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EVERYTHING WE NEED: Idolatry — Bible Times (Part 1)
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“You shall have no other gods before me. 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. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…” (Exod. 20:3-5 NIV1984). The opposite of that command was to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” (Deut. 6:5).
Yet idolatry was the greatest downfall of God’s ...
EVERYTHING WE NEED: Jesus Loves Me . . . But Why?
“I don’t know why Jesus loved me; I don’t know why He cared. I don’t why He sacrificed His life. Oh, but I’m glad, so glad He did” (Andre Couch).
What did God see in us to be worthy of His love? Was it our intelligence, our wealth (or lack of it) or our good standing in society? Hardly. We could have had any of those things, but it would not have made us worthy.
We all...