certain possessions,coping skills in all of one's own addictions in those hurts, habits, hang-ups in refererances to some different kinds of pleasures, or some things, can become an idol. Any persons may not consider that stubborness can become an idol which is idolatry in the eye's of God. Covetousness is also considered idoltary in th eye's of God. A person seldom considers that his own selfishness can be an idol as "self" is more important than God. Very few people consider that anything in this world is more important than obeying God can be an idol. Which of course then becomes habits in many differences in many forms of those idols. As Servants of the most High God we truly need to consider that anything we put in front of God is an "idol" and from God has set before us all is an "abomination to Him" Like money,gold, silver, astrology,sex, pornography, gambling, overeating, smoking, drugs, alcohol,workaholics,abuse in many forms of it,investments, success,popularity,pride,occults of many of a variety of different types of them will certainly take people down that absolutely that thinks on it all day long in not ever thinking about God in those lives. Our God is a very jealous God. Those whom taken possessions in human beings lives will be cursed. For us that make them, posses them, worships them any kind of created thing more than God our Creator, is down right wickedness and all forms of idolatry before God. God does warns us clearly for us not to do it at all. A multiple of warnings to us that clearly stated in our Sword: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.[Ex.20:3-6]
23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.[Ex.20:23] 16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:[Deut. 4:16-18] 23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.[Deut. 4:23,24]
35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:[2Kgs.17:35],
6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? [Isa.44:6-20], 7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.[Isa.31:7],26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.[Deut.7:26], 15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.[Isa.44:15],17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god[Isa.44:17]. 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save [Isa.45:20],17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not[Deut. 32:17]. 23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified[Dan.5:23],18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. [Hab.2:18,19]
9 of these are Made Cannot ^
IDOLS CANNOT SEE
IDOLS CANNOT HEAR
THEY CANNOT SPEAK THROUGH THEIR THROAT
THEY CANNOT SMELL
THEY CANNOT HANDLE ANYTHING
THEY CANNOT WALK
IDOLS CANNOT KNOW ANYTHING
IDOLS ARE DUMB
THEY HAVE NO BREATH
IDOLS ARE A FRAUD
THEY ARE WORTHLESS
IDOLS ARE A MOCKERY
THEY ARE VANITY
IDOLS ARE WIND AND CONFUSION
IMAGES DO NOT PROFIT
THEY ARE PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING
THE IMAGE CANNOT ANSWER NOR SAVE A PERSON OUT OF HIS TROUBLE
These are absolutely accede for us to do it! Gods warning unto us about these issues today to take heed in everyones life! Yet if we despite what God has commanded us and then all people do what they want to do or as they wish all will perish unless they repent of these things. There is so much more in our God's Sword that share with us about them and again, I say Don't do it!
We all have our boundries to go by in the word of God and His foundational principles as well. It's govern self in our own relationship with God. We have to ben told not to use them or misuse God's name at all, but in our society today it's going on day after day around us and it's not healthy for any one of us to be around them. But going to work on our jobs, or going to the stores we hear it, see it, where ever we go. People like to be God in hurting other's any way they can not realizing what they themselves are doing They create havoc at every twist and cranny when it's not any other business to do it in the first place. They alway's hold on to something inside of themselves and if they don't.And while you are in the past with your own idols what we do is allowing to continue to hurt you as an individual be rid of all of those things then they become stuck deep down inside of "self" and all of those whom do this are the stuck in ones past, stuck in ones own hang-ups and are drawn into it as the bigshot and for them to hammer on someone else,when that certain habits has it grips on them that then they are awakened by it in themselves or in complete denial about it. We allow our own idols in our life for they will continue today just as it does way back then and we will never see our own way to God's Truths.Some are totally bound up by one's own guilt and you truly beat yourself up and then with ones own masks on then to turn to do it to another human being with that bigshot role and I have to ask is this" Whom made You God and why do You keep hurting not only one self but a host of others too?" We as people of God must find that hard long road to "forgivness" in finding one's own courage and strength to forgive those persons whom created itin the first place.When they find that road to one's own freedom then the willingness will be a wide opened door for those types of people and that hold will be lifted and the idol will be gone. This is such a freedom that our precious Jesus has done for all whom does this by ones own death at the foot of His cross. Every single thing we experience and have done guess what.... he already knew it.Many people has experienced this in so many different ways deeply within us we've faced failures, hurts, habits by accepting God and forgive those whom had ones own idols in ones life. The bottomline is if you want to be free from having so many idols in your own life then give it to Jesus cry out to him and allow him to start healing those wounds that you might have in your life, allow him to open that door and find out how to deal with it in Jesus Christ and in his word. Deal with all of those past bitterness and guilt that keep you locked into it. Don't be in that denial which flows both ways in our life One is the right road and the other isn't. In [Isaiah 43:18] it shares with us a principle " forget the former things; and do not dwell in the past." That doesn't mean to "ignore" the past. we need to learn from it, offer forgivness, make admends, then release it. Only then you can be free from guilt, grudges, and grief! Let's get honest within our self that we've all stumbled down those roads over hurts, hang-ups, or habit. But the race isn't over yet. God just isn't interested in how we started, but how we finish the race. Some may be deeply afraid to face the future and are afraid of change. we all worry over one's future which we don't ever have any control over and we don't have the power to change it. So, all we know is to worry is a lack in trusting God. The simple truths is stated in the word of God about doubt and fear. "The Lord is my helper and I'm not afraid of anything that mere men can do to me" [Heb.13:6]. You've may have been hurting for so long in habits, hurts, and hang-ups that it's become ones own identity. We have to give it to our God, a chance so he can help us change it in a persons own life. You may held on it for so long like we think we may need a prescription for what ails us deeply inside of us. But what we are doing is staying frozen in all that is very unhealthy relationships or a very bad habit. God wants us to do our own part so we can become free! Yes, we may be resist change but the freedom is allowing god to open that very door to it and one by one those idols falls away in a person. If they don't then whom is counting those mistakes it's not God it You! which is so very painful thing to be doing to self and then you will alway's be finding yourself stuck in it over and over again. Never any release! Yo've closed your own mind and have slammed that door! You think that You don't deserve any beter so you run right back in to those doors of idols whom just can't do anything for You like God can do in your own life. You may ask what is denial, let me share that answer... " It's a false system of all beliefs that are not based on reality" self protecting behaviors" Then we find it to have on people a "self- protecting behavior" that keeps us from honestly facing one's own truths about one self. That's when the coping skills kicks in as it blocks our pains and fears inside all of us today. Sometime back it worked for us, but as the years progressed they confused us and clouded our view of the truth of our very lives in ways that we can't even see it.As we gre,our own perceptions of ourselves and our own expectations of all of those whom were around us also grew with us. We pertained our childish methods of coping . Our perceptions of reality became increasingly more unrealistic and very distorted too. Our relationships failed, broken-up,less fulfilling than they could have been in our life. In the word of God shares with us this fct:"You can't heal a wound by saying it's not there!" [Jer.6:14]. But it is there and we need to find that very road to our own freedom. In 2 Pet. it share with us that promise of ones freedom while yet slaves themselves are slaves to total destruction. [2 Peter 2:19]. That freedom is not what i'm free to do., it's what i'm free not to do! Freedomto feel true feelings when we have jesus christ and then to step out of denial of what we've been in our life. That's what our idols has done to us even though they are not fully aware of it. Denial tells us that we are getting away with it. We think No ne knows but we are very sadly mistaken it shields us in ways we can't even seewe don't reval our true selves, so there's that masks in protecting self at any cost and at the expense of other's lives as well. Those deep penetrating things is what hurts us, and it's a secret to the person too. We thereby minimize the risk of exposure and all possible rejection from all others. But at what price? The eventual loss of all our important relationships. Have You ever read in Eph. 4:25 it tells me to "Stop lying to each other; tell the truth, for we are part of each other and when we lie to each other we are hurting self." Just remember it is alway's better to tell those ugly truths rather than a lie. It lengthens one's own pain in that persons own life. Truth is like 'surgery" may hurt for a while, but it cures. God promises us in [Jer.30:17] I will give You back your health again and heal your wounds. Isn't that great ! Now, tell me what kind of an "idol" can do that for you. I know whom can and his name is Jesus Christ he's our Prescription in our life and alway's will be too.