"If God is for us, then who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31
There's a tragic story in the book of Numbers where a king, who is worried about the Israelites, who have left Egypt and are beginning to move toward his land, hires a sorcerer to curse the Israelites. The problem is that the sorcerer finds that he can't curse those God has chosen to bless. The Lord is far too powerful for this kind of head-on attack against his people. But the enemy finds a back-door through sensual temptation and the worship of Baal, and even though it was impossible for someone to curse God's people, through their own actions, they end up cursing themselves.
We do the same thing. God is for us, and he has given us a new heart and a new spirit that is loyal to him. But there is a traitor within us, always ready to open the back door and let the enemy in. This traitor is the sinful nature that resides in our flesh. Today we look at how the lure of Baal lives on in our own culture, how this idol lures us away from the true worship of God and controls our affections and actions. We put a curse on ourselves.
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