Seeking True Righteousness in a World of False Idols
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Introduction
Review Understanding of Righteousness
Define Idolatry
What is Modern Idolatry
Ways to seek True Righteousness
Review Understanding of Righteous
Review Understanding of Righteous
as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Idolatry is the worship of anything other than God
Idolatry is the worship of anything other than God
Idolatry is anything which causes us to think less of God
Idolatry is anything which causes us to think less of God
Show Slides of Idols
What is Modern Idolatry
What is Modern Idolatry
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
Do I love or treasure anything or anyone more than God?
Do I prioritize anything or anyone before God?
Does anything bring me more pleasure than the things of God?
Do I place my identity in anything over my status as a child of God?
Do I look to anything or anyone to meet my needs instead of God?
Do I seek fulfillment or satisfaction from anything outside of God?
Do I seek comfort outside of God?
Money Fame
Power Friends
Children Jobs
Nice things Significant other
Hobbies Our identity
We begin to value something above God, when we expect that thing to provide us with ultimate satisfaction (even if that expectation is not voiced)
We then begin the conscious or unconsciousness mental process of making it into an idol.
Explain how friends become and idol
Need to belong to a community
The ultimate sense of belonging can only be found in Christ
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
Every Christian has to decide if he or she is influencing the world or if the world is influencing him or her and then make choices accordingly.
Jesus was not being “inclusive” when eating with sinners. He was not affirming their individuality.
He was seeking to transform them
Practical Applications for Seeking True Righteousness
Practical Applications for Seeking True Righteousness
Prioritize your time in prayer and reading the Scriptures
Take a break from social media or other distractions that may be leading you astray
Seeking fellowship with other believers
Live a life of service and sacrifice