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From the Pastor:
“A cake not turned”
(Hosea 7:8) Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
The northern kingdom of Israel is described in this text as a cake not turned. Picture a pancake poured out on a hot griddle. Now picture not turning it over but allowing it to burn on one side and be uncooked on the other. It is not an appetizing thought is it? The picture is of inconsistency, Neither side is good of a cake not turned. Ephraim was not consistent. They were on one hand God's chosen people but on the other hand they were worshipers of Idols. They would see the power of God displayed and cry out, as they did when Elijah called down fire from heaven to consume the water soaked altar and sacrifice, “The Lord He is the God, The Lord He is the God.”
A people of faith who walk by sight are a cake not turned. They are inconsistent and not fit for the master's use. When we live wickedly like the world during the week and come to the house of God and worship as if we had done no wrong we are a cake not turned.
Jesus said “If the salt hath lost it savor wherewith shall it be salted.” He went on to say it was good for nothing. If we live before the world a life that is not consistent with the teachings of God's word we are a cake not turned. Living outside the will of God causes us to be ineffective in winning the lost to Christ.
By diligently doing all things for the glory of God, by being obedient to God's every command, we present to the world the consistency that will cause them to see our unchanging God. When God is real to us and we really fear Him we will not be a cake unturned but rather a vessel unto honor in the cause of Christ.