Jesus said in
Matthew 4:10, "You shall worship the Lord your God and
Him only shall you serve." If we worship God in spirit
and in truth, we cannot worship anyone or anything else. Anything we
worship, other than God, is an idol. According to Webster, an idol
is "an image used as an object or instrument of worship."
God forbids us to
make and worship idols. God says in Exodus 20:4-5,
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down
to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous
God." We see we are not to make any image whether it is a
statue or any likeness of anything in heaven or earth to worship
them. But this is done today when people worship icons. People
bow down and pray to these statues and painted pictures whether they be
the supposed likeness of Mary the mother of Jesus or one of the many other
dead people who are called saints. This is in direct disobedience to
the command of God.
In 1 John 5:21 we
read, "My little children, guard yourselves from
idols." When I see people bowing down, burning candles,
praying, and worshipping an icon image of a saint, my heart bleeds for
them because they are putting their souls in jeopardy of being lost.
We are warned in Colossians 2:18, "Let no one cheat
you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worshipping
angels." We can loose our reward in heaven if we worship
someone other than God. He is the only one we are to worship because
He is a jealous God. God will not allow us to worship anyone else
other than Himself. Revelations 21:8 tells us that
"idolaters shall have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." We must
only worship God and our worship must be in spirit and in truth if we
expect to be with Him in heaven when this life is over.
Questions Lesson 8
We Must Only Worship God
(click on the button of the answer of your
choice)
1) (Matthew 4:10) We shall worship and
serve.
Materialism.
The Hindu gods.
Only the Lord our God.
2)
God wants us to worship Buddha.
3) (Exodus 20:4-5) People who bow down, worship, and
pray to images
whether carved or painted pictures of Mary or one of the
saints.
Are doing the will of God.
Are in direct disobedience of the command of God.
Are excused by God.
4)
God forbids us to make and worship idols, including the
pictures and
statues of Jesus' mother Mary or one of the
saints.
5) (Colossians 2:18) If we worship anything or
anyone other than God.
God is well pleased.
We will be cheated of our reward in heaven.
If God does not see it we can get by with it.
6)
God wants us to worship someone else other than Himself.
7) (Revelation 21:8) What will happen to idolaters
in eternity?
They will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone.
Since God is a loving God, He will excuse them.
They will go to heaven since no one will be lost.
8)
We must only worship God in spirit and in truth if we expect
to go to
heaven.
