Tuesday, February 28, 2012

It's Not That Easy

Joshua 22:17 KJV
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

Israel had just taken the Promised Land and the two and half tribes who took their possession short of the Promised Land had just returned to their homes, when a controversy arose concerning them. Word got back to Israel that they had constructed their own alter. Immediately a delegation was dispatched to confront this sin. Phinehas, the son of Eliezer was the spokesman and reminds the two and half tribes of the sin of Peor. He then makes the comment that Israel was, to that day, not entirely cleansed of the sin.
• They were still dealing with the consequences and
• There were still people among them predisposed to the sin of idolatry

Often people who have committed some sin will insist that they have asked God to forgive them and that should be the end of it. What they refuse to accept is that the consequences of their sin is more far reaching than that. Though they have been immediately forgiven they may never, this side of eternity, experience complete freedom from the consequences of their sin.

Failure to accept that will certainly lead to a falling if not into the old sin, perhaps a sin much worse.

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