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MC #70 IDOLS

November 20th, 2007 by micharlie

IDOLS
Exodus 20:4 – 6 tells us “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Do you have idols in your life? Come one look real hard. Have you ever stayed home from church so you can go to a sporting event! Or skipped out on a small group Bible study to go to a movie that every one is talking about? How about buying a new fishing boat, just because you buddy got one. Maybe it’s that new computer you have drooled over and finally bought! These can all be idols.

1 John 5:21 - Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

How can we avoid idols?

First ask God to search your heart and show you any idols you may have as you evaluate your life and your worship of God. Psalm 139:23 – 24 tells us - Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Next we must confess our sins to God in Psalms 51:3 - 4 - Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.Next we have to repent as we are told in Ezekiel 14:6 - “Therefore say to the house of Israel, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

Lastly we need to remove the possibility of idol worship. I do not mean that we are not to enjoy God world from a fishing boat, or that we should not watch a sporting event on TV. Like all things in life we must use moderation in what we are doing. Keeping our eyes always turned to Jesus. On Thursday we here in the United States will celebrate the National Holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday was begun many years ago, even before we where a nation, with the Pilgrims. It was a no again off again thing until the Continental Congress in 1777 proclaimed:

IN CONGRESS

November 1, 1777

FORASMUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for Benefits received, and to implore such farther Blessings as they stand in Need of: And it having pleased him in his abundant Mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable Bounties of his common Providence; but also to smile upon us in the Prosecution of a just and necessary War, for the Defense and Establishment of our unalienable Rights and Liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased, in so great a Measure, to prosper the Means used for the Support of our Troops, and to crown our Arms with most signal success:

It is therefore recommended to the legislative or executive Powers of these UNITED STATES to set apart THURSDAY, the eighteenth Day of December next, for SOLEMN THANKSGIVING and PRAISE: That at one Time and with one Voice, the good People may express the grateful Feelings of their Hearts, and consecrate themselves to the Service of their Divine Benefactor; and that, together with their sincere Acknowledgments and Offerings, they may join the penitent Confession of their manifold Sins, whereby they had forfeited every Favor; and their humble and earnest Supplication that it may please GOD through the Merits of JESUS CHRIST, mercifully to forgive and blot them out of Remembrance; That it may please him graciously to afford his Blessing on the Governments of these States respectively, and prosper the public Council of the whole: To inspire our Commanders, both by Land and Sea, and all under them, with that Wisdom and Fortitude which may render them fit Instruments, under the Providence of Almighty GOD, to secure for these United States, the greatest of all human Blessings, INDEPENDENCE and PEACE: That it may please him, to prosper the Trade and Manufactures of the People, and the Labor of the Husbandman, that our Land may yield its Increase: To take Schools and Seminaries of Education, so necessary for cultivating the Principles of true Liberty, Virtue and Piety, under his nurturing Hand; and to prosper the Means of Religion, for the promotion and enlargement of that Kingdom, which consisteth “in Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.”

And it is further recommended, That servile Labor, and such Recreation, as, though at other Times innocent, may be unbecoming the Purpose of this Appointment, be omitted on so solemn an Occasion.

So lets keep our eyes on Jesus and off the Idols!

Well until next time this MI Charlie wishing each of you a God Blessed week.

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