Saturday, June 23, 2012

5. Idols, are they used in your church?

Does your church use idols; such as the Cross? or statues of "saints"? or other relics of history of churches gone by?

5. When your church uses idols or images in their worship
Q. What does the Bible say about making images for use as objects in worship? What is your churches position in this matter/
A. Exodus 20:4-5 “You should not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven or on the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth.”
B. Leviticus 26:1 “You must make no idols; you must set up neither a carved image nor a standing stone to prostrate yourself in front of it.”
C. 2 Corinthians 6:16 “The temple of God has no common ground with idols.”
D. 1 John 5:21 “My little children, be on your guard from idols.”
E. John 4:232-24 “True worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.”
F. 2 Corinthians 5:7 “We walk by faith, not by sight.”
G. Other scriptures to consider: Isaiah 40:18, 42:8, 44:13-19, Acts: 17:29, Jeremaiah 10:14-15, Ezekiel 14:6, 7:20, Deuteronomy 4:25-26, 7:25-26, Psalms 115:4-8
H. So . . . Just what is your churches position? Have you ever asked them?

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