TAKE AWAY ALL IDOLS PT 1

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TAKE AWAY ALL IDOLS PT 1


MEMORY VERSE: - Genesis 35:4 - "And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem."

First of all, we must understand why they removed their earrings because many misunderstood this removing of earrings and made it a dogma that wearing earrings is a sin. Understand that these earrings were idols, and charms they wear as protection from where they were coming from. 

These people were idol worshippers and everything around them had the images of their idols and represents one god or the other. Let's see other versions of this text:

AMP says, "So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], ....."

 MSG "They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they’d been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem." And so, for the reason that those things were gods to them, hence, they had to take it off, it is not that putting on jewelry is evil or sinful.

God our father made everything and gave them to man as their possession. In Haggai 2:8 He said, "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty" Therefore as the custodian of all that the father has, you are to enjoy all that He gave to you as your possession but you are not permitted to make them more important than the giver (God). 

You can't serve God and Manon, you can't serve two master, you have to make a choice whom you will serve. In addressing the children of Israel, Joshua said to them, "Choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell." Today, make up your mind to worship God rightly by putting off those things that stands between you and your God.

PRAYER 
Heavenly father, I thank you for your Word, today, I surrender totally to you. I put out of my life everything that stands as an idol against me in the name of Jesus, Amen.

BIBLE VERSES
Ezekiel 14:6; Matthew 6:24; Ephesians 5:5

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