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2 Kings chapter 17 verse 33, so they feared the Lord, but also served their own gods

after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Isn't that an interesting phrase? They feared the Lord, but they also served their own gods.

After the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. In other words,

they tacked on the worship of false gods to the worship of the one true god,

and basically set up a system where they worshipped many gods, including the Lord,

which we know from the first commandment that God gives to his people in Exodus chapter 20.

You shall worship the Lord, your God, and serve fear him only, and yet as I read this first,

I can't help but to think about how all of us are tempted to tack on worship of other gods

in addition to the worship of the one true god. Like we would say, yes, we worship God,

but in our lives, are we worshipping God alone? Is the Lord the sole object of our worship?

And in what ways are we prone to give our worship, our affection, our attention, our devotion

to other gods in this world? You think about going to a place like India where you see

literally hundreds of millions of gods that are being worshipped, and it's almost easy to say,

yes, that's the worship of many gods, but how are you and I tempted to turn many different things

in this world into gods, whether it's money or success or sex or sports or self-image or

numerous things that if you look at our lives, you would see us giving our time,

our attention, our affection, and our devotion to above God. And so we pray, God, to help us to

worship and serve you only. We confess in prayer right now that you alone are worthy of our

worship. There is no other God but you. You are the one true God. We want to love you with all

of our hearts, soul, mind, and string with all that we have, not part of what we have and part

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