From this week’s parashah Matot-Masei (Tribes-Travels, Numbers 30:2-36:13), Rabbi Lawrence will deliver a message titled, “Idolatry Doesn’t Pay.” Last week, we learned about the very tragic results of immorality and idolatry. This week’s parashah and haftarah readings continue to emphasise the importance of faithfulness to God, the dangers of idolatry, and the inevitable consequences of rejecting God’s truth. Rejecting God and worshipping idols inevitably leads humanity down a path of moral and spiritual decay.
A key verse is, "Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.” (Jeremiah 2:11, ESV)