![]() ![]() “As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.” A.B. “If we make an idol of any creature, wealth, or pleasure, or honour – if we place our happiness in it, and promise ourselves the comfort and satisfaction in it which are to be had in God only – if we make it our joy and love, our hope and confidence, we shall find it a cistern, which we take a great deal of pains to hew out and fill, and at the best it will hold but a little water, and that dead and flat, and soon corrupting and becoming nauseous (Jer. So, find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry.” John Piper. ![]() “We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. “An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.” A.W. Dagon can stand with Bel, and Bel with Ashtaroth how should stone, and wood, and silver, be moved to indignation but because God is the only living and true God, Dagon must fall before His ark Bel must be broken, and Ashtaroth must be consumed with fire.” Charles Spurgeon “False gods patiently endure the existence of other false gods. “For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?” John Calvin. ![]() “Idolatry is seeking security and meaning in someone or something other than God.” “If you want to follow Jesus because He will give you a better life, that’s IDOLATRY. ![]()
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