Verse from Judges

“并离弃耶和华，去事奉巴力和亚斯她录。”

士师记 2:13 

“So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.”

Judges 2:13 

There was a time when the Israelites had a rebellious attitude. After the death of Moses, Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land. Under his leadership, the Israelite’s served the Lord (Judg. 2:7). But after Joshua and the generation that outlived him died, the Israelites forgot God and what He’d done (v. 10). They rejected godly leadership and embraced sin (vv. 11–15).

Things improved when the Lord raised up judges (vv. 16–18), who served like kings. But when each judge died, the Israelites returned to defying God. Living as if they didn’t have anyone to answer to but themselves, they suffered devastating consequences (vv. 19–22). 

But that doesn’t have to be our reality. We can submit to the sovereign authority of the eternal Ruler —Jesus—because He is our living Judge and King of Kings.