If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. – 1 Sam 7:3
If there’s ever as a message that’s appropriate for our generation today, it is this: Put away your fake and false gods, and commit yourselves fully to the Lord!
If we want to be free from the things that bind us up, the things that oppress us, then we must make a decision to put away those things and devote ourselves to the Lord. Really, there is no other way! Jesus said “you cannot serve two masters…” and it’s true. If we try and hang on to our sin, even just a little bit, then we’ll never be free. The fact is, when we offer ourselves to sin, we become its slave:
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? – Rom 6:16
Which is why the power of repentance is so important. Not only does God forgive us, He gives us the power, through His Holy Spirit, to be set free from the power of sin!
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. – Rom 6:18
The fake and false gods of our time: sensuality, money, power, drink & drug, they will lead us into bondage and affliction… every single time. Who needs it? Put away your gods, turn to the Lord, and LIVE!
...till the whole world hears
Pastor Clay
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