Video (Part-3)
Goal
Understanding Why Our God Is A Jealous God
Our God Is A Jealous God
I Am The LORD Your God
Who Brought You Out Of Egypt
Out Of The Land Of Slavery
You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me
You Shall Not Make For Yourself An Idol
In The Form Of Anything In Heaven Above
Or
On The Earth Beneath
Or
In The Waters Below
You Shall Not Bow Down To Them
Or
Worship Them
For I The LORD Your God
Am A Jealous God
This Is The First Of The Ten Commandments
His Jealousy Is That Of A Lover
Who Longs For And Demands
The Exclusive Attention Of
Worship And Faithfulness From Us
Therefore Even His Jealousy Is Tied Closely
To His Amazing Attribute Of Love
*From the book “Beholding the Beauty of God” by Greg Wiley
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A Name Of Our God:
Our God Is Wise
To The Only Wise God
Be Glory Forever Through Jesus Christ
Amen
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Point Three
Flee From Idolatry
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OK Let’s Do Some Detective Work
Woe To Them
They Have Rushed For Profit
Into Balaam’s Error
Question
What Was Balaam’s Error?
Numbers 22-25 Here’s The Story In A Nutshell
Balaam Was
- A Seer
- A Diviner
- A Mystic
- A Medium
And
He Was Famous For His Supernatural Powers
So Much So That Balak King Of Moab Offered Him
Pretty Much A Blank Check In Hopes Of Stopping The Israelites
How?
By Asking God To Curse Them!
Why?
Once Again Let’s Look At Leviticus 18 Verse 24
Do Not Defile Yourselves In Any Of These Ways
Because
This Is How The Nations That I Am Going To Drive Out Before You
Became Defiled
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Balak The King Wanted
Balaam The Seer To Curse The Israelites
Why
Because Balak – Again He’s The King
Knew That He And His Kingdom Was Next
As You Read The Story You See That Balaam
Could Only Bless The Israelites
Needless To Say Balak The King Was Bummed Out
Because He Knew What Was About To Happen To Him And His People
And
Balaam The Seer Was Bummed Out
Because
He Wasn’t Going To Get Any Money
(It’s A Great Read)
Therefore
To Get The Money Balaam – The Seer
Turned Into A Consultant For Balak The King
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Let’s Go Down To Numbers 31:16
They Were The Ones
Who Followed Balaam’s Advice
And Were The Means Of Turning
The Israelites Away From The LORD
In What Happened At Peor
So That A Plague Struck The Lord’s People
Scripture Tells That 24,000 Men Were Wiped Out By The Plague
Read The Whole Story And See How The Plague Was Stopped
(There Was This Guy Getting It On With This Chick
I Mean They Were Right In The Middle Of IT)
And
One Of Moses’ Guys Walks In On Them
And
He Puts A Spear Through
Both Of Them
It’s Right There In The Bible
Question
What Was Balaam’s Advice?
We Need To Go Back To Numbers 25:1-3 To Find The Answer
While Israel Was Staying In Shittim How Would Like To Be From A Town With That Name
The Men Began To Indulge In Sexual Immorality With Moabite Women
Question
What Did The Prostitutes Have The Israelis Do?
Answer
They Invited Them To Sacrifice To Their gods
Balaam’s Advice
Was To Hit Them Were
They Are Weak
Their Sexuality
The People Ate And Bowed Down
Before These gods
So Israel Joined In Worshiping The Baal Of Peor
And
The Lord’s Anger Burned
Against Them
The LORD Said To Moses
Take All The Leaders Of These People Kill Them
And
Expose Them In Broad Daylight Before The LORD
So That The Lord’s Fierce Anger
May Turn Away From Israel
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Let’s Look At Revelation 2:14
Nevertheless I Have A Few Things Against You
You Have People There Who Hold To The Teaching Of Balaam
Who Taught Balak To Entice The Israelites To Sin By Eating Food
Sacrificed To Idols And By Committing Sexual Immorality
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Flee From Sexual Immorality.
All Other Sins A Person Commits Are Outside The Body,
But Whoever Sins Sexually, Sins
Against Their Own Body.
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Flee The Evil Desires Of Youth
And Pursue Righteousness, Faith, Love And Peace,
Along With Those Who Call On The Lord Out Of A Pure Heart.
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But You
Man Of God
Flee From All This
And
Pursue Righteousness – Godliness – Faith – Love – Endurance
And Gentleness
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Therefore
My Dear Friends
Flee From Idolatry
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I Had Given Three Questions – I Wanted To Answer In This Teaching
Here Are The Questions With The Answers
Question 1
What Is Idolatry
Answer
For Us Today
Viewing Pornography Is One Form Of Idolatry
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Question 2
How Does Idolatry Compares With Worship
Answer
Idolatry Is Worship Of A False god
As I Said Earlier One Of The Root Words For Worship
Is To Kiss
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Question 3
Why Are We To Worship One God Alone
The Answer
Is Found In Mark 12: 28-30
Of All The Commandments Which Is The Most Important
The Most Important One Answered Jesus
Is This Hear O Israel
The Lord Our God
The Lord Is One
Love The Lord Your God
With All Your Heart
And
With All Your Soul
And
With All Your Mind
And
With All Your Strength
Why
His Jealousy Is That Of A Lover
Who Longs For And Demands The Exclusive
Attention
Worship
And
Faithfulness From Us
*From the book “Beholding the Beauty of God” by Greg Wiley
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Elijah Says In I Kings 18:21
How Long Will You Waver Between Two Opinions
If The Lord Is God Follow Him
But
If Baal Is God
Follow Him
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Point Three
Flee From Idolatry
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Pray
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Goal
Understanding Why Our God Is A Jealous God
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A Name Of Our God
Our God Is Wise
To The Only Wise God
Be Glory Forever Through Jesus Christ
Amen
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