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1 | Theology Popular -- not Proper | Ps 135:18 | DocTrinsograce | 175993 | ||
"Many are very busy trying to construct a god for themselves, such as they think God ought to be. And it generally turns out that they fashion a god like themselves, for that saying of the psalmist concerning idols and 'idol makers' is still true, 'And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.' Psalm 135:18 "These modern manufacturers of gods make them blind because they are themselves blind, and deaf because they are deaf, and dead because they are spiritually dead. "Some quarrel with God as a Sovereign, and no doctrine makes them grind their teeth like the glorious truth of divine sovereignty. "They profess to want a god, but... he must not be on a throne; he must not be King; he must not be absolute and universal Monarch. "He must do as his creatures tell him, not as he himself wills. Their effeminate deity is not worthy to be known by the name of God!" --Charles H. Spurgeon |
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2 | Theology Popular -- not Proper | Ps 135:18 | Hank | 175996 | ||
Amen! "He (Aaron) took this (the gold) from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf, and they said, 'This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt'" (Exodus 32:4). ..... One would think that this incident was too ridiculous to repeat, but old Jeroboam repeated these words in 1 Kings 12:28! And variations thereof have played on the stage of human history ever since. ..... We laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Israelites who had no better sense than to make themselves a god from their gold rings. We pride ourselves in being too smart to fall for such obvious foolishness as that, but think nothing of re-imaging God to suit our fancy. We are so stupid and callous that we dare put God in a box and have the audacity to attempt to force Him to do our bidding when we hold 'healing' circuses and when we chant the 'name it and claim it' mantra. The modern god is not the golden calf of ancient times but a celestial Santa Claus who exists for no other reason than to distribute robust health and lots of expensive toys to human beings who not only have an absolute right to these things but have to do nothing to get them but 'name it and claim it.' Thank God there are still a few preachers around of the caliber of Charles H. Spurgeon. --Hank | ||||||
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