Idolatry

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Idolatry
Exodus 32 Aaron made a Golden Calf
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• 2 Chronicles 331-10
• Manasseh - King of Judah
• Began to reign when 12
• Was the king for 55 years
• Did much evil
• Altars for Baal

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Manasseh
He even set a carved image, the idol which he
had made, in the house of God, of which God had
said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this
house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out
of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name
forever 2 Chronicles 337
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I. What is Idolatry ?

• Idol
• picture or copy, figure of man
• images of gods copy

the worship of a physical object as a god
(Websters)
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Ex 203-4 1st 2nd commandments 3. You shall
have no other gods before Me. 4. "You shall not
make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness
of anything that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth
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Leviticus 261 Ye shall make you no idols nor
graven image, neither rear you up a standing
image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone
in your land, to bow down unto it for I am the
LORD your God.
Photographs are not wrong Sculptures are not wrong
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II. How did Idolatry Start ?

• Men worshipped different things
• Stones
• Animals
• Heavenly bodies
• Rivers
• gods and goddesses

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• Many idols or gods invented
• Ceres fruits of earth
• Esculapius god of medicine
• Mercury trade
• Mars wars and battles
• Apollo learning

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Men trust in gods because they are ignorant of
Gods power Romans 121-25 describes process
V. 23 And changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted
beasts, and creeping things.
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III. What does the Bible say About Idolatry ?

• Exodus 203-6 1st 2nd
• Deut. 423 172,3 2715
• make you a graven image
• served other gods
• graven image - abomination

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• 1 Kings 1228 Whereupon the king took counsel,
  and made two calves of gold, and said unto them,
  It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem
  behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up
  out of the land of Egypt.
• Jeroboam
• Dan and Bethel

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2 Kings 1029 However Jehu did not turn away
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden
calves that were at Bethel and Dan. 2 Kings 132
Jehoahaz followed the sins of Jeroboam
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Gal.520 idolatry- image worship Eph. 55
...who is an idolater Rev. 218
idolaters Rev. 2215 idolaters Col. 35
covetousness which is idolatry 1 Cor.69-10
idolaters
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IV. What must we do About Idolatry ?
For they themselves declare concerning us what
manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned
to God from idols to serve the living and true
God, 1 Thes. 19
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But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by
these plagues, did not repent of the works of
their hands, that they should not worship demons,
and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and
wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
Rev. 920
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1 John 521 Little children, keep yourselves
from idols. 1 Cor. 1014 Therefore, my
beloved, flee from idolatry. Acts 1716 Now
while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly
given to idolatry.
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How can we practice Idolatry ?
Anything that comes between us and God. A
substitute for the living God
Car House Clothes
Money Sexual sins Recreation
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Idolatry
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children to the third and fourth generations of
those who hate Me, Exodus 205
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Idolatry
Isa. 428 I am the LORD that is my name and my
glory will I not give to another, neither my
praise to graven images.
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Idolatry
John 424 God is a Spirit and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.
Matt. 633 - Seek God first
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Idolatry
Jer. 105 RSV Their idols are like scarecrows
in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak they
have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Be not
afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither
is it in them to do good.
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evan
scoc_at_bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org S
unday Evening June 15, 2008