This is idolatry, the total rejection of the One True God, and turning to worship and serve what is not divine. Their minds and souls are already possessed by Satan. But his accusers say that Jesus is possessed. Remember, in Hebrew, the language of the Old Testament, Satan means Accuser...
Apparently the faithful followers of Charlie Darwin believe the same is true of their hero; “With Charlie, all things are possible.”Darwin ex Machina. If that isn’t idolatry, it’s awfully close to it. When you read that over millions of years, a rat sized creature, by way of countl...
No idols. As for me and my house, we will serve the God. Idolatry is the key issue. Chapter 9 judges Idolatry is the key issue. While Israelites worship God. They believe there is only one God, He is all mighty, and he is invisible. Others like Gentiles, they believe there ...
“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will...
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;~ 2 Timothy 4:2-3 ...
Elijah is at the end of his prophetic career after having faithfully proclaimed the word of the LORD to a nation steeped in sin and idolatry. The people had made a half-hearted profession of faith in their God after the ”showdown” on Mt. Carmel but had no righteous king to encourage ...
In today’s chapter, Ezekiel is given a prophetic word for the elders who served as leaders of the exiles in Babylon. God warns them of the people’s continued idolatry and specifies that they have “set up idols in their hearts.” The original Hebrew is, however more aptly translated “...
Being Christian, following Jesus, means we aren’t trick or treating anymore—we don’t get to choose just one thing or the other—strengthorcompassion, patriotismorprophetic witness, righteousnessorrelationship. Resisting idolatry, whether of nation or party or religious institution or even of our...
In the midst of almost universal idolatry, God soon called out Abraham to be the father of the nation Israel. God ordained the nation Israel for specific purposes. God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham, to be interrupted by God’s discipline because of Israel’s disobedience and rebelli...
One of the subtitles the churchclaims for itselfis “Magnifying His Word Above All His Name”, and sadly, I fear this becomes blasphemy and idolatry in the case of this church. I hope I’m wrong, but such a position manifests an extremely skewed focus for this church. ...