FALSE IDOLS

WITNESS

9-16-13

FALSE IDOLS

Do you know what idolatry is

Basically it is

Putting something before God

And it has been going on

Since the beginning of time

Satan said to Eve,

“Did God really say

“You must not eat from any tree

In the garden”

Eve responds,

“We may eat from trees

in the garden

But God did say

“You must not eat fruit

From the fruit

That is in the middle of the garden

And you must not touch it

Or you will die”

Eve and Adam

Chose evil, chose Satan, chose fruit

Over the Word of God

Strike 1

Fast forward about 1400 years

And we find the Lord

Saying to Moses,

“Tell the Israelites this:

You have seen for yourselves

That I have spoken to you from heaven

Do not make any gods

To be along side me

Do not make for yourselves

Gods of silver or gods of gold”                                               Exodus 20:22-23

As the Lord is finishing speaking

To Moses on Mount Sinai

Aaron and the Israelite people

Are finishing building a golden calf

To put on an altar to worship

Then they said,

“These are your gods O Israel

Who brought you up out of Egypt”                                                    Exodus 32:4

Moses goes back down the mountain

Only to find the people

Worshipping the golden calf

Moses becomes so angry

That he destroys the two tablets of testimony

“The tablets were the work of God

The writing was the writing of God

Engraved on the tablets”                                                      Exodus 32:16

Fast forward about 600 years

And we find God himself

In the form of Jesus Christ

Walking the earth

He teaches us

The two greatest commandments

He teaches us

About forgiveness

He teaches us the Beatitudes

And gives us The Sermon on the Mount

Only to be betrayed

By a friend---with a kiss

For 30 pieces of silver

But he leaves with us the SPIRIT

The third person of the TRINITY

Known as our counselor

And active in the lives of his believers

But how many “TRUE” believers are left?

We are worshipping

The gods of materialism

The gods of sexual promiscuity

The gods of pornography

The gods of drug and alcohol addiction

And Lord only knows what else

EVERY DEPRAVITY

Known to man

I beseech you-me-ALL of us

To return to God

And IF you haven’t already done so

Put GOD AND FAMILY FIRST

“God is spirit

And his worshippers

Must worship in spirit and truth”

Have fun with your life

But keep God where he should be

NUMBER 1 IN YOUR LIFE

Robert P. Wallman

3-1-12

Ps        WITNESS       9-16-13