DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday, May 24, 2022
TOPIC: No Tolerance For Apostasy
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 13:12-18
KEY VERSE
“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers”
(DEUTERONOMY 13:17).
DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday, May 24, 2022 MESSAGE
One of the widely accepted messages today is the message of tolerance and respect of other people’s ways of life. It is believed that since we all have different opinions, the only way we can have world peace is when we love and learn to tolerate others, no matter what they believe. It is this modernists’ view that encourages moral perversions such as sodomy, lesbianism, transgender, etc., that are prevalent in our society today. Christian love and tolerance do not accommodate such abominable worldviews.
From the text, the children of Israel are not to tolerate any form of apostasy. Those who turn away from the true God to embrace idolatrous worship are not to be accommodated. Such base fellows and all those who choose to follow them must be completely destroyed after due enquiry has been made to establish the truth of apostasy among them. This is because God holds the purity of His people so dear that He will not allow anything to defile them.
While Christians are called upon to love everyone, it must be without compromise and tolerance of evil. Love without rebuke is weak, permissive and indulgent. True love must be complemented by truth, righteousness and holiness.
As believers, we are duty-bound to help one another preserve the sanctity of the worship of God by ensuring we do not aid any son of ‘Belial’ in our midst who seeks to corrupt others as well. There must be no tolerance for evil.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: True love does not tolerate evil.
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