Hidden Sins -

Hidden Sins -

Genesis 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.   (kjv)

Jacob hid them?   Why?   Did he plan on allowing his family to come back and pick them up again?   Did he see some value in them that he wanted to claim later and keep protected from others?   Was he unsure of what to do with them and so he hid them until he could decide?

Who was he hiding them from?   Those who originally had them?   God?   Theives?   Everyone?   Certainly not himself.

Why not utterly destroy them?  Why not completely remove the point of temptation from everyone,  including himself?  Why not destroy these treasures on earth,  walk away from them,  and lay up treasures in heaven where moth and rust do not corrupt,  neither do thieves break through and steal?

Forget about Jacob.   Why not do it in my life?

Pressing on,

Mark Hebert
Psalm 16:11 - R U in His presence?

For Or Against?

For Or Against? - II Kings 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.   (kjv)

Jehu had a great zeal for the Lord displayed in his complete destruction of Ahab and the house of baal.  Yet the record of him is that he took no head to walk in the law of the Lord, for he would not depart from the sins of Jeroboam.

Really?  He took NO head?  He removed the wickedness of Ahab at God's command, yet took NO head?

The zeal Jehu professed to be for the Lord was really a zeal against Ahab and against baal.  Once that which Ahab was against had been destroyed, he had no more zeal.

Am I for the Lord, or against sin?  What would God say?  What would a casual observer say? - II Kings 10:31 (kjvstrongs) - recorded in CadreBible 1/12/11 2:33 PM

Pressing on,

Mark Hebert
Psalm 16:11 - R U in His presence?