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Genesis 6, 1Samuel < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>2:12-17

Dishonesty, immorality and cheating are the relatives of corruption. Any believer who claims to know God and is constantly caught up with any act of corruption an evidence of actually not knowing God. It is written and confirmed in the Scripture that corruption is an evidence of not knowing God. Eli sons were referred to in 1 Samuel 2:12, ÒNow the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the LORD.Ó Corruption was the sin of Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli. Eli became part of the sin because he lost control of his two sons and this led to corruption.  The sin of corruption led to a generational curse on EliÕs family and it also lead to his death and the death of his two sons on the same day. God is a good God and He will never do wicked; except man chose to enter into wickedness and wickedness have its reward. The reward of wickedness is destruction. Corruption becomes an eternal terminator when man decides to live a life of corruption. Throughout the pages of Scripture, there is no one testimony that is favorable to corruption. In the Bible days, it was not favorable and today it cannot be favorable for corruption because the same God that was is the same God that is today. The earlier one steps out of corruption and seeks God for forgiveness, the better it is. The fact that you are still getting away with corruption in your name or in the Name of the Lord is not an evidence of escape, success or prosperity. You can believe that judgment will come. In the days of Noah, corruption is what brought the whole population down into eternal termination through the flood. Genesis 6:11-12 testifies to the effect of corruption, ÒThe earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earthÓ. The same God that looked upon the earth then is still looking upon the earth today. He will not be longsuffering forever in regard to what His creation is doing that does not glorify His Name. It is wise for every man, including self-claimed believers, to have a clear understanding that the work of their hands will not be hidden forever. The Lord God sees all and He knows all.