Sincere Milk

Key Verse

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” 1 John 5:21

Text — 1 John 5:21

Message

Idols are man-made gods which the sinners bow down to worship. They are worthless pieces of wood, iron or other things that have no power to save. In the book of Judges, we have the story of the encounter of the Ark of God with an idol named Dagon. The Ark of God was just a symbol of God’s presence. When the philistines captured the Ark, they ignorantly set it up in the temple of their idol. This idol fell and was broken into pieces before the Ark of God. This shows that idols are nothing and should never be worshipped.

There are many things today that can be categorized as ‘idols’ that people even those who claim to be Christians worship. These things have created gap between them and God. The Bible strongly warns children to keep themselves from idols. These modern-day idols include fashions that corrupts the character and life of the people that love it. There are so many fashion trends that shows rebellion to God’s word. For example, girls wear slacks or trousers, this is disobedience to Deuteronomy 22:5. Some pierce their ears and noses to fix rings and other things. Others dress half naked and wear tight-fitting dresses to show the shape of their body. All these are abominations to God.

Other things that constitute idols are bad games on the television, internet and social media, immoral films and many other bad things that some children are involved in today. You must get rid of all idols in your life if you want to enjoy God’s favour and blessings.

Further Reading

1 Corinthians 10:14

Prayer for today

Lord, I reject everything that has served as idols in my life.