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What is your dream job?

What is your top priority in life right now? Does your life reflect that?

Introduction

Survivor

American Idol

Your heart is a perpetual Idol Factory

When we make something more important than God

When we think of God in an incorrect way

When we make any sort of image of God

Scripture (First and Second commandment)

Exodus 20:3–6 ESV

“You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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 or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Distinction

The first commandment has God looking at all of the different nations and the False Gods they serve

The second commandment looks at how they worship their false gods

God says that He is having none of that

The only image that God allows, are His image bearers

The Heart attack

Some of us have made an idol of image

social media presence

Social chameleon

pride

Puffing up

being popular

The Solution

Jesus is the perfect image of God

If we are saved, we are being conformed to the image of Christ

What to do

Limit Screen time (social screen time)

Is what I’m doing right now giving my name glory of God’s name glory?

Why do I feel like I need to puff myself up?

All insecurities

All shortcomings

All weaknesses

All answered in Christ

1. What stood out to you the most from today's discussion on idolatry?

2. How do you think idolatry can manifest itself in our modern-day lives?

3. In what ways have you struggled with prioritizing things above God in your own life?

4. How can we ensure that we are worshiping God alone and not any false idols?

5. How can we help each other stay accountable in avoiding idolatry and putting God first?

6. What are some practical steps we can take to limit our social media presence and screen time?

7. How do we balance pursuing our dreams and goals while also keeping God as our top priority?

8. In what ways can we better conform to the image of Christ in our daily lives?

9. Have you ever struggled with feeling the need to puff yourself up or be popular? How did you overcome this?

10. How can we remind ourselves daily that all of our insecurities, shortcomings, and weaknesses are answered in Christ?