Though we do mighty exploits in His name, or whether we have spiritual gifts, or whether we set up seven altars tree times, we cannot change the mind of God on that he has spoken. “Jacob have I loved; Esau have I hated.” Men are by nature liars. Their worship of God is based on lies. They do not understand His faithfulness. They think God can be influenced to change His mind by outward acts of obedience, even if this means that God would be going against His own word. Such is the depravity of man. So this breeds hypocrisy among the religious.

The sin of Balaam was not that he was a prophet. Nor was it because he prophesied correctly. His sin was this: He felt that he ought to get a little recompense for his gift and was willing to curse Israel for hire. If Balaam had cursed Israel, the story might have never made it into the Bible. There are probably plenty of cases of prophets cursing Israel. What makes this story special is that even though Balaam wanted to curse Israel, he couldn’t. It is referred to in the New Testament three times. Peter says something about the “madness of the prophet.” His sin, according to Peter, was that he “loved the wages of unrighteousness.” He is an example of “beguiling unstable souls, whose heart is exercised with covetous practices”, “having eyes full of adultery.” Jude says, “they have run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward.” Revelation also speaks of sexual sin: “You have those that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.”

There are many today in the Christian churches that think they love Christ and appear to be very loving. They smile and have very soft voices. They are active in all sorts of social programs. They are very well spoken of in the modern church because, on the outside, they are gentle and kind. However, they are beguiling souls. They practice deceit and the church loves it so. They practice fornication and adultery. They are always seeking to buy new things to satisfy their appetite for the world’s goods. They allure those who are barely escaped from the pollution of the world by promising them love and caring. They turn the righteous away from pilgrimage to Zion. “Let us take our fill of love,” they say, “For the good man of the house is away.” They are very religious: “I have paid my vows,” they say, truthfully.

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning,” (and they attach the name of Jesus to it to make sure they snare the unwary). “Let us delight ourselves with caresses,” they say. Of course, they hide their true intent under Christian sounding phrases such as “let us delight ourselves in the Lord,” thus adding to their hypocrisy. They stroke each other’s egos and call it love. They consume themselves with the cares of this world and call it love. They refuse to acknowledge sin and call it love. They are covetous, adulterers and fornicators. More and more of them are homosexuals. These are the children of the curse, as it says in 2 Peter 2:14.

If you are one of these who refuses to acknowledge this sin of adultery in your midst, then only the wrath of God and destruction await you. But if you recognize your sin and hate it, then may God richly bless you and give you strength to repent.

The whorish woman, as found in Proverbs 7:19, says “Let us delight ourselves in caresses, for the Man is not at home, He has gone on a long journey…”

Jesus said this: “But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.” Luke 12:45.

God does not lie. He does not make empty threats or threatening gestures. God is not a man that He should lie. God’s promises are sure to those who listen and act on what they know. May the Spirit of Truth show you who Jesus Christ really is.

- Chris Simonson

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