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“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods.” —Jeremiah 16:20
One great besetting sin of ancient Israel was idolatry, and the spiritual Israel are vexed with a tendency to the same folly. Remphan’s star shines no longer, and the women weep no more for Tammuz, but Mammon still intrudes his golden calf, and the shrines of pride are not forsaken. Self in various forms struggles to subdue the chosen ones under its dominion, and the flesh sets up its altars wherever it can find space for them. Favourite children are often the cause of much sin in believers; the Lord is grieved when He sees us doting upon them above measure; they will live to be as great a curse to us as Absalom was to David, or they will be…
taken from us to leave our homes desolate. If Christians desire to grow thorns to stuff their sleepless pillows, let them dote on their dear ones.
It is truly said that “they are no gods,” for the objects of our foolish love
are very doubtful blessings, the solace which they yield us now is
dangerous, and the help which they can give us in the hour of trouble is
little indeed. Why, then, are we so bewitched with vanities? We pity the
poor heathen who adore a God of stone, and yet worship a God of gold.
Where is the vast superiority between a God of flesh and one of wood?
The principle, the sin, the folly is the same in either case, only that in ours
the crime is more aggravated because we have more light, and sin in the face
of it. The heathen bows to a false deity, but the true God he has never
known; we commit two evils, inasmuch as we forsake the living God and
turn unto idols. May the Lord purge us all from this grievous iniquity!
“The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be;
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.”
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“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods.” —Jeremiah 16:20
One great besetting sin of ancient Israel was idolatry, and the spiritual Israel are vexed with a tendency to the same folly. Remphan’s star shines no longer, and the women weep no more for Tammuz, but Mammon still intrudes his golden calf, and the shrines of pride are not forsaken. Self in various forms struggles to subdue the chosen ones under its dominion, and the flesh sets up its altars wherever it can find space for them. Favourite children are often the cause of much sin in believers; the Lord is grieved when He sees us doting upon them above measure; they will live to be as great a curse to us as Absalom was to David, or they will be…
taken from us to leave our homes desolate. If Christians desire to grow thorns to stuff their sleepless pillows, let them dote on their dear ones.
It is truly said that “they are no gods,” for the objects of our foolish love
are very doubtful blessings, the solace which they yield us now is
dangerous, and the help which they can give us in the hour of trouble is
little indeed. Why, then, are we so bewitched with vanities? We pity the
poor heathen who adore a God of stone, and yet worship a God of gold.
Where is the vast superiority between a God of flesh and one of wood?
The principle, the sin, the folly is the same in either case, only that in ours
the crime is more aggravated because we have more light, and sin in the face
of it. The heathen bows to a false deity, but the true God he has never
known; we commit two evils, inasmuch as we forsake the living God and
turn unto idols. May the Lord purge us all from this grievous iniquity!
“The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be;
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.”
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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