Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
Matthew 4:10 (NIV)
We serve whom we worship, we worship whom we serve.
The Lord knew this - and He used that knowledge to escape Satan’s trap - do we grasp this?
We read in Amos 2:4 that the destruction that will come upon Judah is the result of Judah rejecting God’s Way as laid out in His laws and decrees, because they are being led astray by false gods. They didn’t grasp what the Lord Jesus knew - whom we serve is whom we worship, whom we worship is whom we serve. The people of Israel thought that how they lived didn’t need to line up with God’s Way, they felt as long as they went to the temple and gave God what God 'wanted', they could live however they wanted to. What a mistake they made- for whom you serve is who you worship.
If you serve yourself, constantly- everything you do is with yourself in mind - well then you are a self worshiper not a God worshiper.
If you serve money, constantly- everything you do is with money in mind - well then you are a money worshiper not a God worshiper.
This is how Satan works, for his demons, and his world system are all working to point us towards our self-gratification and self-protection, knowing that God’s people are easily deceived into thinking they can worship God while serving themselves. We can justify anything, we give ourselves reasons as to why we don’t have to follow the clear directions we have been given by our Lord and His apostles. Whom are we serving as we engage in behaviour that is contrary to God’s revealed Way?
It is written - Worship the LORD your God, and serve Him only!
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