An extract from Bill Bullock:
"The Worship of Ba'al Pe'or was, in reality, not worship of a god - even a false god - at all; it was the Exact Opposite of worship. It was the adoption of irreverence - the fear of no god, and the acceptance of no bounds on personal behavior - as one's way of life.
This licentious Philosophy is very easy to embrace. Such a philosophy calls every perversion normal, and labels every restriction of morality - or even what most men would consider common decency - 'prudish' and 'unenlightened'.
After all, if nothing is sacred, nothing is vile.
Oh Israel, what are you doing? This 'nothing is sacred, nothing is vile' philosophy is the exact opposite of the Holy One's plan for you. The Holy One has set you as a shining kingdom of priests, to shed the Holy One's moral and spiritual light abroad in the world and to make distinction between the holy and the profane and between that which is t'hor and that which is tamei.
Purity is your shield, Beloved, please, please, do not drop your shield!"
We need to live the Word, only then do we reflect what is pure! Only then do we reflect the Messiah. Do not conform to this world! Speak the Truth to those you love - even if it hurts...
If you really love somebody, you will not tell the lie, but only the Truth...even if they won't listen. One day EVERYBODY WILL know the Truth!
Proverbs 16:17-21, 25
"The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
Than to devide the plunder with the proud.
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.
Whoever trusts in then Holy One is blessed.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death. "
"The Worship of Ba'al Pe'or was, in reality, not worship of a god - even a false god - at all; it was the Exact Opposite of worship. It was the adoption of irreverence - the fear of no god, and the acceptance of no bounds on personal behavior - as one's way of life.
This licentious Philosophy is very easy to embrace. Such a philosophy calls every perversion normal, and labels every restriction of morality - or even what most men would consider common decency - 'prudish' and 'unenlightened'.
After all, if nothing is sacred, nothing is vile.
Oh Israel, what are you doing? This 'nothing is sacred, nothing is vile' philosophy is the exact opposite of the Holy One's plan for you. The Holy One has set you as a shining kingdom of priests, to shed the Holy One's moral and spiritual light abroad in the world and to make distinction between the holy and the profane and between that which is t'hor and that which is tamei.
Purity is your shield, Beloved, please, please, do not drop your shield!"
We need to live the Word, only then do we reflect what is pure! Only then do we reflect the Messiah. Do not conform to this world! Speak the Truth to those you love - even if it hurts...
If you really love somebody, you will not tell the lie, but only the Truth...even if they won't listen. One day EVERYBODY WILL know the Truth!
Proverbs 16:17-21, 25
"The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
Than to devide the plunder with the proud.
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.
Whoever trusts in then Holy One is blessed.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death. "
