Friday, July 24, 2015

Refuge

Deuteronomy 23:15-17 – If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them. No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.

Psalm 2:12 – Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Exodus 34:15 – “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.

Micah 1:7 – All her idols will be broken to pieces; all her temple gifts will be burned with fire; I will destroy all her images. Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes, as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

Application:

  • ·         Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  • ·         Partaking of food sacrificed to a pagan deity invites compromise.
  • ·         Prostitution is often an Old Testament symbol for idolatry or spiritual unfaithfulness.



All Scripture verses taken from NIV

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