Choose this day whom you will serve

[Job 21:14] Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
[See how ill affected they are to G-d and religion; they abandon them, and cast off the thoughts of them:
1. They dread the presence of G-d; they say unto Him, "Depart from us; let us never be troubled with the apprehension of our being under G-d's eye nor be restrained by the fear of Him." Or they bid Him depart as one they do not need, nor have any occasion to make use of. The world is the portion they have chosen, and take up with, and think themselves happy in; while they have that they can live without G-d. Justly will G-d say Depart (Matt. 25:41) to those who have bidden Him depart; and justly does He now take them at their word.
2. They dread the knowledge of G-d, and of His will, and of their duty to Him: We desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Those that are resolved not to walk in G-d's ways desire not to know them, because their knowledge will be a continual reproach to their disobedience, John 3:19.]
[15] What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
The two great bonds by which we are drawn and held to religion are those of duty and interest; now they here endeavor to break both these bonds asunder:
1. They will not believe it is their duty to be religious: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? How slightly they speak of G-d: As if He were a mere name, a mere code, or one they have nothing to do with and that has nothing to do with them.
How hardly they speak of religion. They call it a service, and mean a hard service. Is it not enough, they think, to keep up a fair correspondence with the Almighty, but they must serve Him, which they look upon as a task and drudgery.
How highly they speak of themselves: "That we should serve him; we who are rich and mighty in power, shall we be subject and accountable to Him? No, we are lords," Jeremiah 2:31.
2. They will not believe it is their interest to be religious: What profit shall we have if we pray unto Him? All the world are for what they can get, and therefore wisdom's merchandise is neglected, because they think there is nothing to be got by it. It is vain to serve G-d, Malachi 3:13, 14. Praying will not pay debts; perhaps serious godliness may hinder a man's preferment and expose him to losses; and what then? Is nothing to be called gain but the wealth and honor of this world? If we obtain the favor of G-d, and spiritual and eternal blessings, we have no reason to complain of losing by our religion. But, if we have not profit by prayer, it is our own fault (Isaiah 58:3, 4), it is because we ask amiss, James 4:3. Religion itself is not a vain thing; if it be so to us, we may thank ourselves for resting in the outside of it, James 1:26.
Sinners ask, not what is right, but what is for the profit of self. They forget, If religion costs self something, the want of it will cost self infinitely more and interest; now they here endeavor to break both these bonds asunder
Choose wisely for your choice affects your offspring!
Ex. 20:5: "Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me." That is the children, who have copied their parents' example.
Have we learned from past examples?