They were the ruin of him.
“For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.”
– 2 Chronicles 28:23
You can train a parrot to say the right things… “And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir’: and went not.” – Matthew 21:30
[Revelation 12:17] And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
It was not a momentary lapse. “For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.” – Hebrews 12:17 NKJV
It’s time to put away sin. “And he said unto me, ‘Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.’” – Daniel 8:14 KJV
[Psalm 91:7] “A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but…”
[Philippians 3:13,14] “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those…”