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Gn.31:30, 19. “ Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that ought to be worshipped ” 2 Co. 4:1-4 Fault of the audience (3) 1 Co.1:18 Influence of satan (4). I False Gods. Molech (national god of Ammonites) Lv.18:21
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Gn.31:30, 19 • “Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that ought to be worshipped” • 2 Co. 4:1-4 • Fault of the audience (3) • 1 Co.1:18 • Influence of satan (4)
I False Gods • Molech (national god of Ammonites) Lv.18:21 • Baal (chief male deity of Phoenicians and Canaanites) Nu.22:41 • Asherah (wife of baal in Canaanite mythology) Jg.3:7 • Dagon (chief god of Philistines) 1 Sm.5:2-7
Ashtoreth (Syrian and Phoenician goddess of moon, sexual love, fertility) 2 K.23:13 Bel (Marduk, chief Babylonian god) Is.46:1-2 Chemosh (national god of Moabites and Ammonites) Jer. 48:7, 13
Zeus (supreme god of Greeks) Ac.14:12-13 (KJV: Jupiter) Diana (goddess of moon, hunting, wild animals) Ac.19:24, 27-28
II The god Behind The gods • Satan (god of this age) 2 Co.4:4 • Why call satan “god”? • Not because of divine attributes • He enjoys service, honor, wor-ship, and reverence of worldly men; he accepts their affections in the same way as idols
Satan’s Devices (2 Co.4:4) • Minds, 2 Co.3:14 • 1 Jn. 5:19. Rv. 20:2-3 • Blinded. 3:14. (1 K.22) • Do not believe. Jn.9:39-41 • Light of gospel. Ac.26:18…(13) • Glory of Christ
Idols are nothing; demons are something • 1 Co.10:14-22 • Pagan deities are imaginary, but demons used them to turn people away from the true God Compare: • Satan demonsidolsIsrael • Satan demonsidolsCorinth
Parallel Passages • Wisdom of this world, 1 Co.1:20 • “In truth the world has derived very little, if any, moral good, either from the Jewish rabbins or the Gentile philosophers” • 1 Co.1:26 • Form of this world, 1 Co.7:31 • Course of this world, Ep.2:2
III Satan Is Still On The Job • God never speaks (audibly) to people today • Even if He did, He would never contradict His Word • Jer. 23:16-18, 21, 31
Which god? • Decisions, 2 Co.11:13-15 • Focus, Gn.3:1-6 • Right, Pro.14:12 • Heart of God, Jer.7:31 • Self, Ezk.28:2, 9 • Minds, 2 Tim.3:8
Ruler of this world • Jn.12:31 (14:30; 16:11) • Jesus rules believers, satan unbelievers (1 Jn.5:19) • Jesus’ death (32) destroys satan, drives him out of office • Hb.2:14-15