The First Commandment declares we are to worship God (Yahweh/Jehovah, the Holy Triune God of the Bible) alone. The Second Commandment proclaims how we are to worship Him. Paul in Romans 1:18–32 tells us that fallen humanity’s tendency is not toward atheism but rather to idolatry. Having rejected the God who does exist, sinners are prone not … More Devotional Thought – “Images” – 08/15/2024
Biblically, want and desire are used pretty much interchangeably. It usually refers to the desire/wants or lack thereof in our relationship with God. Dictionary.com defines want with terms like craving, need, and requirement. It can also mean the lack of those same things. Desire implies craving, soliciting, having aspirations for, and even hunger. Issues (sin) … More Devotional Thought – “Found Wanting” – 0612/2024
IDOL and IDOLATRY. These things have been generally confined to the idea of the worshipping of creatures or images, but, in fact, may be properly applied to every thing which men set up in their hearts to regard, and which tend to the lessening their reverence for the Lord. (Exod. 20:3, 4. Ezek. 14:1, 5.) … More Sunday Sermon Series – Plus – 07/09/2023
The God of contemporary Christianity! (A.W. Tozer) LISTEN to audio! Download audio (You will find it helpful to listen to the audio above, as you read the text below.) “These things you have done, and I kept silent. You thought that I was altogether like you! But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face!” Psalm 50:21 The … More Friday’s Feature Quote – Plus Other Interesting Reads
ISAIAH 41 CONTEXT: While our text for today maybe the most know and quoted from Isaiah 41, the whole chapter is packed with riches of God’s Holy Word. Matthew Henry breaks it downs as follows: This chapter, as the former, in intended both for the conviction of idolaters and for the consolation of all God’s … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/27/2022
An annual survey of Bible-reading Americans shows a huge and terribly sad drop in those who open up the Word a few times a year but a longtime Christian apologist says the dramatic drop lines up with a certain virus from China. According to the yearly State of the Bible survey by the American Bible Society, Americans … More Bibles literally gathering dust in post-pandemic U.S.
Exodus 20:5 CONTEXT: It should be obvious even to the non-believer that Exodus Chapter 20 is all about the Mosaic Law, the Ten Commandments. Our text for today deals explicitly with the commandment against Idolatry. While he making of a image and worshipping it in place of God is a clear violation of this command … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/25/2021
1 Corinthians 10 This chapter is all about a reminder to remember how the nation of Israel continually disobeyed God, and for the Corinthians not to make the same mistakes. Probably the most recognized and most wrongly quoted verse is v.13, There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but … More Devotioanl Thought for Today – 01/20/2021
Ah, sinful nation, A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing], Offspring of evildoers, Sons who behave corruptly! They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord, They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger], They have turned away from Him. Is 1:4(AMP) When I was growing up we had hero’s … More Idols in America
Deuteronomy 4:15–31 “Beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them” (v. 19). Idolatry was the main reason why it was necessary for the Creator to remind His people of His … More Beware of Idolatry
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