Matt 4:24

1. Matt 4:24 “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you.”

3. The Idolatry of Technology When Technology Trumps Spirituality

4. Idolatry • When We Think of Idolatry We Often Think of Temples and Statues.

5. Idolatry • Do We Think Of…

6. What Does Idolatry Look Like Today? • The Big Difference Today Is That Our Idols (for the most part) Are Morally Neutral. • They Are Not Wrong In Themselves. • But That Doesn’t Mean They Don’t or Can’t Cause Spiritual Hazards. • Technology Can Make You a Slave!

7. What Does Idolatry Look Like Today? Rom 6:16 “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?” Rom 16:18 “For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites.”

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13. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • I use my device because it has my Bible on it. • Is it undistracted use? • What happens when you get a text? A Facebook alert? • This is how we honor God?

14. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Ps 96:9 “Worship the Lord in holy attire; Tremble before Him, all the earth.”

15. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Eph 5:18-20 “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.”

16. When Technology Trumps Spirituality Eph 5:15-16 “Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.”

17. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Are There Times When Technology Just Takes Too Much of Our Time?

18. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Phil 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.”

19. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Technology Has a Lot to Offer That is Good, Beneficial, and Right. • But It Can Easily Take Our Mind Away, Distract Us, From Those Things Our Mind is to be Set On.

20. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • Matt 5:29 “And if your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”

21. Questions We Need to Ask • Does Technology Help Me to Focus on God or Distract Me From Him? • Does It Help Me Make the Most of My Time or Make Me Waste Time? • Does It Help Me to Be More Godly or Does It Make Me More Worldly?

22. Don’t Let Technology Become Your Idol • Rom 14:16 “Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil.”

24. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • In a Recent Survey 50% of Teenagers Admit That They are Addicted to Their Phones. • Technology Has Effected the Way We Communicate and Not Always in a Good Way. • Handwriting, Note Taking, Grammar Have All Been Affected Negatively.

25. When Technology Trumps Spirituality • The #1 Addiction In Our Country Is Not Alcohol, Drugs, Sex, But Is the Cell Phone. • “The Dopamine Effect” – Texts, Social Media Updates all Trigger This. • Companies Are Spending Vast Amounts of Money to Place Addictive Elements into Their Technology, Rewarding Users to Addictive Behavior.