“because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.”
Psalms 78:31 But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
Numbers 11:33 While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague.
John 12:37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,
Proverbs 1:32 For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Numbers 14:35 I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.”
Judges 3:9 But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel
Judges 10:10 And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.”
Hosea 5:15 I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
Hosea 7:14 They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
It is our tendency to live for self and deny God access to leading our daily lives. History is full of examples where man, in the midst of God’s hand at work, turns away from God and doing what seems right in their own eyes. We so easily follow that which is not of God. Do we think God has somehow changed and no longer requires our whole heart, mind and soul? Do we think we are different and God’s commands to humbly serve, trust in, rely on, cling to, honor, follow and obey Him do not apply? Do we think He has watered down what a dedicated life to Him should look like? I can remember when you were thought to be a Jesus follower if you went to Sunday School, Sunday morning church, Sunday evening church, Wednesday evening bible study, another bible study during the week, and spoke frequently about God in your life. Now it seems you are considered a Jesus follower if you attend Sunday morning church once per week. It seems as though the church has adopted this lower expectation and I fear it is at the cost of many souls forever lost. Now is the time to repent, return and follow God with an earnest desire to humbly serve, honor, follow and obey Him.
