Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 131

Why I Believe What I Believe

Day 131

Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

It only takes one generation to turn away from God. The children of those who served God mightily in one generation turned to serve Baalim (many images of gods). God even warned them this would take place. The question to ask is why did the next generation not know the LORD. There were altars and monuments all over the land to remind them of God and all that He had done but to no affect. The answer is simple. Knowing the Lord does not come from your relationship with your parents but with your relationship with the Lord. Every generation needs to make it personal.

Judges 2:1-11, And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. ²And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? ³Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. ⁴And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. ⁶And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. ⁷And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. ⁸And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. ⁹And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. ¹⁰And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. ¹¹And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:

Many claim the Lord but do not follow the Lord and are blinded to the fact that they do not know the Lord. Their true father the devil has deceived them with a lie. There can be entire generations grow up in church believing a lie and thinking they are ok. Only the true Word of God can show the light that reveals the darkness in which they are living. Unfortunately, when shown the darkness, these men turned on Jesus to stone Him.

John 8:39-47, They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. ⁴¹Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. ⁴²Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. ⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. ⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. ⁴⁵And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. ⁴⁶Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? ⁴⁷He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.