Written in Stone: American Idol

Series: God’s Ten Commandments and why they are as relevant today as ever

Danny Sims <dannysimsSPAMFILTER@altamesa.org>
Friday October 10 2008

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Written in Stone: American Idol
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Exodus 20:4-6 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Idolatry is when...
We trust our fears more than the one true God.
We trust our ideas more than the one true God.
We trust the enemy's lies more than the one true God.

Six idolatrous views of God:

Donald Trump
Uncle Sam
Old Man
Butler
Santa
Monty Hall

God is a jealous God.
God punishes to the third and fourth generation.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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