”And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.“
Judges 17:5 KJV
Now Micah had a shrine, and he made some idols and a counterfeit ephod and ordained one of his sons as his priest. Micah means “Yahweh the Incomparable”. Micah attempted to begin his own religious system of worship, complete with a priestly ephod to be worn by Micah’s priest, not God’s. The Tent of Yahweh’s Presence was in Shiloh. False idols and worship began in spite of God’s commandments. This troubled Israel then and now troubles the Church today. Man-made spirituality brings its own cycle of self-deception. Mankind still offends God by replacing objective divine standards with anarchy and moral relativism. Even though Jesus Christ has freed humanity from the bondage of all sin, people still disregard His Supreme Sacrifice and the Word of God, choosing to do whatever they want to. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the people of God may be perfect, throughly furnished to all good works. Let’s choose to mature in our faith to serve God in truth, especially in this time of great deception and false Gospel preaching. Amen!
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