KEEP YOURSELF FROM IDOLS.
Pastor Obinna Michael
1 John 5: 21 (KJV). Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Idols are satanic and bad. They are images of satanic representations used for the worship of devils. When we talk about idols, what comes to our mind is the idolatry, but the average believer is having one idol or the other.
Let’s read this verse in another translation.
1 John 5: 21 (AMP). Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods)–[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be).
I John 5:21 (NLT). Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
I want you to know that the revelation of an idol in our generation and time is gradually changing as far as the gospel of Grace is concerned. This is what the two translations are showing us. Anything that is gradually taking the place of God in your heart is an idol, anything that will occupy your heart or you have a soft spot for is your idol.
Children of God, what is that thing that is taking that space meant for only God in your heart? What do you always think about? Some people can’t do without their phones, for some it is their job, children, husband, family, parents, boyfriend, TV, make up, etc. It is time to regain yourself back and pray to the Holy Spirit to help purge your heart away from anything that wants to take the place of God in your heart.
Prayer:
Loving father, I am grateful for this word, thank you for sending it to me at such a time, thank you for purging my heart using this word. I confess my sins and I ask that you forgive me. I declare that my heart is yours and I yield them to you always and continually in Jesus name. Amen.
Bible Reference: 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13.
Wisdom Capsule:
Proverbs 15: 12 (MSG)……..Know-it-alls don’t like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.
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