Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

What Is an “Idol?”

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Show Notes:

  • When we think “idol,” we oftentimes think of a statue that you bow down to. But there’s more to it than that, and idolatry actually occupies the first two of the ten commandments, so you know it’s important.
  • We often have a “root idol” that controls a lot of the way we live our lives, whether that’s power, control, comfort, or approval.
  • In order to stop looking to these idols to meet our needs, we have to give God the ultimate weight in our lives.

    • Idols are not usually bad things, they’re often good things that we’ve given God-sized weight in our lives.

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