S2-123 CONVERSION—A NECESSITY

The essence of this lesson is: "Take heed to yourselves, that your heart, be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them" (Deuteronomy 11:16). Other gods today are not carved of stone; they are idols of the heart that rob us of our devotion to God. Winston Churchill wrote, "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."  God's people are prone to rebellion and backsliding. It has repeatedly happened through the centuries, both in Old and New Testament history. "They forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger." (Judges 2:12)