Tag: idolatry
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Wonderful
Isaiah 9:6 “. . . his name shall be called Wonderful . . .” Have you ever seen photos of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to see it in person. What about Mount Rushmore, or Michelangelo’s statue of David? When you see such things, what do you think about? …
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Substitution
1 Samuel 10:17-19 “Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah. And he said to the people of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.” But today you…
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Why This?
1 Samuel 9:5-6 “When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, ‘Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.’ But he said to him, ‘Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a…
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All or None
1 Samuel 7:3 “And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ‘If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand…
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A Change of Heart
1 Samuel 5:1-4 “When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before…
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Tests of True Faith – Part 4
1 Thessalonians 1:9 “You turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.” Marks of true belief: Paul is telling us about them as he writes to the believers at Thessalonica in the verse above. He tells us a whole series of things about them that identified them as those who are…
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Glory!
Revelation 21:22-23 “And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” Romans 1:20-23 “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal…
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Double-minded
Philippians 4:8-9 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God…
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Good and evil: what’s the difference?
Judges 10:6 “The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.” How do you differentiate…
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Abominations!
Deuteronomy 7:26 “And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.” There are certain words that are common in biblical language but that we almost never hear today. One of them is the word…
To Encourage You 