“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” – Joshua 24:15 (NIV) All throughout the Old Testament, God’s people, Israel, struggled with their commitment to the LORD their God. They wavered back and forth between different foreign deities, bowing down to idols made of wood, stone, gold, and silver. They worshiped the golden calf at the foot of Mount Sinai when Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments and the Law of God. They also served it in Bethel and Dan after they split into two different countries! Today, we live in a world that is more full of different gods than in any other age of human history! Not only do we serve different gods with proper names such as Buddha, Allah, Shiva, Brahma, and V...
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