who is your God? what are your idols?

here are some verses i sent in an email august 30, 2000 (the title comes from an advertisement for an old mortal album... i recently read the book counterfeit gods by tim keller which fits in with the theme as well - and which i'd highly recommend)

Psalm 119:113
i hate double-minded men, but i love your law.

2 Chronicles 25:2
he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, BUT NOT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

Joshua 24:14-15
now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. but if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.

1 Kings 18:21
elijah went out before the people and said, "how long will you waver between two opinions? if the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." but the people said nothing.

2 Kings 17:38-41
"do not forget the covenant i have made with you, and do not worship other gods. rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies." they would not listen, HOWEVER, but persisted in their former practices. EVEN WHILE these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Matthew 6:24
NO ONE can serve two masters. either he will HATE the one and LOVE the other, or he will be DEVOTED to the one and DESPISE the other. you cannot serve both God and Money.


- think 'em through... and remember:

Psalm 24:6
such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob.