Friday, March 11, 2016

Flee From Idolatry

"Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry."  I Corinthians 10:14.  The trumpet of warning is here sounded.  A danger threatens.  Satan is always seeking to deceive us.  There is a time to flee.  No form of evil is to be embraced.  The Christian is to serve but one God.  No room is to be made in the heart for anything else.  Idolatry is an ever present danger in any society.  Idolatry is the service that is paid to another god.  The gods that we can serve are legion.  We must flee.  God wants to abide in our heart.  God wants our total devotion.  Idols can remove God from His rightful place in our life.  We cannot serve God and idols.  No other master can live in our life.  Only God and His will are to control us.  There is to be no place for fame or pleasure.  Material gods cannot rule over us.  Things cannot consume us.  Service and homage paid to anything else becomes idolatry.  Idolatry can creep into the heart and take up residence.  We must be on guard against that which can remove us from God's fellowship.  Flee.  Flee.  Flee.   

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