Modern Day Idolatry | Pastor Jayson Workman | 11-29-2020

Modern Day Idolatry

Exodus 32:1-4

South Gate November 29, 2020

 

Introduction

 

Quote - “The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.” — John Calvin

 

Quote — “Hanging out in Ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with a bunch of famous people, able to do whatever I want and I’ve never felt more isolated.” — Markus Persson, twitter

 

a fickle heart will lead you to idolatry and a heart fixed on God to favor

 

Romans 7:18-19 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

 

1. the definition of idolatry

 

James 4:2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

 

Are you willing to sin in order to get it? (murder/sin)

Do you sin in response when you don’t get what you want? (fight/quarrel)

 

2. the drift towards idolatry - v1

 

        ignored - v. 1

 

Quote - “When our hearts are not filled with wonder for God, we wander from him…” — Eric Geiger, How to Ruin Your Life

 

        impatience - v. 1

 

3. the danger of idolatry

 

Quote - “Idols are spiritual addictions that lead to terrible evil.” — Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods  (forget punishment they don’t deliver satisfaction)

 

Quote - “When our hearts turn from the Lord, they always turn to foolishness, to things that won’t satisfy and to seasons that will be filled with regret.”

 

Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

 

4. the deliverance from idolatry

 

idols cannot just be REMOVED, they must be REPLACED

 

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.