Pursuing Dust

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The primary battle for your soul comes down to this: What are you going to worship? In this message, Pastor J.D. helps you understand what competes with God for first place in your life so that you can get rid of your idols, put God first, and surrender to and serve him. The only way to overcome idolatry is to lean in to God’s presence and faithfulness!

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0:00.0	Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.
0:02.2	An idol is almost never a bad thing in and of itself.
0:06.1	Usually an idol is a good thing
0:08.7	that you have given God like weight
0:11.1	that then turns into a bad thing for you.
0:13.4	Or here's how you would say that.
0:14.4	An idol is a good thing that you've turned into a God thing
0:17.6	that then becomes a bad thing.
0:19.8	Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor and Author JD Greer.
0:23.1	As always, I'm your host, Molly Vittavitch.
0:25.8	You know, much of what we seek in life, success, romance, family.
0:30.6	It's actually a good thing.
0:32.2	But when we make these good things into essential things,
0:35.6	we find ourselves eaten up with anxiety, strife, and suffering, and sin.
0:41.4	And we find ourselves eating up with anxiety, strife, and suffering, and sin.
0:48.4	Only one identity is strong enough to be our foundation,
0:52.4	and that is as a servant of God.
0:55.4	Today Pastor JD echoes the warnings of Paul in 1 Corinthians 10,
0:59.4	showing us the dangers of and the deliverance from the evil of idolatry.
1:04.4	Also, don't forget to stick around to the end of our program.
1:07.4	We have a great new resource for busy people
1:10.4	who want to know the Bible better.
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