(Nuggets from Psalm 106:29)
INVENTIONS in this context are NEW WAYS OF COMMITTING SIN.
The children of Israel disobeyed God countless times and one of such was the occasion where they committed whoredom with the daughters of Moab in Shittim.
God commanded Moses to take all the heads of the people of Israel and execute them so that the fierce anger of God may be turned from Israel. Moses told the judges to slay all those who joined in the worship of Baal which was in the form of sexual immortality through which the people of Israel were seduced.
This was the moment Phinehas the son of Eleazar thrusted Zimri the Israelite, and Cozbi the midianite woman, just to make sure that the plague God had intended to release upon the children of Israel wouldn't be extreme, but even at that, this stubborness caused the death of 24,000 Israelites, the plague was a serious one.
The sad truth is that the women of Midian were employed by their rulers on the advice of Balaam in a deliberate plot to entangle the Israelites in heathen sins which would alienate them from the favour of God. While the Lord greatly punished Israel for their sins, He also took vengeance on those who enticed them into the evil inventions (Balaam precisely), and he, Balaam was also killed by the children of Israel (Joshua 13:22), due to his rebellion against God; his love for money led him to a disastrous end.
Trafficking with evil spirits through idolatrous practices, mingling with immoral people from other nations and worshiping their gods was such a disdainful act and showed how obstinate the nation Israel was, forgetting that GOD IS JEALOUS and wouldn't want such.
Today, there are various ways through which so-called Christians mingle with strange gods and idols: their addictions, habits, diverse lusts, immoral acts, all showing that they do not regard God.
Advancement in Technology has also led to inventions in sin. Things that were not possible centuries or decades ago are now possible through the aid of technology, and even believers are caught in the web, involving themselves in things that God hates and not seeing anything wrong in them.
As God responded to the stubbornness of the children of Israel with Plagues, He will not spare anyone who indulges in sinful Inventions in this dispensation.
God wants all those who call upon His name to DEPART FROM INIQUITY, and those who are still living in sin to REPENT and come to the knowledge of the truth, not just because you want to avoid plagues, but because you honor God and fear Him.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 151 OF 365 (2026)
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