What Is Idolatry?
Ask Pastor John
Desiring God
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🗓️ 19 August 2014
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In our circles, Pastor John, we hear a lot about idols. |
| 0:09.6 | So what is an idol? |
| 0:11.2 | What is idolatry? |
| 0:12.2 | Why is idolatry dangerous? |
| 0:15.1 | And what does an idol look like in today's world? |
| 0:18.2 | Maybe the best way to get at this, instead of trying to reach out to the whole Bible and |
| 0:22.8 | pull all the pieces together, which is not a bad thing to do here. |
| 0:28.2 | Let's just go to one verse, one passage of scripture, because I think in this verse, |
| 0:33.1 | name it Colossians 3, 5, and 6, the answer to all three questions are there. |
| 0:39.7 | What's an idol? |
| 0:41.2 | Why is it dangerous? |
| 0:43.3 | What do they look like today? |
| 0:44.5 | Excellent. |
| 0:45.5 | So here's the verse, Colossians 3. |
| 0:48.6 | Put to death what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, evil desire and covetousness, |
| 0:56.5 | which is idolatry. |
| 0:59.5 | On account of these, the wrath of God is coming. |
| 1:04.4 | So answer to the question, why are idols dangerous is because the wrath of God is coming upon idolatry? |
| 1:18.1 | Nothing is more dangerous than the wrath of an omnipotent, all righteous God. |
| 1:26.0 | That Paul says the wrath of God is coming on idolatry. |
| 1:31.5 | Now why would that be? |
| 1:33.0 | Exodus 20, listen to this. |
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