November 18, 2024 – What Is An Abomination?

What Is An Abomination?
November 18, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 28:8-11
 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

 

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    What is an abomination? We hear of the term abomination several times throughout the Word of God. Leviticus 18 says homosexuality is an abomination. Deuteronomy 18 says psychics (those that consult spirits), witchcraft, and horoscopes (observers of times) are an abomination to God. Even Jesus said the end of time is marked by what is described as the “Abomination of Desolation” (Mark 13:14). So, what is an abomination? What does it mean?

 

    If you look up ‘abomination’ in most dictionaries, you will find it referred to as something that stinks like rotten flesh. It is offensive, detestable, or something filthy. One definition describes abomination as something ‘worthless as water polluted by dead fish.’ No matter how you look at it, ‘abomination’ is something very undesirable.

 

    In today’s text, we read that if we disregard hearing the law, even our own prayers to God become an abomination to Him. This means that if we read or hear what the Bible says but totally disregard or ignore it, our prayers become something offensive or very undesirable to God.

 

    The Psalmist also wrote, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” (Psalm 66:18). What stops God from hearing our prayers, then? It’s not sin; it’s our heart’s attitude toward sin. God will always hear a truly repentant heart, and He will then heal and forgive us for every sin.

 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    The notion that we can persist in our sins and expect a Holy God to simply overlook them is unfounded. He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die for our sins so that we could be cleansed from them, not to remain immersed in them. Repent (turn away from your sins) and be purified, becoming as white as snow.

 

We must then ask ourselves,
is there anything in my life
that God would see
as an abomination?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: November 18, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
  Acts 18 – Acts 20
  Proverbs 28:8 – 11

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Ezekiel 13-16
  James 1