Idols, What are exactly?

Hello again, dear bloggers. Today we will see the theme "Idols, What are exactly?" We proceed to explain what is an idol. "Figure or image depicting a supernatural being and that is worshiped and worship like divinity itself." Currently , we can see that many churches have images, whether of saints, martyrs, virgins, which people pray and cross themselves up in front of them. Let's see what the Bible says, the
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Leviticus 26: 1: "ye shall not make idols, neither rear you up a carved image or sacred pillar, nor shall stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the Lord your God."

Exodus 20: 4-5: "Thou shalt not image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.5 not bow down thyself to them, nor serve .. "
As we can see, in the Old Testament and were forbidden to worship idols (images). Let us now in the New Testament:

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
A God does not like the worship of images and
 idol. Remember that he is a jealous God (Exodus 20: 5)

Many believe that these "images" is their God. In Acts 17:29, it leaves us quite clear that it is not, "We must not imagine that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man" Also we see Isaiah 42: 8 "I will not give my glory to another or my praise to sculptures".


And the truth is that the images and sculptures are matter, created by man. Let me give an example, say you go to church, you approach the statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, you persignas and then pray asking for your mother has fractured the head, after praying, you stand and you're going when hear a hit, turn around and see that someone has encountered the statue, and this has been dropped puzzling. Tell me, if the single statue, his head can not be fixed, how will you heal your mother?

Idolize, is not only to worship or pray to images or sculptures. It idolizes also devoting time to other things other than God. For example, it is wrong to spend an hour on the Internet, and we dedicate to God, only 15 minutes a day. Do not forget that without God we are nothing.

Another type of idolatry are processions, what are the processions? "March of orderly and people walking solemnly down the street with a ceremonial occasion, especially of the Catholic religion." And this "formal reason" is to worship an image. An example? The Lord of Miracles. I know the story, but should know that despite everything, is still an image. You might say "but that image is God." You're wrong, if that image were God, why then he has left totally prohibited the worship of images? Furthermore, God is spirit (John 4:24) and not matter.

Let's see other verses about "images":

Romans 1:23: "And changed the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles."
Isaiah 40:18: "To whom then will ye liken God, or what likeness will?"
Isaiah 45:20: ". Gather together and come; together, you fugitives of the nations they have no knowledge who carry their wooden idols and pray to gods that can not save."
That's all for today. Do not forget to give time to God every day of their lives, do not know the blessing that will bring to their lives.
God bless you, he loves you.
A final request, pray for the children of Syria, Iraq and all countries in need more than ever the help of Almighty God.
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