Martin Luther Quote 2

Here is a challenging quote from Martin Luther (one of my favorite figures in Church History) that I think about often and I encourage you to do as well.

“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God”

Remember the first two of the big ten Exo 20:3-4 Do not have other gods besides Me. (4) Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You see in the days of ancient Israel, there was great temptation to worship the gods of materialism (Baal, the god of weather and financial success) and sex (Ashtoreth, the goddess of sex, romance, and reproduction), or any number of other local deities. We are tempted to worship the same gods today, but without the old-fashioned names and images. What is your god, I hope for all of us we find the one True God, who is described in Exo 20:5 for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...

One theologian said of God's jealous "God's jealousy is love in action. He refuses to share the human heart with any rival, not because He is selfish and wants us all for Himself, but because He knows that upon that loyalty to Him depends our very moral life . . . God is not jealous of us: He is jealous for us."

Making Sure I Keep Idols Out Of My Life, Pastor Phillip