Half-baked cake, half-hearted followers

 “Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.” – Hosea 7:8

I can imagine what it would look like if I only bake one side of the cake or the pie and don't turn it over. It's neither a cake nor dough. One side is very browned; the other side is raw. It is to such an unappetizing cake that the Lord compares His people, who has mixed himself with other peoples and become like them.

God's people should not be an unturned cake. A Christian who is neither God-fearing nor world-loving, neither an unbeliever nor a devoted follower of Christ is like an unturned cake. He does not follow Christ with all his heart, but his heart is divided between God and the world. Like a half-baked and unturned cake is the Christian who outwardly obeys the Word of God, but whose heart is not changed. God doesn't need a half-baked cake; God doesn't need half-hearted followers.

 From my diary,

December 17 2023