Exchanged for an Idol

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

When we read the biblical account of God's people worshiping a golden calf, we can often look on with judgment. Today, R.C. Sproul warns us to be on guard, reminding us that we have this same capacity for idol worship.

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0:00.0	to exchange the God of heaven and earth for an idol.
0:05.0	That's our propensity.
0:12.0	When God delivered his law to Moses,
0:15.0	after he had rescued his people from slavery,
0:18.0	and the focus of that law was a prohibition against idolatry.
0:24.0	While Moses was speaking with God on the mountain,
0:28.0	Aaron and the people made for themselves a golden calf
0:35.0	and worshiped it.
0:38.0	And the Scriptures tell us that when God saw that,
0:41.0	He was outraged.
0:44.0	It reminds you dear friends that that episode
0:48.0	in the Old Testament chronicles for us the most successful
0:55.0	worship service in human history.
1:00.0	The attendance that day at the worship of the golden calf
1:06.0	surpassed all statistics before or after in Israel.
1:12.0	The singing was so lusty that miles away,
1:18.0	Joshua hears the music and he thinks he's hearing the sound
1:23.0	of warfare.
1:28.0	The church was filled with the brim and the people loved the music
1:33.0	as they danced around an idol that distorted the very character of God.
1:42.0	Do you think that was the last time that happened in church history?
1:47.0	That's our propensity.
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