# 323 The Church of the Lumpy Rug

The Book of Genesis

Day 323

Ge 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I." 31 But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a harlot?"

Do you catch a bit of an age old vibe here? It seems like it is still with us today. Let’s sweep this incident under the rug, I mean, what will the neighbors think? Let’s not draw attention to the sins that are silently being accepted in the church today.  We don’t want to offend anyone or scare anyone away from church do we?

And the boys answered, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?” Should we let this sin go unchallenged. Should we look the other way when sexual immorality and other sins rise up in the church? Should not someone speak up for God’s plan regarding sex and life? Shouldn’t someone sound the warning found in 1Co 6:9,10? “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”

We should not live this way, and according to the next verse, we don’t have to live this way!  11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Don’t let these sins identify you! Let your identity be found in the spot free and wrinkle free Son of God!  There’s a big difference between a church with lumpy rugs and those who would seek to be found without spot or wrinkle.

Pray: Father thank You for this promise found in Your Word. Help us to realize the seriousness of our sins. Lead us to trust Jesus for our forgiveness and salvation. For there is no other name by which we must be saved.