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“Other gods”. Mesopotamian Pantheon had over 1500 gods. Many Egyptian and Canaanite gods. “Other gods”. There is only one God and he will not tolerate rivals – Isa. 46: 5, 9, 10, Ex. 20: 5 . . “Other gods”.
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“Other gods” Mesopotamian Pantheon had over 1500 gods. Many Egyptian and Canaanite gods
“Other gods” There is only one God and he will not tolerate rivals–Isa. 46: 5, 9, 10, Ex. 20: 5.
“Other gods” Modern theology has introduced many gods. There is, in fact, a god for every aberrant doctrine.
“Other gods” The god of arbitrary foreordination. A. Eph. 1: 4 – Acts 10: 34, 35.
“Other gods” 2. The god of tolerance. A. Cp. Rom. 2: 6-10.
“Other gods” 3. The god of force. A. John 3: 16, 7: 17.
“Other gods” 4. The god of intolerance. A. I John 1: 6-10, 2: 1, 2.
“Other gods” 5. The god of fatalism. A. Rom. 2: 6-9.
“Other gods” 6. The god of emotionalism. A. I Cor. 14: 33.
“Other gods” Application: Foreordination:Accept Calvinistic tenets. Tolerance:Most religions. Force:The majority of religions. Intolerance:Most cults. Fatalism:Augustian philosophies. Emotionalism:Charismatic churches.
“Other gods” “6: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7: Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8: Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10: And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11: And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you” (Deut. 6).