"Why Do We Need Idols?"
HIGHWAY 10 THE HIGHWAY TO HIGHER LIVING • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 33:28
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INTRODUCTION.
1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
“WHY DO WE NEED IDOLS?”.
MESSAGE.
Commandment # 2
v4. You shall not make for yourself a carved image . . .
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
I. We MAKE for Ourselves.
I. We MAKE for Ourselves.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
What good is it if we make it?
We are going to create what we want and like.
What we want is not always the best for us.
psalm 10:3-6.
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
What can it do if we create it?
It is made of wood, metal, etc.
Those things in themselves can do nothing.
psalm 40:1-2.
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
What do they mean.
Snakes
Birds
Crucifixes
Honduras
I. We MAKE for Ourselves.
II. We SERVE Ourselves.
II. We SERVE Ourselves.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Self centeredness.
If we create them for ourselves and worship them then we are worship ourselves.
We will worship what we want to.
Everyone is different.
no consistance.
no uniformity
God wants what is best for use.
God knows all things not us.
isaiah 55:9.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I. We MAKE for Ourselves.
II. We SERVE Ourselves.
III. We CURSE Ourselves.
III. We CURSE Ourselves.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
We bring ourselves out from under the protection of God.
We bring curses upon or children.
v.5b “visiting the iniquity to the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations . . .”
We teach our children.
Through physical teaching.
Through our actions.
CONCLUSION.
I. We MAKE for Ourselves.
II. We SERVE Ourselves.
III. We CURSE Ourselves.