Humans have that deep set feeling inside them that makes them look for God. They can feel it inside them that they want to have a higher being that is spiritual and can help their lives. If they don’t believe in God then they will make their own Gods (that is what we were told in the sermon and this is so true – history shows so many people following idols, praying to them, sacrificing people and even babies to stone for better crops and such – today children are being sacrificed for careers and more fun times. Following the false god’s or idol’s leads us to things that we normally would do – things that God does not support)
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God tells us here:
Exodus Chapter 20, verse 3:
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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If we have other gods like the Jade idol (or whatever) then we will not listen to God we will instead just get lost in life and the results of our life will show for it. These idols are spiritually lifeless and have no use except for people to look at and possibly admire.
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Isaiah Chapter 45, verse 22:
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Today people worship many things and even people. We can have people guide us and help us but they are not supposed to run our lives. By our late teens we should be taking yup the reigns ourselves and learning to live on our own steam. TV, radio, Rock Bands, movie stars and such have all become idols and sadly people listen to these people who only have to their credit that they sing songs well.
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Matthew Chapter 4, verse 10:
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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We are to distance ourselves from the idols and follow God and only God.
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1 John Chapter 5, verse 21:
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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Even if we were not religious, people are still putting other things before goodness, and ahead of the family, and such.

All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
August 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM.