Who do we Actually Worship?
Introduction: Everyone is always worshiping something
1) The nature of idolatry: Worshipping what is not God
Exchanging gods
Jer 1:16; 2:9–13; Rom 1:21–25
Crafting gods
Is 44:9–20; Jer 10:1–10
The god of self
Jer 10:23; Eph 5:5; Col 3:5; Ex 20:17
2) The extent of idolatry: The universal human decision
The Original sin
Gen 3:1–13
Endemic in Israel
Ex 32:8; Ps 106:19; Jud 2:11–23; 1 Kings 11:33;
Universal in the world
Rom 1:18–20; 3:19–20
3) The consequences of idolatry: Vanity and Destruction
Human Perspective
Jer 2:13; 17:1–3, 5–6, 12–13
Jer 2:27–28, 8:1–2; Ez 7:19; Isa 46:5–7
Jer 2:5; Ps 115:4–8
Ez 23:37–39; Jer 7: 31
God’s Perspective
Deut 16:21–17:1
Ex 34: 14; Ez 5:13; Jer 7:17–18; Rom 1:18
Ez 6:8–9
End result
Jer 7:20; Eph 5:5–6
Rom 1:24, 26, 28
Application: ‘Keep yourselves from Idols’ (1 John 5:21)
