ccc"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be." — Matthew 24:37.
ccc
ccc"Idolatry exists in the church-goers today as
verily as in the days of Noah." — KC 49.
ccc
ccc"The first four commandments were given to show
men their duty to God . . . .
cccAgain the Lord seeks to guard His people against
idolatry . . . making to themselves images to represent
God." — ST May 6, 1880; or 1ST 154.
ccc
ccc"To make an image of God dishonors Him."
— 2SAT 184; or Manuscript 126, 1901.
ccc
ccc"Again the Lord seeks to guard His people
against idolatry . . . making to themselves images to represent
God." — ST May 6, 1880; or 1ST 154.
ccc
ccc". . . . idolatry . . . is . . . demon
worship." — PP 685:5, written in 1890.
ccc
ccc"All idolatry is devil worship." —
Author Unknown; ST January 25, 1899.
ccc
ccc"12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the
midst of the fire: ye heard the Voice of the Words, but saw no
similitude; only ye heard a Voice. 13 And He declared unto you
His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even ten
commandments; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And
the Lord commanded me [i.e., Moses] at that time to teach you
statutes and Judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither
ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto
yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that
the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The
likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing
that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in
the waters beneath the earth." — Deuteronomy 4:12-18.
ccc
ccc"God had given no manner of similitude of
Himself, and He had prohibited any material representation for
such a purpose." — PP 316, written in 1890.
ccc
ccc"In Noah's day all men were not in the fullest
sense heathen idolaters. Many had a knowledge of God and of His
law, but in their grand works of sculpture, in their works of
art, they professed to be honoring God by representing Him in the
works of their own hands in the similitudes which they had made
of God." — ST December 20, 1877; or 1ST 48.
ccc
ccc". . . many had been led astray by the Satanic
delusion that God might be represented by material objects, the
works of men's hands. By the contemplation of these things, their
minds were diverted from God." — ST May 19, 1881; or
1ST 227.
ccc
ccc"Anything that diverts the mind from God
assumes the form of an idol, and that is why there is so little
power in the church today." — SD 57.
ccc
ccc"All the gods of the people are idols."
— 1 Chronicles 16:26.
ccc
ccc"They despised My Judgments, and walked not in
My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went after
their idols [i.e., and/or after their gods; and/or after their
forbidden images made to represent God; and/or after their
Satanic delusion that God might be represented by material
objects, the works of men's hands; and/or after their demon
worship]." — Ezekiel 20:16.
ccc
ccc"All the gods of the people are idols."
— 1 Chronicles 16:26.
ccc
ccc"His [i.e., Satan's] arts and devices are
received as from heaven, and faith in the detector, the Bible, is
destroyed in the minds of thousands. Satan here receives the
worship which suits his Satanic majesty. Thousands are conversing
with, and receiving instructions from, this demon-god and acting
according to his teachings." — 1T 296, written in 1862.
ccc
ccc"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."
— Exodus 20:3.
ccc
ccc"The first commandment is a requirement in
reference to man's worship." — 2SAT 181; or Manuscript
126, 1901.
ccc
ccc"The second commandment will be easily
disobeyed if the first is not kept." — ST July 2, 1894;
or 3ST 129.
ccc
ccc"14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."
— 1 Corinthians 10:14-15.
ccc
ccc"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and
yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." — James
2:10.
ccc
ccc"14 Blessed are they that do His commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the City. 15 For without are dogs, and
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." — Revelation
22:14-15.
ccc
ccc"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it
be also in the days of the Son of man." — Luke 17:26.
ccc
ccc
Pastor Michael O. Hodges
FORERUNNER, self-supporting ministries
Home church (since 1983)
Pastor Michael O. Hodges
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