However, these Gods and goddesses were everything but perfect for they within their own divinity fought, killed, committed adultery, stole from others, tricked, and destroyed whatever kept them from what they wanted.
Aphrodite
The story goes that Cronus who was the son of Uranus, had a fight and Cronus castrated Uranus and threw his parts into the sea. Sea foam began to form and from it, a beautiful woman raised, which would be known as Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and beauty.
She had the ability to make anything beautiful, and she could make humans fall in love with someone else or something else, put in the feelings of desire and lust for things that people coveted.
She will help you for a price whether it is money or just you being faithful to her in worship.
She did things no matter if it was deceitful, dishonest, or hurtful.
James 3:14-16
"But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice."
Everyone has desires and hopes, and wishes for things that they don’t have.
But when you are filled for only your own selfish desires, it’s hard to attain the things that God has for us.
When we fill ourselves of only things we lust for, we get blinded then things that are wrong seem right and things that are right seem unnecessary.
So when Aphrodite would do the things she did, it will affect not only the people she made fall in love, but it affected the people who they were their spouses, parents, children, sometimes even the whole Greek society because of fulfilling wishes of the selfish and giving tainted hope.
(*Note to self: Talk about summer camp how students were filled with the holy ghost, the vision and calling from God, how easy it is to see things clearly and how we are more receptive and accepting to the things God tells us when you’re isolated with nothing but the presence of God.)
James 3:17 "But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere."
When you fill yourself with God’s word, His dreams and vision, your desire will turn into His desires He has uniquely equipped for you.
Our God is about our best interests and what’s best for our lives.
He doesn’t have to scheme and be deceitful in order to give us the desires of our hearts.
Psalms 37:4 "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."
But the key to this is that you must take DELIGHT, gladness, acceptance in God himself, not only for the things He can do for you or just His blessings; only then will He give the desires of your heart, as long as the glory is Kingdom driven and not motivated for your own selfish reasons.
So how can a god who was only born for beauty, lust, love, and desire have the best interest for you?
SHE CAN'T!
But there is good news our God is FAULTLESS!
He never had to be created for He always was, He didn’t have to create love because He is love.
John 1:1,3-5 (NLT)
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. [3] God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. [4] The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. [5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it."
Since God is already these things and He is our creator, in which we are created in His image, He created us with those things inside us as well.
Aphrodite encouraged people to covet and had no problems of breaking covenants between people.
She had a favorite son named Eros; also known as Cupid.
•Eros was equipped with a bow and arrow and the arrow was dipped in a love poison.
•Whoever Eros shot, that person will fall in love with the first person they see.
Aphrodite used Eros to make people fall in love with the person or the person that someone coveted over. But only sometimes will be it be out of good measure.
Difference between covet and covenant
•Covet: to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property. to wish for, especially eagerly.
•Covenant: an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
•the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture
When your God’s child there’s no need to covet over someone else’s stuff, husband, car, or whatever it is because He already has the things that are meant for you that He wants to give you.
When you put your own selfish desires and wants before His, you compromise the promises He gave us when we accepted Jesus as our savior.
Of course, there had to be a price paid in order for Aphrodite to call upon her son for your need. If you were that desperate for that love of the other person, you did everything you could to pay the price that Aphrodite gave for you to pay.
But God paid the ultimate price then showed the greatest love when He sent His only son Jesus Christ to die for our sins to give humanity everlasting life.
All we have to do is accept it!
It’s a gift, we don’t have to buy love from God, God is love and He already loves us.
For that reason alone makes Him FAULTLESS!
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