Idols

Here is the outline from Pastor Jeff Gray's message on Jan 9, 2011. The message did not get recorded, so we wanted to share this outline with you:

Exodus 20:4-6

I. Don't idolize anything.

Idols will :

A) disappoint me.

B) dominate me.

-- 1) Addictions.

-- 2) lose perspective.

C) Deform me. Psalm 115:8. Refer also to Matthew 19:16

II. Worship only God

- Why do people want to make God into a form they can bow down to?

-- A) An attempt to limit God's location

-- B) An attempt to reduce His power and size...this is reversal of Genesis 1:27

-- C) They want to control God

- Benefits of worshipping God only:

-- A) It will delight me. Romans 10:11

-- B) It will deliver me...John 8:32 and 8:36

---- 1) Approval of God not man.

---- 2) Set free from my past because I'm forgiven. Set free in the present because I have new power to conquer sin. Set free in the future because my name is written in the Lambs book of Life.

-- C) Develops me. 2 Cor 3:18

Summary ...what is God like? Col 1:15 and John 14:8. Jesus.