September 19, 2011

Question first, passage last. Are you an Idolater? That ought to get your attention. Most of us would say, ‘I don’t worship idols. I don’t bow down before a statute or something like that.” Well, that may be true, but consider the definition of idolatry. Idolatry in its simplest definition is placing your affection, loyalty or attention on anything other than God. Ok, some of us are getting a little uncomfortable. But how about this found in Ephesians 5:5. Paul says, “For this you know with certainty that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Italics mine) Wow! Did you know that desiring and longing for things that belong to someone else; not being satisfied with what you have is idolatry? Only Jesus fills our desires and when we try to fill them with other things and think other things we don’t have will meet our needs, we place those things before God and they receive our affection. That then becomes idol worship and God abhors and despises it because it separates us from him and becomes sin in our lives. Check-up on yourself and see if you are covetous. If so, confess it as sin and ask Jesus to meet the true needs in your heart that only he can meet

Thought for the week: “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
~ Goethe

Funny for the week: "Lit Match"

On my first day working at the gas station, I watched a senior co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the under-ground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into them.

"What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?" I joked.

"It would go out," he replied very matter-of-factly.

"Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there a lack of oxygen down there or some safety device that would extinguish it before the fumes ignited?"

"No," my co-worker continued. "The force from the explosion would blow out the match."

Yes and they vote……… Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer: What did John say that God would do to anyone who adds to the things prophesied in Revelation? (God shall add unto him the plagues written of in Revelation. Rev. 22:18)

This weeks question: Which book of the New Testament says, “All things are lawful unto me but all things are not expedient”?