Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 1 John 5:21
When we think of idolatry, we often think of the Old Testament. Throughout the Old Testament, God warned the Israelites to refrain from idols, to not make gods of their own image! However as we see throughout the Old Testament, over and over again, Israel made and worshiped false gods and idols.
Even at Mt. Sinai, where the presence of God was with Moses and the Israelites, while Moses was talking to God face to face, what were the Israelites doing? They created a false idol of the golden calf, and they began worshiping the golden calf as their own god. What was the response from God? He was angry, in fact he wiped out a good portion of the people whose hearts fell away. What happened? They loved their idols more than they loved the real living God
This statement from the Apostle John under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit seems out of place , right? This is the New Covenant, we don’t still worship idols anymore, do we? Recently during the Super Bowl, a campaign called “He Gets Us” spent millions of dollars to air commercials promoting a “liberal Jesus”. A Jesus that doesn’t care what you do or who you are, He just accepts you for whatever you want. But the question should be “Is this Biblical”?
What the commercial didn’t convey was the actual words of Jesus Christ, such warning as “Repent or Perish” (Luke 13:3) or “Repent and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15) or “You must be Born Again to see the Kingdom of Heaven” (John 3:3) Jesus does “Get Us” which should be the scary part, but Jesus is telling us we need to change, we need to be “Born Again”. Why do you think Jesus died on the cross? Why do you think Jesus rose from the grave? Do you think Jesus did this so we can remain in our spiritually dead state?
What “He Gets Us” is doing is creating an idol, they are creating a false god of their own mind that they want to worship. And many people have been doing this since the dawn of time. What do all false religions and cults have in common? They all have a false Jesus, an idol they have created to fit their own minds and agendas. So what’s wrong with this? Because these idols won’t save your soul, their is only one way to salvation, and that’s through the real Jesus Christ of the Bible (John 14:6, Acts 4:12)
So my question or challenge for you today, are you following the real Jesus Christ? Or did you make up an idol of your own mind? Have you repented of your sins and become Born Again? Is Jesus Christ truly The Lord of your life? Brothers and sisters, keep yourselves from idols, and turn to The Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!
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