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Avoiding Idols: The Path to Genuine Worship

Discover the dangers of idol worship and its impact on faith and life. Learn how to avoid counterfeits and focus on true worship that brings freedom and fulfillment.

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Avoiding Idols: The Path to Genuine Worship

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  1. Highly Healthy Homes of Ten Habits

  2. Habit 2 Avoid The Counterfeits Exodus 20:4-6

  3. Exodus 20:4-6 Do not make idols of any kind, whether in the shape of birds or animals or fish.

  4. Exodus 20:4-6 You must never worship or bow down to them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god!

  5. Exodus 20:4-6 I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.

  6. Exodus 20:4-6 But I lavish my love on those who love me and obey my commands, even for a thousand generations.

  7. anything that takes the focus off God and puts it on something else Idols

  8. anything that is first in my life besides God becomes an idol – even if it is good Idols

  9. 3 primary gods • Baal, god of sex • Mammon, god of money • Molech, god of violence Idols

  10. in modern culture, we don’t worship objects as much as we worship ideas and images Idols

  11. we try to make God over in our image so we won’t feel condemned by His commands Idols

  12. Genesis 2:16-17 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

  13. Genesis 2:16-17 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

  14. The devil tries to portray God as the TAKER, when He is really the GIVER.

  15. James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  16. Deuteronomy 4:15-16 For your own good … don’t sin by making an idol in any form at all.

  17. What Idols Do To Me

  18. Idols will disappoint me

  19. Jeremiah 10:14 Those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless.

  20. Idols will dominate me

  21. 1 Corinthians 12:2 [Before you knew Christ] you were controlled by dead idols, who always led you astray.

  22. An idol has two inevitable effects … • It begins to control you • It causes you to be led astray

  23. Idols will deform me

  24. Psalm 115:8 Those who make idols will become like them, and so will those who trust in them.

  25. Why We Worship Idols

  26. We are attempting to limit God’s location

  27. We are attempting to reduce God’s power

  28. Many people change their theology because they can’t justify their lifestyle any other way.

  29. We are attempting to control God

  30. The Benefits Of Worshipping Only God

  31. 1 It will delight me

  32. Proverbs 37:4 Seek your happiness in the Lord and He will give you your heart’s desire.

  33. 2 It will deliver me

  34. John 8:36 If the Son sets you free, you will be really free.

  35. God will set you free from your … • PAST – regrets • PRESENT – habits • FUTURE – worries

  36. 3 It will develop me

  37. 2 Corinthians 3:18 As the Spirit of the Lord works with us, we become more and more like Him.

  38. Colossians 1:5 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

  39. 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

  40. Habit 2: Avoid The Counterfeits

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