Welcome to the living word of God in genesis chapter 35 verses 2 and Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him put away the foreign Gods that are among you purify yourself and change your garments and why did he say this to his household and all the people who were with him because he said God have asked me to come to battle the house of gold and God who had answered me in the days of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone oh brothers and sisters Jacob was told to leave Shechem land of trouble the land where they got into trouble where his sons had committed and he will act in the sight of God and to the people and God told them leave Shechem and go to Bethel and Jacob say to go to bethel we got to do three things Jacob told all his people
throw away put away all the foreign Gods that are among you purify yourself and change your garments oh brothers and sisters they’ll listen and the message is the same for us in order to leave this worldly sinful place not to be with and be a part of the evil world God is inviting us into his presence but the message is in order to come into the presence of God in order to come to that awesome place where God is we’ve got to put away our foreign Gods what are our foreign Gods what are the idols that you are worshiping is it money is it position is it power entertainment technology friends what is holding you back from coming to God
put away all these foreign Gods something that is number one before God purify yourself and this is what Jacob said we’re going to Purify ourselves with Jesus and his blood and Jacob told his household and all the people change your garment oh brothers and sisters we’ve got to change our garment change these filthy racks of sin and change into the righteous garment of Jesus and then come into that awesome place of God change your garment purify yourself and throw away all the foreign Gods and come to God may God bless us. Amen