If we in the church would humble ourselves and repent of our sins, God will lead us out of our spiritual and cultural exile. In today’s devotional, Dr. Michael Youssef exhorts Christians to search our hearts and repent of sin.
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[00:00:00] [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to MY Devotional, the Daily Devotional from Dr. Michael Youssef and Leading The Way.
[00:00:08] [SPEAKER_01]: Remain Faithful to Gods Word by Dr. Michael Youssef
[00:00:12] [SPEAKER_01]: If we in the Church would humble ourselves and repent of our sins, I believe God would lead us out of our spiritual and cultural exile.
[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_01]: What then should we repent of? What are the sins of the Church? They are the same sins Israel committed in the Old Testament,
[00:00:28] [SPEAKER_01]: sins of spiritual adultery and unfathefulness to God in His Word. As the prophet is equal, prophesied against Israel,
[00:00:36] [SPEAKER_01]: then in the nations where they have been carried captive those who escaped will remember me.
[00:00:41] [SPEAKER_01]: How I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts which have turned away from me and by their eyes which have lusted after their idols.
[00:00:49] [SPEAKER_01]: They will loath themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
[00:00:55] [SPEAKER_01]: You may say, but I love God. I go to church faithfully how am I guilty of spiritual adultery when have I lusted after idols?
[00:01:05] [SPEAKER_01]: God told Israel through the prophet Hosea,
[00:01:08] [SPEAKER_01]: The people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law,
[00:01:12] [SPEAKER_01]: but the people cried out in protest, oh God we acknowledge you!
[00:01:16] [SPEAKER_01]: God replied, but Israel has rejected what is good and enemy will pursue him.
[00:01:22] [SPEAKER_01]: They set up kings without my consent. They choose princes without my approval,
[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_01]: with their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_01]: They sow the wind and reap the world-land.
[00:01:37] [SPEAKER_01]: The people thought they knew God and had acknowledged him yet God replied that Israel had rejected God's will,
[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_01]: had chased after false gods and as a result of their unfathefulness, the enemy would pursue them.
[00:01:50] [SPEAKER_01]: So we have to ask ourselves, how have we, as Christians in the 21st century, been unfatheful to God?
[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_01]: What false gods have we been chasing after?
[00:02:03] [SPEAKER_01]: May the Lord reveal any sin in our hearts today that we might repent and turn to Him.
[00:02:11] [SPEAKER_01]: Let's pray together. Lord help us to see the ways that we have strayed from your word and chosen worldly pursuits
[00:02:17] [SPEAKER_01]: instead of wholeheartedly seeking you. Expose the deception and sins in our hearts that we may repent
[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_01]: and live more fully free. We pray this in the name of Jesus.
[00:02:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Dana.
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