Worshipping God Falsely Leads to the Worship of False Gods

1 Kings 16:31 KJV

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

If it had not been bad enough that Jeroboam and those following served God falsely, Ahab adds to this sin by serving false gods.[1] 

Be sure that the one will lead to the other. They that worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth. To do otherwise will no doubt lead to worshipping things other than God. 

We see it in our own national history. The founders of our country for the most part worshipped God. But they almost all worshipped him falsely. They were all participants in man made Protestant churches and they all, though becoming tolerant, if not sympathetic to the Baptists, continued in their false churches. The result, now more than two hundred years later, is that America has nearly completely abandoned even a false worship of God. Protestant churches are on the decline and have lost all influence in our national thinking. Religions that worship false gods, like Islam, Mormonism and Buddhism on the other hand are in the rise. 

The legacy of Ahab was much worse than that of Jeroboam but was the result of those doors opened by Jeroboam. So too it will happen in any family. To worship God falsely will lead to worshipping false gods. That will lead to greater condemnation from the true and living God.