0794. 776. Sins of God’s People

776. Sins of God’s People

When we turn to the pages of God’s Word we find that the origin of many evils we have today, and which have been, would never have arisen if God’s people had been true to Him in the past.

1. If Abram had not listened to the voice of Sarah in committing fornication with Hagar, there would have been no Arab difficulty today—Gen_16:2, Gen_16:12, Gen_16:15; Gen_21:21.

2. If Lot had never gone down to Sodom and been associated with Sodom in marrying a Sodomite, his nameless wife would never have been turned into a pillar of salt—Gen_19:26.

3. If Lot had not got drunk and committed incest with his daughters, the nations of Moabites and the Ammonites, which became such scourges to Israel, would never have been in existence—Gen_19:30-38.

4. If Jacob had guarded his daughter Dinah, as he should have done, his sons would not have committed murder in slaying her seducer and the innocent men affiliated with Shechem—Genesis 34.

5. But for the evil of concubinage, Amalek, Israel’s enemy, would never have been in existence—Gen_36:12.

6. But for the evil influence of Balaam, the children of Israel would not have committed fornication with the daughters of Moab—Numbers 25; Rev_2:14.

7. But for the sin of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, the enemies of the Lord would not have had occasion to blaspheme—2Sa_12:14.

8. But for the sinning brother in the Church of Corinth, the leaven of wickedness would not have been present, and the evil would not have been allowed to remain if the Church had not been in a carnal state—1Co_5:1-7.

9. The strictures from Christ upon the Churches in Asia would not have been made if they had been in a right condition—Revelation 2 and Revelation 3.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH