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Cheating on God

 

Since the beginning mankind has being cheating on God. Yes, we have been in adultery since that day in the Garden, when our ancestors Adam and Eve choose the Forbidden Fruit. (Genesis 3).  Then again the Israelites cheated on God when they asked for a King. It says, "The Israelites spoke to the Prophet Samuel and said, you are old, but your sons do not follow your ways, appoint for us a king like all the other nations. To this Samuel went to the Lord in distress and the Lord God said, "Listen to all that the people are saying, it is not you they have rejected, but Me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods." (1 Samuel 8:5-9). The second adultery against God had been done that day the Israelites asked for a human king.

The Prophet Samuel goes one and tells us that Lord warns them through the prophet what they shall get from king like the other nations: "This what king over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of the chariots. Some will be assigned to commanders of thousands and of fifties, others to plow his ground and reap the harvest, and still others to make weapons of wars and equipment for his chariots. This king will take your daughters and make them perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his use. He will take a tenth of your flocks and you yourselves will become slaves. When that day comes you will cry for relief from your king  you have chosen , but the Lord will not answer you in that day"and they respond "No! We shall have king like all other nations! Then we will be like all other nations , with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles" (1 Samuel 8:10-19) This rejection of God as king and husband would lead to Israel to slavery on the government of monarchy, and then later to being captives and slaves completey to the Assyrians and Babylonians. Then God decided to renew his wedding vows with Israel and all people. He sent his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who on the cross made a New Covenant or Marriage with all people adding to the old marriage vows: eternal life, forgiveness of all sin, and closeness with God not available since before Adam fell.

But even with this new wedding on the wood of the cross, people still reject God! People still cheat on Christ with other gods: money, family, possessions, drugs, doctrines, demons, fame, and so on. The Lord has kept and renewed his vows! Now it time to begin keeping ours or else divorce awaits in the Second Death of Hell! (Revelation 20:14). Sin means separation in the original Greek and that is exactly what we a doing to our Lord and Savior when we choose sin (deliberately, not when we fighting our sinful behavior and trying to be close to Christ that is different). Just like Legal Separation, our sin divided us from our Bridegroom who is God. But then He Sent His Son Jesus to fix our relationship and erase the separation if we will stop running to it! Oh Lord, forgive us, holy-harlots and cheaters who call on your name in chaotic times, but then run to other gods in our prosperity! Oh Man.. you cheat thrice on God! How long will He stay Married to you now?

This is why I am convince people hate cheaters and when a husband or wife is cheated on that has been faithful they feel that undefinable and unfathomable betrayal and heartbreak; that is the heartbreak God almighty has felt for ages as His people keep cheating on him over and over! Only God hasn't divorced us yet, He keeps offering forgiveness, but a time will come if we do not turn from the behavior that separates us from Him that it will be too late, "If we keep on deliberately sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sin is left." (Hebrews 10:26).

The time has come to start being faithful! Be a faithful bride and spouse of Jesus Christ! Stop choosing sin and that which destroys the marriage! Yes the Lord forgives, but eventually people divorce themselves enough from Him that they only find the flames of His wrath. Stop breaking God's heart! Resolve to repent and stop running to other gods! Renew your marriage vows to the Almighty! He already did at Calvary and He wrote them in blood!

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