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I want you to listen very carefully because idolatry isn't always very blatant.

When you get caught up in what is called idolatry isn't always very blatant. When you get caught up in what is called idolatry,

that is to put things before God, to worship other gods instead of the one true living God.

And that begins to affect every aspect of your life.

Now, you might be saying, well, I don't do that.

I don't serve a God by another name, or I'm not worshiping false beings or false gods. Well, sometimes idolatry comes simply in the form of compromise. Sometimes idolatry is simply expressed in the way we

spend our time. Sometimes idolatry is expressed simply in where we put our attention.

Now, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 10, verses 6 through 7, and in verse 14, the scripture says this.

These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did or worship idols as some of them did

as the scriptures say the people celebrated with feasting and drinking and they indulged in

pagan revelry so my dear friends flee from the worship of idols so idolatry yes in its very basic sense is the worship of idols. So idolatry, yes, in its very basic sense, is the worship of a false God.

But as we'll learn as we progress through the scriptures, it's deeper than that. And it can be more

subtle than that. In Exodus chapter 20, verses 3 through 6, we read this. You must not have any other gods but me.

You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind

or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

You must not bow down to them or worship them for I, the Lord your God,

am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods.

I lay the sins of the parents upon their children, and the entire family is affected,

even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my

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