Tag: idolatry
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To be near God
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. (Psalm 73:25) What a great verse! And one we are probably too quick to quote and sing, without carefully thinking through what it says. Do we really mean these words when we say them? The first part is…
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Acts 3:11-26
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness. (Acts 3:26) Peter and John were “going up to the temple”. As they entered the temple, they saw a lame man begging for money. The lame beggar was situated next to the…
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pretense in worship
The bible has a special word to describe those who worship in pretense – hypocrite. Hypocrites make a spectacle of prayer, fasting, tithing, and other aspects of worship. God hates hypocrisy, and so does everyone else.
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fountain of living water
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:13) The phrase “broken cisterns” has enjoyed some popularity in Christian circles, particularly with songwriters. It is a rather poetic image God paints for us…
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worshiping the wood pile
He cuts down cedars…Half of it he burns in the fire…And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” (Isaiah 44:14-17) As modern people we read this passage and agree that…