Bible Question:
I have been thinking about idols, and if we have them today. For some time I have listened to other men and even teenage fellows. What do men and young men both want? A car or a truck! Just look and see how men act when we have got a new vehicle. Watch men and teenagers too, many read all the car magazines to see newest and fastest and greatest vehciles now out to test drive. The new car smell is sure nice, the ride is so smooth. Generally after going into debt for thousands of dollars, we praise getting this super wonderful vehicle, and want others to admire it too. The real truth is the very minute we drive it off the dealers lot the vehicle has depreciated as much as ten to fiften percent. Then the monthly payments that must be paid regardless if you can afford it or not. Generally we are talked into higher payments then we could afford. The insurance, and upkeep are all added into the monthly budget. Now here is where I see that vehicles have become and idol. Just pretend for a minuet, that for some reason we either got sick or something happened where we missed three days pay in a month. How many of us took what we were short and cheated God and used money from the tithe and made up the short pay to make the payment. According to Malachi 3:8-11 we have robbed of what was His. This idol we loved so much took Gods money. I want to ask how many of us look at vehicles as an idol? Are we brain washed into getting a new vehicle ever two or three years because we are convienced that if we keep it we will loose money on trading it in? Is satan taken a useful means of transpertation and enticed us into debt, and caused us to become a slave to the vehicle we drive. How many of us have not learned to be a good stewart of our transpertation? |
Bible Answer: Justme I think you are right many have material things as idols. However I believe the problem is even more pervasive, many worship a god of their own creation. Many people take attributes of the one true God and pick and choose which they like and discard the ones they don’t like. I think people often mentally cut God up as you would an apple pie and then take the slices they like and try to form a God from them. What they have created is God it is only part of God. It is a created being, created by man instead of an ever present God that created man. Example many like the idea of a loving God but not so many want to think about His holiness. Many like the concept that God is our father but few totally accept that he requires obedience. What they have in fact accomplished is the manufacture of an idol. Many many good intentioned people have done this and are now foolishly worshipping an idol. |
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