Determine AN Idol

Can we today, lower ourselves to the point of obedience to eat the ~same thing~ day after day?
Consider the Israelites, God’s Chosen children that wandered in the wilderness forty years, and day after day, they were feed BY God The Father the food of the angels, manna rained down from heaven six days a week… But on the sixth day double amount was to be gathered to last through ~the Sabbath~…(Exodus 16: 4;5; & 35)
Can we who call ourselves followers of Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son, the Cloud by day and the Fire by night that led them, “The Rock” that followed them, ” come any where near to following that close, in humble obedience? (I Corinthians 10:1-11) Even though That *Fire & Cloud* Whom we know today as Jesus Christ IS leading His sheep, how many are truly following? How many are partaking of ~the manna~ that IS provided for us today? AS compared TO: How many are putting the leaven of the world into the manna and calling *IT* food from The Father, Through The Son, By The Holy Ghost? (Many ARE Called, but ~~FEW~~ are chosen, WHY?
Looking around IT appears that man has failed miserably in even coming close to obedience, yes even those that claim to be led by the Spirit of Righteousness.. Those that lead in the programs and worship services in God’s House’s of Worship of today… Just stepping over the threshold into one, reveals so very many abominations set before The LORD in The Sanctuary, the place where many come together for the purpose of worship and praise OF The Heavenly Father, Through HIS Son, Jesus Christ, BY The Holy Ghost… Idols are displayed everywhere you look, *IF* you look with a spiritual eye and not the eye of flesh pointed toward the world of Satan, as sadly so many that enter do… Being ~ALL~ caught up in the world and *IT’S* dying ways of traditions of men…
What exactly IS determined TO BE an idol? According to mans ~interpretation ~:
An ~idol~ IS an object of ~~adoration~~: somebody or something greatly admired or loved, often to excess AND/OR an object of something that is worshiped as god…
Now ignite your thought process and think, what are the things that you ~Adore~? Innocently charming, beautiful, Christmas tree lights? Having, happy birthday sung to you before the congregation? Brightly colored eggs, cute bunnies, shinny bright golden eagles atop the flag poles of the adored flag of the nation? Consider IT Carefully as you read and take IN The Unadulterated Food of The Written Word of God, The Bible…
An *Idol* According TO, God’s Written Word, IS:
A ~carved image,~ a likeness, a statue, that represents the form of an object, ~Either~ “real or imagined”… shades or apparitions , spectres, phantoms of the mind as to the dearly departed OR … an image of a heathen god….
Something to really think about, mull over, and really ~Sincerely Study~ before we take one more disillusioned step out in the world of Satan’s Trappings of mans ignorance….
Most folks would ~never~ consider that the innocently seeming act of: seeking ghost, searching for spirits, fortune telling for fun, tattooing their bodies, with these things ARE in reality ~~IDOL Worship~~ but *IT* IS!
AND SO *IS*, THE: Statue of Liberty! IF you are a child of God then IT IS Plain to see, IF you are a child of the fleshly world, then IT seems silly to even think that something so ~Grand~ As “The Lady” that welcomes visitors to these shores, that represents freedom in this country, IS nothing more than a false idol…. But *IF* you read the experience of Daniel and The Three Hebrew children, who were dedicated to serving THE LORD, THE ONE TRUE GOD, *IT* becomes very visible that the statue is the same in sense as the one the king erected.. And the rules are the same…… But there again *IT* Takes humbly bowing down to the ~Guidance~ of the Holy Spirit to understand, and have the vision opened, not relying on ~Ones OWN Interpretation of anything… Remember Christ MUST lead us, we cannot lead Christ!!
(Daniel 3: 1-30 )… Nebuchadnezzar the king ~made an image of gold~ .. Then sent to gather all together to the dedication of this image.. He decreed that, “At what ever time ye hear the sound of the music, all fall down and worship the image… (Which IS The ~~VERY SAME~~ principle as standing at attention, with hand over heart, while a national anthem is sung… IT IS Honoring an ~Idol~ over God)… But because, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were faithful enough to The LORD God Almighty To stand their ground and refuse to be drawn into a form of false worship to an idol… The king then made a decree that their God be recognized….
(Leviticus 26:1) .. “Ye shall make you ~~NO idols~~ nor graven image , neither rear you up a ~Standing Image~, neither shall ye set up any image of stone IN your land, to bow down unto IT, for *I am The LORD your God.*…
(Deuteronomy 4:16)… “Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of ~ANY~ figure, the likeness of ~~male or female~~… (23).. Take ~~HEED~~ unto yourselves, lest ye forget the *Covenant of The LORD your God*, which HE Made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD thy God ~~HATH Forbidden~~ thee……”
These laws, commands, statutes, Have NOT Changed…. God IS The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever.. Jesus died on the cross, was resurrected, and ascended up into the heavens to sit at the right hand of God The Father, to free us from the bonds of sin, not to entangle us even deeper in them… and sin IS disobedience unto God’s Commandments….. Want to hang onto the world and all that IT has to offer? Want to bring the sin of New Orleans, and New York City into the Services in God’s House of Worship? Feel liberated to teach and deliver the ways of the world on the platter of the meals served in God’s House, instead of, The Pure Unadulterated TRUE Manna that God HAD Written in HIS Book , The Bible? Well, that’s your choice…. BUT! As the saying goes, “ALL ~good~ things must come to an end.” and there WILL Be an END to this world and those hanging onto to *IT*!
(Revelation 19:20)… The ~~beast~~ WAS Taken, AND With him, the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he ~~Deceived~~ them that received the mark of the beast, and then that ~worshipped~ his *image*… There, both were cast ~~Alive~~ into the lake of fire burning with brimstone…..
Better to get serious NOW, and get off of the worldly merry-go-round, than to wake up too late to do anything about your walk, your attitude, your life style, your humble ~~Obedient~~ following of Jesus Christ, The Son of God… Who Never followed the world, but set that path straight for us to follow behind Him in His footsteps….. AND Unless, one IS Willing TO: Repent of ~Everything~, give IT ~ALL~ over to The LORD, the eyes will remain blind, and the ears deaf….
(John 3:3)… “Except a man ~be Born again~ he cannot *see* the Kingdom of Heaven… (21) .. “But, he that *Doeth Truth*, cometh to The Light,”
(II Corinthians 4:2-7)..(3-4).. “*IF* the Gospel be hid *IT* IS Hidden to them that ARE lost… IN whom the gods of this world hath ~~blinded~~ the minds of them that believe not, lest the “Light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ”, Who IS The Image of God, should shine unto them… For we ~~Preach not ourselves, but Christ~~..
SOOOooo… we must do more than just say, “I am a Christian.” Our walk ~MUST~ reflect in visible testimony what our mouth speaks.. Just as did Daniel and the Three Hebrew children….