Beware of Modern Day (Refined) Idolatry Deuteronomy 4: 19 - “Beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them” We can distinguish between two different kinds of idolatry: 1. Crass Idolatry is that kind of idolatry wherein someone carves a figure of a deity out of a block of wood, piece of stone, or other type of physical material. One of the hardest things to do is to trust the God who is invisible to our five senses; thus, fallen men often create such statues and figures in order to have something they can touch and see. The problem with this is that visual depictions of the divine nature are absolutely prohibited. By and large, Christians today would probably not be guilty of this kind of idolatry. 2. Modern day / Refined Idolatry, on the other hand, is rampant in and out of Christian fold today. - Idolatry of the refined sort includes the pursuit of anything other than the glory of God as one’s central purpose for being. - But refined idolatry also occurs in a more subtle manner: Anytime we deny an attribute of the Lord revealed in Scripture or allow our own preferences to determine His character, we are guilty of refined idolatry.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:29:28 +0000
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