Psalm 119:3 “They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.” Comment: Everyone has a general idea of what the word iniquity means. However few understand it’s origin! The word in Hebrew means to be wicked, dishonest, depraved, unjust and or unrighteous! So where is this word used the first time in your Bible? It is used in Genesis 4:13. However even though it is the same Hebrew root word as in Psalm 119:3 the translators use a different English word! In Genesis the translators use the English word punishment rather than iniquity! Cain said, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.” My iniquity is greater than I can bear! So how does one come to do iniquity? Iniquity is the penalty for sin! A bad dude is not a bad dude because he is a bad dude! He is a bad dude because he is receiving his wages for sin! The wages of sin is what? Death! Iniquity is turning the truth into a lie! In the Garden of Eden Satan convinced Adam and Eve to believe a lie that God did not mean what he said! Surely God has not said? Go ahead and eat of the fruit on this forbidden tree! You will then be wise like God (Pride). You will not die! Satan did not tell her the wages were going to be sin and death! Iniquity is a function of sin! Iniquity comes naturally to every human that has ever lived! However redemption is supernatural! God takes our iniquities upon himself and pays the price for our sin! He takes our penalty of iniquity for our sin upon himself! He dies for us! He takes our guilty plea! This is what the Cross is about! There is no redemption outside of Christ! No religion will die for you but it will kill you! Until the source of our iniquity is cut off no remedy will work! No good works will pay the price for our sin! Send them to prison yet when out they do it all over again! There has to be a supernatural work of God! Jesus said you must be born again! If we confess our sin he is faithful and just to forgive us our sin! The way Satan even today destroys lives is to cut them off from Christ! To mock Christ and his followers! Through political correctness not to mention his name! To take down Crosses! To remove the Ten Commandments from Courthouses! To remove nativity scenes! To attack political leaders who support Christianity! To take Christians to court! If the political left is successful at these attacks then iniquity will be the Ruler of our Land! God Bless America! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
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Strange Fire! Leviticus 10:1
The Hebrew verb means to be a stranger or foreigner! It can also mean to go astray. It means to do something outside the Law of God! This same word is used several times in Proverbs to describe an adulterous woman! Nothing could be more serious than to be a stranger with God! Sin will make us strangers with God! None of us want to hear the words of Jesus, “Depart from me you workers of iniquity for I never knew you!” You might think fire is fire? Water is water? Water saved Noah and his family but destroyed the rest of the world! Fire can purify or destroy! God prescribed a very detailed prescription for worship to Moses for the Tabernacle! The sons of Aron, Nadab and Abihu were careless and ignored the procedures and preparations for worship! They were also drunk! They were living outside God’s instructions and outside His plans for and purpose for them! The results were disaster! Ananias and Sapphira got into the same trouble! The Old Testament sacrificial system was a shadow of what was to come in the New Testament! Jesus Christ the Son of God made the final sacrifice for sin for us that made us friends and not strangers to God! The Cross is a bridge to Heaven! Some today treat Christ with the same contempt as Nadab and Abihu did! Some treat Christ as Judas did today! Christ becomes a money racket! Religion today tries to Crucify Christ again! Keep Christ in the grave so I can take over! God does not change so we need to change! When God sees our worship to Him through the Blood of His Son our worship becomes acceptable to Him! Approaching God any other way will make you a stranger to God and separated from Him forever! Choose Christ today! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com