DCLM Higher Everyday 6 October 2024 — Warning Against Worldly Ways
DCLM Higher Everyday 6 October 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Warning Against Worldly Ways
Topic: Warning Against Worldly Ways
Text: Deuteronomy 18:9-14
9When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
Key Verse: “When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations” (Deuteronomy 18:9).
Message
Israel, God’s peculiar nation, found herself surrounded by nations whose ways and practices were considered as abominations. Because of lack of godly counsel and scriptural influence, these nations were given to various despicable acts that made them abhorrent to God. These practices included idolatry, witchcraft, and various forms of occultism. They posed constant threat to the moral purity of God’s people. God sternly warned Israel to refrain from these heathen practices because they would attract His wrath and judgment.
Also Read: Open Heaven 5 October 2024 – Instructions For Believers
Believers today are surrounded by a world that is not guided or directed by scriptural principles. The unbelievers are aptly described as children of disobedience, sons of Belial, temple of idols and children of darkness. Consequently, their ways are perverse and evil. Their works are works of darkness. The world is saturated with various forms of sexual perversions, fleshly indulgences, and infatuation with carnal cravings. A believer may be contaminated and defiled by the world. It pays to heed the warning, “come out from among them and be ye separate” (2 Corinthians 6:17).
Quote: A believer may be contaminated
Challenge: Come out from among them.
Prayer for today: My God, keep me from the world, in Jesus’ name.
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)
