Sermons About Idolatry
Ok. But Why Is Jesus So Distant?
The final message in this series tackles the harsh reality of Jesus' distance in our lives. Listen in as Mark exposes the two key factors which seperate us from our Lord.
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A Great Danger to Devotion
Wealth, or prosperity, is a great danger to devotion. We tend to forget God, and make an idol of wealth. Jesus offers us greater joy if we store up treasures in heaven. He offers us Himself.
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Praying for fire before praying for rain
Ken Stebbins presents the 4th sermon in our Elijah: Man of Prayer series. Elijah lived in a nation which followed mixed religions, leading to false prayer to false gods. Elijah began with true, "effective" prayer accompanied by repentance which "avails much": upon seeing God's power in the fire on Mt Carmel, the people turned back to Him and put away their idolatry.
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Our Golden Calves (Exodus 32-34)
We see in Israel's worshiping the golden calf a picture of all idolatry. Idolatry establishes a counterfeit god, religion, and salvation. God jealously protects our love for him and forcefully opposes our idolatry. The way out of idolatry is repentance, grounded in our sure hope that God will show us mercy through Jesus our Savior. Idols only bring us weariness and unending demands; only Jesus can give us life, rest, and joy.
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The Pursuit of Happiness
I. Acknowledge that happiness is ultimately found in God alone. II. Abandoning the pursuit of counterfeit happiness (Idolatry). III. Adamantly taking refuge in Jesus Christ who has securely taken a hold of you.
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The Second Commandment: Worshipping a Jealous God (Exodus 20:4-6)
God commands us to worship him rightly, not sacrificing his actual presence for mere material things and comfortable forms, and not treasuring images and forms above his word.
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The First Commandment (Exodus 20:1-3)
The God who loves us and saved us requires that our full allegiance and devotion be directed to him and no other god or idol.
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Worship: The Gospel & Purpose
The Bible clearly shows us that worship is what man was created for. Mankind never acts without purpose or without direction. He is always worshipping one thing or another. The Bible speaks of the worship of man as a set of binary options – either man worships God or he worships something else. When he worships something other than God, it is called idolatry.
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Resisting Idolatry Like Jesus
Paul connects idolatry and sin in a way that shows the sin in our life proceeds from our idols. That which we hold in highest esteem and devote our time and energy to is our idol(s). The human heart is an 'idol factory' capable of turning anything good (children, important work, sex, etc...) into idolatry.
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