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“Ephraim is a cake not turned” (Hos. 7:8).
Normally today, when we wish to bake a cake, we put it into an oven where the heat is properly distributed, and the cake bakes evenly from all sides. However, when we are making pancakes, we often use a griddle or a frying-pan. Since the heat comes only from one side of the griddle, it is necessary to flip the pancake after a minute or so, in order to cook it on both sides. If we fail to do this, the pancake will be cooked only on one side, and may be mushy and runny on the other side.
The name Ephraim is often used to represent a group of the tribes in Israel who had departed from the Lord. They had failed to keep separate from the nations around them, and were thus like a cake not turned. One side was for the Lord, and the other side for this world. The Lord had to condemn them for this kind of living.
As Christians we too can be like this. We can be half for the Lord and half for this world, and the Lord does not like this kind of cake. He wants us to be completely for Him! Let us not be like Ephraim!
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