Idol Worship & Idle Worship

Not much difference.

Let me explain. We all know what the word says about worhiping idols, (graven images) of other gods. The dictionary says an idol is an image or object worshiped as a god. Well, God says, that He is a jealous God and we are to have no other Gods. Besides what can a idol, a piece of wood, silver, metal whatever it is made of do for you anyway? It has no life. Our God is a living God. Our God created the very substance that is used to make idols. So now I ask you, which God is more real?

Our God is not a statute, our Jesus is not the image hanging on the cross in some churches still today. Jesus was taken down off that cross over 2000 years ago, placed in a tomb, and then was raised up on the third day, and is alive today seated at the right hand of the one and true GOD who created all things. AMEN!

Acts 19 v 24-27.....For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen. He called them together with the workers of similar occupation, and said; "Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade. Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands. So not only is this trade of ours in danger, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.....

Do you see where the concern is here? The concern is that these craftsmen who make these idols with their hands, (the same hands as anybody else) are concerned that their trade is not going to be so wealthy to them any longer when people quit worshipping their idols. They had a pretty lucrative business going on all over Asia. Now, if these were real gods, don't you think they could rise up and stop themselves from being destroyed?

Exodus 20 v 3-5a.....You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the LORD your GOD, am a jealous God,.........

So now we know we are not to worship idols. We have been told in His word, how He feels about this.

Now, what about idle worship? In the dictionary the word idle means to do nothing, lazy, useless, worthless, wasting time....

When we just give idle worhsip to the LORD, in other words when we just go to church on Sunday, or Saturday or whenever, just because that is the day we are suppose to go to church, and we sit in there thinking about, what we could be doing, like fishing, golfing, cooking out, visiting, shopping, etc. When we sit there with our minds wandering instead of being focused on WORSHIP, then that is idle worship. You may as well have stayed home. I mean if you are going to church just because you are trying to keep up your appearances then you might as well stay at home. Let me ask you this. Are you constantly late for church, do you purposely miss praise and worship time, do you feel changed when you leave or are you still aggravated and just trying to get to the car and out of the parking lot before everyone else? If you answered yes to any of these, then you might want to check your spirit and see how you are worshiping Him who gave EVERYTHING for you.

God wants your best when you worship Him. God does not want idle worship or you worshiping any idols. He feels the same about one as He does the other. AMEN!

Matthew 15 v 7-9.....Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying; "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."......

John 4 v 23.....But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.......

1 Chron 16 v 29....Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him, Oh, Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!.....

Don't be an idle/idol worshiper. Worship the LORD with all your heart, your mind your soul and your strength. Worship Him with LOVE.

What is another way to worship the LORD your God?

STAY IN THE WORD!