Certain behaviors people used to call sin have now become acceptable by liberal, progressive churches. These churches focus on God’s love and refuse to condemn what the Bible calls sin. But God does not change.
“An obstruction-free path that avoids the absolutes of holiness does not lead to God – at least not the real one. Instead, it creates a progressive god of one’s own making – a beautiful idol cast in the image of culture rather than the words of the Bible.” (Amir Tsarfati, Discovering Daniel)
Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 NIV
Do you remember the Golden Calf that Aaron made while Moses was away on the mountain? Aaron’s golden calf represented a mixture of the true God and pagan methods of worship. Aaron wasn’t giving them a new god. He created an image of God the people wanted. Sound familiar? Don’t some do this even today?
“When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”
Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.” So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.” Exodus 32:1-6a NIV
Aaron gave the people the image of God that they desired, one more like the pagan nations around them. Then they used it to worship God. This didn’t end well. (Read the rest of the chapter!)
An idol is any created image of God that does not align with the Word of God. The Bible warns us many times about the danger of idols. Below are a few examples:
“What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation!” Habakkuk 2:18 NLT (emphasis mine)
As our culture continues to drift away from Judeo/ Christian values some are advocating for compromise. As a result, some “Christians” support sinful behaviors such as abortion, gay marriage, and transgender ideology.
The thinking is that if we don’t compromise we will not be able to reach the lost. The theory is that if unbelievers are offended they will turn deaf ears to the Gospel. This faulty thinking may be more widespread than you think.
The problem is this: Only TRUTH will set the captive free. Jesus said that. (John 8:31-32) Our image of God must be that found in the Scriptures alone.
“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1 John 5:21 NIV
In His Love, Cindy
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