Great Illustration of Why Idolatry is Wrong
September 28, 2007
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Posted by Ray Fowler
(Excerpt from Sunday’s message on the Second Commandment.)
Adrian Rogers gives the following great illustration of why it is wrong to worship an image of God:
Suppose a woman walks into a room and finds her husband embracing another woman. He sees his wife out of the corner of his eye and says, “Now wait a minute, honey. Don’t get the wrong idea here. Let me tell you what I was doing. This woman is so beautiful, she reminded me of you. I was really just thinking of you when I was embracing her.”
There’s not a woman in America who would buy that, including my wife, Joyce! And God doesn’t buy it either when we worship something else and say, “Now, Lord, wait a minute. Don’t get the wrong idea here. I was only worshiping this thing because it reminds me of You. I’m really worshiping You.”
No, you really aren’t. That’s what the Second Commandment is all about.
(Adrian Rogers, “Ten Secrets For a Successful Family”, pp.44-45)
Categories: Idols
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Your analogy is incorrect. God is told to be omnipresent. He is everywhere including Idol, in your heart, mind, soul and whole universe. Secondly, you mentioned that you are with another woman… Correct analogy should be you worshiping your wife’s photo or her picture and your wife is omnipresent and sees you that you still love her so much! Thirdly, lot of people have hard time in focusing their mind towards God. Having image or some form of Idol, helps them focus. Forth point is, God does not care whether you worship him or not. It is only beneficial to you if you worship God so that you are able to have right mindset, selfless Godly mindset. It is you taking your mind towards God and become Godly with all the good ethics, etc. Minute you start manipulating how others should be worshiping their God, you are manipulating them which is again unethical. Let there be freedom of worship… Don’t listen to this guy and worship the God the way you like…
God bless everyone in the world!
Gopal – Thank you for your comment. I disagree with you about God not caring whether or how we worship him. The Bible says that God does care about these things very much. In fact, that’s what the first and second commandments are all about! You can read more about the first two commandments here:
• First Commandment – No Other Gods
• Second Commandment – No Idols
Hi
I like your illustration, it will be helpful to many who can’t seem to understand the concept of God is a spirit.