Set Apart

Just a thought (and I feel I’ll start having haters soon… hahaha): As I go through the Old Testament I took note of one particular theme: GOD’s Holiness. God is holy and because we are His children, we ought to be holy too (Lev. 19:2), to be set apart for Him. God detests idolatry, in fact, it’s what stirs His wrath and judgment. A holy God cannot and will not stand the sight of unholiness. Not then, not now, not ever.

It’ll be too long to sum up everything here, but here’s something I deem to be very important: When Israel was about to go and conquer the land God had promised them, the first command was to DESTROY ALL THEIR IDOLS, destroy all the places where they worship their gods, completely erase the name of their gods and “Do NOT worship the LORD YOUR GOD in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods” (Deut. 12:2-4). 2 Kings 17:24-41 particularly caught my attention. It was when Assyria captured Samaria, and brought in foreigners to replace the people of Israel, “(v.25) But since these foreign settlers did not worship the Lord… the Lord…(v.26) has sent lions among them to destroy them because they have not worshiped him CORRECTLY… (v.28-29) So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria returned to Bethel and taught the new residents how to worship the Lord. But these various groups of foreigners also continued to worship their own gods…” In other words – this led to MIXED/ADULTERATED WORSHIP.

With this in mind, I am truly baffled as to why some “Christian” churches are adapting/incorporating eastern religious practices (e.g. yoga), new age mysticism and other pagan practices in their worship....