Rev Wendy Watson:
Sermon: No Idols
Text: Exodus 20:1-8
QUOTE: Os Guiness
Of Idolatry
HUGE in the Bible
DOMINANT in our personal lives
yet IRRELAVENT in our mistaken estimate
Some idols are easy to identify
Statues
Deities
Tablets
Secret Societies
Others less so
Yet they all destroy us
The bible is big on idolatry
#1 issue
More than 50 laws about idolatry in the first 5 books of the bible
The penalty for idolatry is death
Idolatry is a big deal for God
Kyle Littleman : book： "gods at war"
"Every sin we struggle with:
Discouragement
Lack of purpose
Is because of idolatry"
Idolatry is the worship of wrong things
What is worship?
Worship is a heart thing
Praise
Intentionally following
Adore
Serve
Who, what do we worship??
We were created by God to worship him
What and where are the idols in our life?
Where do we place our
Time
Money
Focus
Listen to?
Internet search engines place sex and pornography and video as top searched topics
What does your data search show?
QUOTE
I talk to people every week who are hurting.
They come to me
Unload their troubles
They are actually talking about their symptoms rather than their problem
The problem is idolatry.
Case Study #1
Businessman
Caught for cheating income tax
Worried about family and reputation
Why did you do it?
Don't know
Is money what drives you?
"Never thought of it that way"
Case Study #2
Girl wants to move out, live with boyfriend
Have you thought of what you are doing to your future husband?
This relationship probably will not last
You are prepared to disobey God and disobey your parents?
Seems to me that you have turned thus relationship into a god
"Never thought of it that way"
Case Study #3
Ordinary guy
Started on pornorgraphy since young
Images burned into his soul
Changed the way I relate to momen
An itch I cannot satisfy
Need to scratch harder and harder
"My brother,
you think you have a lust problem but actually you have a worship problem: you worship sex"
"You need to ask yourself
'Will I worship God or will I worship sex'"
"Never thought of it that way"
Case Study #4
The Haze
Root problem is idolatoru
God of money is being worshipped
"Do I have a part in this"
Haze is a good reminder
As long as haze remains
Daily ask God
What are the idols in my life
Prayer is the only offensive weapon available to us
Leads to
Confession
Forgiveness
Repentance
Reconciliation
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