Truth to Take with You It is right to worship the One true God It is wrong to cling to our idols Exodus 2045a NIV You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above ID: 647392
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AMERICAN IDOL
Exodus 20:4-6 Pew Bible p. 74Slide2Slide3
Truth to Take with You
It is right to worship the One true God.
It is wrong to cling to our idols.Slide4
Exodus 20:4-5a NIV
You shall not make for yourself an idol
in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath
or in the waters below.
You shall not bow down to them
or worship them…Slide5
Exodus 20:4-5a KJV
Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth.
Thou
shalt
not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them…Slide6
Essence of the 2nd Commandment
Prohibits the manufacture of a tangible and visible image as an object for worship
Outlaws every sort of idolatry in any form whatsoeverSlide7
Psalm 115:8a
Those who make them [idols]
will be like them…Slide8
Romans 1:22-24
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. Slide9
Romans 1:22-24
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. Slide10Slide11
Ancient Idolatry Was…
Polytheistic—many godsHumanistic—person centered
Occultic—associated with demonsSlide12
1 Corinthians 10:14,19-20
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry… What do I mean then?
That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? Slide13
1 Corinthians 10:14,19-20
No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become
sharers in demons.
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The Allure of Idolatry
Easy Convenient“Guaranteed”
Self-centeredSelf-gratifyingSelf-indulgentPleasing to the senses
PopularSlide15
Exodus 20:5b-6
…for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me
and keep my commandments. Slide16
Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God,
you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. Slide17
Galatians 5:19-20
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry…
and things like these, of which I forewarn you,
just as I have forewarned you,
that those who practice such things
will not inherit the kingdom of God. Slide18
Truth to Take with You
It is right to worship the One true God,
and Him only. It is wrong to cling to our idols.Slide19
Challenge
Guard your hearts from idols.