Page 47 - Uncompromising Sermons By Bobby Cabonce

Religiosity is inherent in a person because dwelling place the tendency is that you
man has a spirit and one of the functions of will go back worshiping and serving them.
the spirit is to worship. Have you seen an And thus you will become like your dumb
animal that worships? An animal does not idol. You will not understand God’s Word.
have a spirit but only man. So even though You will lose appetite in reading the
man worships, in reality he is not seeking Bible and eventually believe a lie. Besides
God. Religiosity is innate or built-in to his that, your children and the next generation
innermost being because of the spirit in will have the tendency to also be captivated
him. The Bible says in (ROMANS 3:11), in worshipping idols. That is why God’s
“No man seeks for God, not even one.” instruction is to burn these idols.

When God brought the Israelites out of (DEUTERONOMY 7:25), “The graven im-
Egypt, God gave them this first command- ages of their gods you are to burn with
ment but the Israelites sin against the Lord fire; you shall not covet the silver or the
over and over again with the sin of idolatry. gold that is on them, nor take it for your-
Every time they permitted themselves to selves, lest you be snared by it, for it is
be attracted to the gods of the heathens an abomination to the Lord your God.”
or the pagan gods, the Lord God of Israel
allowed other nations to oppress the (PSALMS 115: 4-8), “But their idols are
Israelites and there were times that they silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
were defeated in battle and eventually They have mouths, but cannot speak,
their enemies conquered them. eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears,
but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell;
When Christianity spread out to the they have hands, but cannot feel, feet but
Mediterranean world, pagans who were cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound
converted to Christianity were instructed with their throats. Those who make
to get rid of their idols. Let us leave the them will be like them and so will all who
pagans alone but if someone who profess trust in them.”
to be a Christian yet is an idolater; there Beginning in the
is a stern instruction to the church from first century, from
the Word of God not to associate with Jerusalem to the
such a one. (1 CORINTHIANS 5:11-13) Mediterr anean
world Christianity
Anyone who worship or make sacri- spread out. The
fices to an idol is actually worship- churches in the
ing or sacrificing to demons. Behind New Testament on
those idols or images are demons. whom the apostles
(1 CORINTHIANS 10:19-20), “Do I mean wrote letters for and
then that a sacrifice offered to an idol the seven church-
is anything, or that an idol is anything? es mentioned in
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are the book of Reve-
offered to demons, not to God. I do not lation were actual
want you to be participants with demons.” Mohammad churches located in
the Mediterranean world. But now you
To a born again Christian, all idols are cannot trace Christianity there because
nothing. They can do no harm nor do well it has been converted to Islam. The big
to a Christian. Idols are not to be afraid question is why and how did it happen?
of because they are nothing. Yet if you Let us first examine who Muhammad was.
allow yourself by compromising to pagan Muhammad, the man destined to be the
doctrines and still keep idols in your prophet of a new world religion as well as
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