“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of … Continue reading Truly Thankful
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Christmas and Idol Worship
Christmas’s right around the corner,Comes from idol worship former,Instills idol worship further,Yet from many, not a murmur. Celebrates the idols plenty,Santa Claus and greed and money,Entertainment, fill your stomachs,Play your games, that is a sum up. Downplays Jesus in a manger,Elevates, instead, a stranger,Attributes of God giv’n to him,He’s the focus, all else is dim. … Continue reading Christmas and Idol Worship
Flittering
Flittering here, flittering there,Idols and idols are everywhere.No sound of mind there to be found,Wandering, wandering all around. No light of day, lives in dismay,He’s going nowhere from day to day.Listening not, he’s to be bought,Slipping and sliding without a thought. No sense to him, lives with a grin,Mockery, mockery, all ‘bout him.Nowhere to go, … Continue reading Flittering
Idolatry Coupled with Immorality
“Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;their idols are on beasts and livestock;these things you carry are borneas burdens on weary beasts.They stoop; they bow down together;they cannot save the burden,but themselves go into captivity.” (Isaiah 46:1-2 ESV) What is an idol? Does it have to be anything physical? What does an idol look like to you? … Continue reading Idolatry Coupled with Immorality
Engraved on the Tablet of Their Heart
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars, while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills, on the mountains in the … Continue reading Engraved on the Tablet of Their Heart
Keep Yourselves from Idols
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us … Continue reading Keep Yourselves from Idols
Your High Places for Sin
“’The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars, while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills, on the mountains in the … Continue reading Your High Places for Sin
The Christmas Bells are Ringing
The Christmas bells are ringingWith people, carols singingWith gifts for others bringingWith groups of people mingling It’s time for games and laughterA time for lots of chatterFor people, others flatterWith many idols captor They worship a god SantaWho promises to grant aWish, which is propagandaOn people’s minds are planted But he replaces JesusFor he’s the … Continue reading The Christmas Bells are Ringing
Beloved, Flee from Idolatry
“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, … Continue reading Beloved, Flee from Idolatry
Run With It 