DCLM Daily Manna 8 October 2024 — Whoredom Prohibited
DCLM Daily Manna 8 October 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Whoredom Prohibited
TOPIC: Whoredom Prohibited (DCLM Daily Manna 8 October 2024)
KEY VERSE: “There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel” (Deuteronomy 23:17).
TEXT: Deuteronomy 23:17-18 (KJV)
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the word, whore, is a “somewhat old fashioned” term for “a person who engages in sexual intercourse for pay, a prostitute, a male who engages in sexual acts for money, a promiscuous or immoral woman”. A whore refers to a person who engages in prostitution usually for a fee. Rendered as cult prostitution in several other translations of the Bible, whoredom was a very common practice amongst idolatrous nations that surrounded Israel.
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In a bid to preserve His people, Israel, from defilement that would certainly culminate in their immediate and ultimate destruction, God commanded them to avoid every association with those neighbouring heathen nations, who practised such heinous acts as whoredom. God commanded Israel (Micah 1:7) never to accept for atonement or even as a freewill offering, the hire of a whore: that is, the money she gets by her prostitution and the price of a dog (the gains of immorality).
This divine command to separate from defilement and other evils in the society still subsists today. Any attempt by anyone, in any nation to promote any other form of immoral disposition even if favoured by powerful social groups, is a brazen contravention of the commandment of God.
God’s judgment awaits all who indulge in such aberrant practices. They must repent, believe the gospel, receive Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord, and then, come out from among them and be separate.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Whoredom leads to eternal destruction.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Luke 13-16
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2024 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
