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Understanding Idolatry: Lessons from 1 John
In this episode, we explore the concluding message of John’s first letter: … (visit YouTube for more)
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Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
This is the last verse, the very last thing that John’s said in his first letter. So he closes his letter with this comment. Children, my dear ones, keep yourself from idols.
What sort of a risk does he think that these people are facing? Because I tell you, it’s no different from the risk that we face today.
We see throughout scripture, people are replacing God. They take various things. In particular, statues, or rocks, or bits of wood, and they say, that’s God, right there.
But really, what is an idol? An idol is anything that you can’t stop thinking about. An idol is anything that takes too high a place in your life.
