DAY 71 Read Deuteronomy 11 through 13.
Today's reading: Moses repeats warnings against various kinds of false religion.
Memory gem: "Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice" (Deuteronomy 13:4).
Thought for today:
The Voice of Prophecy, we believe, is a part of the great worldwide proclamation calling men away from modern idols to the worship of the God who created all things. And just now, as the universe itself is seen to be greater than men ever dreamed, so our God is greater than men have ever known. The God who marshals the electrons in their ceaseless vibrations finds nothing too little in our lives to draw His interest, and the God who guides the constellations in their ceaseless march amid the uncounted universe revealed by modern astronomy is great enough to look after all of our affairs. Let us worship Him.
Where are the modern idols placed--these idols that usurp the place of the living God? In Ezekiel 14:3 we read the secret of their power: "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts."
Modern men do not believe in the lesser gods of antiquity--the graven images, the sacred trees, the fetishes--but in spite of this fact, millions are polytheists. They no longer think of Mars as a person, of Saturn as a sacred deity; but men today worship the things for which these ancient pagan idols stood with the same devotion as was shown in the long ago. No longer do men bow at the shrine of Venus, the goddess of immorality; but the things for which Venus stood, still enslave and defile millions. Men today never dream of worshiping Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry, but he has never been shown greater honor nor had more willing worshipers, though they know it not.
This challenge comes to us today: "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth" (Revelation 14:7).
Let us turn from these modern idols of the heart--turn to the living and true God as revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Today's reading: Moses repeats warnings against various kinds of false religion.
Memory gem: "Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice" (Deuteronomy 13:4).
Thought for today:
The Voice of Prophecy, we believe, is a part of the great worldwide proclamation calling men away from modern idols to the worship of the God who created all things. And just now, as the universe itself is seen to be greater than men ever dreamed, so our God is greater than men have ever known. The God who marshals the electrons in their ceaseless vibrations finds nothing too little in our lives to draw His interest, and the God who guides the constellations in their ceaseless march amid the uncounted universe revealed by modern astronomy is great enough to look after all of our affairs. Let us worship Him.
Where are the modern idols placed--these idols that usurp the place of the living God? In Ezekiel 14:3 we read the secret of their power: "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts."
Modern men do not believe in the lesser gods of antiquity--the graven images, the sacred trees, the fetishes--but in spite of this fact, millions are polytheists. They no longer think of Mars as a person, of Saturn as a sacred deity; but men today worship the things for which these ancient pagan idols stood with the same devotion as was shown in the long ago. No longer do men bow at the shrine of Venus, the goddess of immorality; but the things for which Venus stood, still enslave and defile millions. Men today never dream of worshiping Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry, but he has never been shown greater honor nor had more willing worshipers, though they know it not.
This challenge comes to us today: "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth" (Revelation 14:7).
Let us turn from these modern idols of the heart--turn to the living and true God as revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ.
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