The document is a sermon about idolatry based on Exodus 20:1-6. It discusses how idol worship involves making, selling, buying, or bowing before graven images. Idol worship is defined as hating God and sin. The sermon warns that God is a jealous God who will punish idolatry for generations, but shows mercy to those who love and obey Him by acknowledging Him as their redeemer and savior from sin.

1. Message forJanuary 23, 2011 On Idolatry

2. Exodus 20:1-6 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

3. Introduction I am jealous for the Lord my God. While the idolaters flock their way where are the believers during Lord’s Day?

4. Introduction People die of horrible deaths daily.

5. Introduction Is it not a diabolical evil that we do not care?

6. Introduction People die and we see the religious exercises they do confirming what we already know.

7. The Lord is our Redeemer It always starts here, He is our God when we recognize Him as our Redeemer. Basis Christianity is always that of knowing Him as Savior. Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

8. The First Commandment v. 3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. It is when we acknowledge Him as Redeemer that we stop worshipping other gods. 1 Thess 1:9-10 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

9. The Clear Command v. 4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: v. 5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

10. What Idolatry Is? Idol Worship is making/selling/buying graven image. Idol Worship is bowing before a graven image. Idol Worship is serving a graven image. Idol Worship is hating God. Idol Worship is SIN, iniquity.

11. Idol Worship is… 1 Cor 10:19-20 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

12. Idol Worship is… 1 Cor 12:2 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

13. The Penalty of Idolatry 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

14. Conclusion 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. When we acknowledge Him as Savior we are obeying His commandments and we love Him. 1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.