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The central spiritual warning is to avoid coveting things that lead to a spiritual downfall or are intended for self-advantage and pleasure.
King Ahaz of Judah, the son of Jotham, serves as a primary example of the dangers of coveting forbidden things.
While visiting Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, Ahaz saw a heathen altar that he immediately coveted.
Ahaz sent a detailed model and exact pattern of the foreign altar to Urijah the priest to have it replicated.
Urijah the priest followed the king’s instructions and completed the construction of the altar before Ahaz returned from Damascus.
Coveting things that are not “decent to order” results in various problems rising against an individual.
The teaching emphasizes that believers often experience a “back fall” when they desire things for the purpose of self-advantage.
The lesson is based on the scriptural account found in 2 Kings 16:10-
[10]King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw there their [heathen] altar. King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a model of the altar and an exact pattern for its construction.11]So Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, finishing it before King Ahaz returned.
We realise that
The overarching message is that looking upon and desiring worldly or heathen structures can lead to spiritual compromise
The teaching includes reflective questions to help the reader process Ahaz’s motivations and actions in Damascus.
Reflective questions about the teaching
a) Who is king Ahaz as realised upon in perspective?
b) For what purpose did He go to Damascus?
c) What is that which He coveted that was in Damascus?
d) What did He instruct Uriah to do as realised upon to thus?
e) How does this teaching relate to our everyday pattern of life?
d) Give some of the lessons in view you learn from our teaching
Confession prayer
Dear Lord Jesus I declare that I will not covet that which doesn’t give you glory in Jesus name amen