Playlist: Idolatry, Fleeing (topic)
Flee From Idolatry (Part Two): Faithfulness
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIn our Christian fight, we must recognize idolatry as the chief sin of mankind, the primary stumbling block that hinders our progress toward the Kingdom of God. It weakens and wrecks our faith, diverting us from the path we are meant to follow. Idolatry manifests as placing something or someone else in the place of God in our …
Flee From Idolatry (Part One): Self-Discipline
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIn the recounting of Israel's history, as presented by the psalmist Asaph in Psalm 78, there is a profound warning against the pitfalls of idolatry and the necessity of fleeing from such practices. Israel's journey through the wilderness reveals a persistent pattern of forgetfulness and ingratitude, marked by stubbornness and …
Idolatrous Suppressors of the Truth
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsLittle children, keep yourselves from idols. This urgent warning from the apostle John emphasizes the grave danger of idolatry, a threat that seeks to come between us and the knowledge of the true and living God. Idolatry stems from self-centeredness and rebelliousness, where people refuse to surrender themselves to worship God …
What Is Always True About the World?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe apostle John concludes his epistle by linking the assurance that believers are of God with the reality that the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one, issuing the direct command to keep from idols. This warning addresses the persistent human tendency to elevate anything above the true God, whether physical images …
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Five): Thyatira
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Thyatiran congregation faced pressure to participate in idolatrous practices tied to local trade guilds dedicated to Apollo and Artemis. Membership required attendance at festivals, communal temple meals, and ritual sexual acts, all of which constituted idolatry. Refusal brought expulsion from the guilds, loss of employment, …
Defining Trials
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. ReidBecause God is faithful and provides escape from every temptation that is common to man, believers are instructed to flee from idolatry. This means rejecting any thing, idea, activity, or personal mindset that claims pre-eminence over God and thereby leads to sin. The command follows directly from the warning that Israel's …
Acts (Part Sixteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe Jerusalem Council addressed the question of Gentile conversion by directing believers to abstain from things offered to idols, among other practices tied to pagan idolatry, because these carried direct moral and spiritual implications even though the regulations appeared in what seemed to be a ceremonial section of the law. …
Worship
Sermonette by James BeaubelleWorship is required for all events in our lives, including the trials that build character within us. Anything that displaces God must be rooted out.
The Book of Daniel (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIf we look upon the Book of Daniel as a puzzle of prophecies, we miss the more important point that it gives strategies to remain godly in a godless venue.
Amos (Part Seven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughGod, through His prophets, warns that He will chasten His people with increasing severity until they repent and begin to reflect His characteristics.