“And the idols He shall utterly abolished.“ Isaiah 2:18 There is, then, a time to break down theseidols which our fallen nature has set up. And have not we experienced some measure ofthis breaking down, both externally and internally? Have not our idols been in a measure smashedbefore our eyes, our prospects in life cut […]
Some beloved idol? (J. C. Philpot 1841) “A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.” Jeremiah 50:38Have we not all in our various ways,set up some beloved idol . . . something which engaged our affections, something which occupied our thoughts, something to which we devoted all […]
Were it no bigger than a child’s doll “From all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.” Ezekiel 36:25 Idolatry takes a wide range. There are ‘respectable’ idols and ‘vulgar’ idols—just as there are marble statues, and other objects of worship made up of shells and feathers. And yet each will still be an […]