19:4
“Do not turn to idols ...” As human beings we have a terrible tendency to turn to idols. John closes his first letter with a warning to keep ourselves free from idols (1 Jn 5:21). This tendency is still around today. With the covid crisis we made idols out of many things. Masks became an idol, despite the evidence for their effectiveness being at best limited. Lockdown was an idol, again even though the evidence seems to say they did an awful lot of harm and very little good. The vaccine seems to be becoming an idol. They do seem to have been effective in limiting the harm done by the disease, but they don’t do much to stop infection, yet some governments still seem to think they are the answer to everything. The Lord is our God and we should turn to Him first.
19:5-8
Just when we thought we might have finished with the sacrifice rules we get a quick reminder of them here. God reminds them here that things must be done according to His ways, otherwise the offending person is not part of God’s people. Churches that think they can go their own way while ignoring the word of God are deeply mistaken.
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