrew numeric parallelism, the numbers are in fact poetic figures signifying that the people’s sins were many. As humans, we like to put sins in boxes and categories. Sins can be big or small – justified or not – politically correct – or what this modern culture is allowing currently. We also view sins differently depending on who’s involved…a movie star, a politician, a close family member, or our self. But to the Lord a sin is a sin…one sin doesn’t out weigh another…they are all totally equal in His eyes.
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