I really enjoyed the new ‘cityscapes’ segment on Sunday night. Our meetings team are brilliant at being creative and pouring time into loving our community by making Sunday nights great.
But I have a question - did Brittney go far enough?
It is sad that a company would use the language of 'worship' for chocolate and ice cream. And it is sad that people value insignificant things like chocolate so much.
But they have something right - anything we do that does not worship God is worshipping something else.
The first commandment is ‘You shall have no other gods before me.’ (Exodus 20:3). Anything that does not worship God is idolatry. If you don’t worship the true and living Triune God, you worship an idol. And idolatry provokes God’s wrath. It is what God abhors.
That billboard isn’t just sad, it rouses the wrath of God and represents what is at the heart of sin. The world, our city, our friends lives are all full of idolatry.
What’s the word to us? ‘Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.’ 1 Cor 10:14 As believers, we need to flee from idolatry and point our city to the true worship of a Triune God who rescues us from wrath and judgment.
But I have a question - did Brittney go far enough?
It is sad that a company would use the language of 'worship' for chocolate and ice cream. And it is sad that people value insignificant things like chocolate so much.
But they have something right - anything we do that does not worship God is worshipping something else.
The first commandment is ‘You shall have no other gods before me.’ (Exodus 20:3). Anything that does not worship God is idolatry. If you don’t worship the true and living Triune God, you worship an idol. And idolatry provokes God’s wrath. It is what God abhors.
That billboard isn’t just sad, it rouses the wrath of God and represents what is at the heart of sin. The world, our city, our friends lives are all full of idolatry.
What’s the word to us? ‘Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.’ 1 Cor 10:14 As believers, we need to flee from idolatry and point our city to the true worship of a Triune God who rescues us from wrath and judgment.
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