Sin Stinks...Literally

Exodus 16:21-30 offers an interesting illustration of disobedience.

God told Moses to tell the people of Israel to collect manna daily, never keeping it overnight. But one day a week, they could collect a double amount for the Sabbath.

Some of the people obeyed. Others thought they were wiser than God. They decided their lives would be easier if they only had to collect manna once or twice a week instead of every day. 

However, when they did this, their leftovers were “full of maggots and began to smell.” 

What a good illustration of disobedience. It stinks!

People today also think they are wiser and more reasonable than God. They ignore God's warnings about immoral lifestyles, thinking their lives will be easier if they fit in with culture.

However, they will one day find out that their sins stink worse than the manna.

God's purpose in the daily collection of manna was to teach the people the importance of obeying His Word: 

“He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 8:3).

That truth was repeated by Jesus during His earthly ministry:

“It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God’” (Matthew 4:4).

So let's trust God's Word, not our human wisdom, and let's repent in any areas where we've ignored His warnings (1 John 1:8-10).

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