Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Idols in the Homes of Saints?

Deuteronomy 7:25-26 KJV
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Here is a principle that seems to be ignored amongst today. God doesn't want those things that have roots in idolatry and paganism in our homes. They are an abomination to Him.

I think part of the reason for this cavalier attitude concerning idols is traced to a misunderstanding of Paul's counsel that we know an idol is nothing in the world. That is an obvious truth. There is no god besides God. The idol has no supernatural power. It is a piece of wood or stone or precious metal and nothing more. But it is an abomination to God because it represents a person's love for some power other than God.

But the homes of Christians who are otherwise faithful and Christ honoring are often containers for those things that represent what God has clearly declared He abhors. Statues and figures of false gods adorn the shelves of Christians who simply see them as cultural art. Playing cards, whose roots trace to witchcraft or Islamic or both, and that today represent the gambling industry may be found in homes and are frequently played by Christians.

I know there's no false god in them, but they are an abomination to God and should not be in the homes of serious Christians.

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