Bibledoorajar: Failure to Worship

    "Out, damned spot! out, I say!-"

                                                                           Lady MacBeth

              "Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality,      
                uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;"
                                                                Colossians 3:5

God had disrupted the comfort of the Egyptians glorious world by changing their water and sending frogs. The third plague, however, will not only disrupt their comfort but also their worship. It affected them in this way: No one could approach the altars of Egypt contaminated by filthy lice and their priests were not allowed to serve in a contaminated state. They religiously shaved their bodies and heads every third day and wore the purest linen garments to avoid any taint of uncleanness.  Now, with the third plague, God has shown this advancing world system that they are all unclean and unworthy to worship their gods. This plague that assaulted their very ability to approach their gods really impressed Pharoah's magicians. They said, " this is the finger of God."

It strikes me as odd how the magicians of Egypt could recognize the existence of a true and living God who could so easily disrupt not only their comfort but also their worship and not call on the Egyptians to bow down to Him. But that is still the way it is today, is it not? The lusts of the flesh which places mankind in the unclean category as with the Egyptians is still attacking our persons.

In the passage above, Paul speaks of how Christians must put to death uncleanness which is by another name idolatry. The verse makes Commandments number one (no other gods before me) and two (don't make for yourself idols)  more clear for the Christian. We enter the Holy of Holies to worship our God made clean by the blood of Jesus our High Priest who was without contamination. We daily crucify any uncleanness in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. We examine ourselves a lot always seeking out the contamination which is so bothersome to our worship. Thank you Father for making a way for us to worship you.