Idolatry Archive

The First Commandment: The Object Of Our Worship

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me (Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:6) Created in the image of God, we are innately religious. There’s in us a natural inclination towards worship. We are imago Dei—image-bearers of God— and seek communion with the God whose image we bear, albeit often in the wrong path. There is a void between us and God (Romans 3:23) and we will …

Rejoicing In The Works Of Our Hands

And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands (Acts 7:41). There are only two religions in this world: religion of works and religion of faith; religion by human effort and religion by grace: true religion and false religion. Of the two, Christianity puts itself forward as the only true …