Are You an Idol Worshipper?

Have you ever considered the vital relationship between worship and the commandments given by God to His people? As I have said before, the first four commandments establish God's essential requirements for acceptable worship. If we sincerely desire to understand what true worship is, we must begin by studying these commandments.

The first commandment God gave to the children of Israel established the fact that He was the only God they were to worship...

Throughout the Old Testament, the breaking of the first commandment evoked God's anger against His people more than anything else they did. When this one was broken, the breaking of the next three was soon to follow.

We may think that we no longer have this tendency to worhsip other gods. Maybe this is because we don't recognize the ones we may be serving. When we think of other gods, we usually think of those who worship Buddha, Mohammed, or the multitude of other deities in the world. Of course we believe there is only one God, and He is the only one we are going to worship. We would never be guilty of worshiping other gods! Yet this first commandment may be the one most often violated by God's people today. Maybe we have turned to the worhsip of idols without even realizing it.

- Returning to Worship: A God Centered Approached by Ron Owens