The Sin of Idolatry

         Idolatry sometimes looks holy

Anything that you cannot give to God, is an idol to you.

If you cannot hand over or surrender anything or anyone to God, then, that is an idol to you.

God is the only one true God.

He does not like sharing anyone or anything that belongs to Him with any other god.

You should not put any other thing or person before God but God.

Every other thing should come secondary, God should always come first.

In every environment, there are always dominant gods being worshipped in that area.

The dominant god or gods could be a particular way of life, a spiritual deity, a particular sin , habit or culture common to a group of people.

If God is put first in our lives, every other thing will fall into place.

The kind of idols that we Christians will be most likely tempted to worship other than God is the idols most prevalent in our present environment.

Every sinful lifestyle is a form of idolatry in itself because before a thing or act can be called a sin, it has to defy the authority and place of God.

In every environment, there is always one dominant act of idolatry in the form of sin.

The prevalence of that sin is consolidated by the presence of spirit entity(ies) whose duty it is to ensure that that particular sin proliferates and reproduces.

As a child of God, it is our duty to be vigilant and sober in our prayer life in order to not fall prey to the spirit entity(ies) governing idolatry in any area.

There are also angels of God assigned to different locations who keep watch and guard the children of God in that area.

The spirit entity(ies) which are not of God and whose duty it is to ensure sin in a particular location recognize the children of God when they see them.

The same applies to the angels in charge of their protection and guidance.

The evil ones will try to lure the children of God into sinful lifestyle but with the help of the angels and their own cooperation, they will overcome.

God has charged us to fear no one, bow to no one, serve no one or sacrifice to no one but Him.

This does not mean that we should be rebellious to everyone around us but it means that we should fear Him only, bow to Him only, serve Him only and sacrifice to Him only.

You know that in the matters of service, we are able to serve our invisible God through service to humanity provided it doesn't lead us to sin against God.

God admonishes us to sacrifice to Him through our sacrifice to humanity provided that we do not end up committing sin in the process.

Jesus Christ obeyed God by offering His life on the cross for us.

God should be the motivation and the motive behind all our actions.

Love should be the motivation and the motive behind all our actions.

Absolutely, God is love and love is God.

We can provoke God into different emotions that cause Him to chastise us or reward us.

He sees and watches us everyday.

He sees, hears and knows everything.

To every human being, servants and prophets of God are sent.

Also, to every human being, agents of unrighteous are sent.

It takes a spirit of discernment to know who is who.

If your spiritual discernment is sharp and clear, you will be able to detect who is who early enough and discharge any association that is not of God quickly.

However, the devil can use any human being and God can also use any human being.

This is why it is important to be watchful and alert at all times, in every deed of yours and you will be able to spot the enemy once he shows up through anybody.

The devil is a very intelligent fellow, an excellent debator and a great orator but it takes a spiritual man to see through his reasonable lies.

This is only achievable by exposing everything in front of the mirror of the word of God.

Prior to this, a grounded knowledge and understanding of the word of God is required in order to seek counsel from it in times of decision making and conclusion drawing.

It is well with us in Jesus name, amen.