Surely that picture of Jesus on your wall, or the Angel statuettes your sister gave you, or that dreamcatcher over your child’s bed isn’t an idol! After all, you’re not bowing down to it, or praying to it, are you?? Of course not!
How does GOD feel about it? Does it really matter how YOU feel? If you’re right, then you are allowed to have pictures and representations of other gods in your home, as long as you don’t actually WORSHIP them. At best, this means you get to have some trinkets decorating your home.
But if I’M RIGHT, they will ROB YOU of your salvation! I DARE to make the bold statement that if you knowingly keep a dream catcher in your home, GOD WON’T BE THERE!! Don’t you think it’s worth investigating and finding the REAL TRUTH of this matter, and not the way that seems right to a man, the way that seems right to YOU, the way that leads to DEATH!
Let us take, for example, a cute little statue of Buddha. It’s totally harmless, perhaps a souvenir from your trip to China. Surely that’s not going to interfere with your faith, is it? I mean, YOU know that it’s just a lump of porcelain. YOU know that it’s not an idol TO YOU, so it must be alright! Read the rest of this entry »