God instructed the children of Israel to utterly destroy idolatry in Deut. 12:1-4 “These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth to thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: and ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the…

Some Truths About Idolatry: – Covetousness is a form of idolatry. Col. 3:5, “Away then with sinful, earthly things; deaden the evil desires lurking within you; have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust and shameful desires; don’t worship the good things of life, for that is idolatry” (TLB). It is good to have things but it is a terrible thing for you to worship things; it is a terrible thing to allow things to have you. Love God and use things. Modern day idolatry is loving things and using God or even using God to get things. This is materialism, the worship of things. This is the origin…