They Are Like Their Gods - Devotional

They Are Like Their Gods

Psalm 115:8 (NKJV)

Those who make them are like them;

So is everyone who trusts in them.

How are they like them?

They speak flattering words, or words that may sound right

Psalm 115:5 (NKJV)

They have mouths, but they do not speak;

Eyes they have, but they do not see;

The see carnally but not spiritually

Psalm 115:6 (NKJV)

They have ears, but they do not hear;

Noses they have, but they do not smell;

The hear what they want, but not what they need. The hear who they want, but who they need.

Psalm 115:7 (NKJV)

They have hands, but they do not handle;

Feet they have, but they do not walk;

Nor do they mutter through their throat.

We Cannot Make God In Our Image

Romans 1:21 NKJV

because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:22 NKJV

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:23 NKJV

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

Romans 1:24 NKJV

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,

Romans 1:25 NKJV

who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Exodus 20:3 NKJV

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

Exodus 20:4 NKJV

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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;

Exodus 20:5 NKJV

you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 20:6 NKJV

but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

1 John 5:21 NKJV

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

We Must Be Like Our God

Leviticus 21:8 (NKJV)

8 Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.

Exodus 19:6 (NKJV)

6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

1 Peter 1:16 NKJV

because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

1 Peter 1:17 NKJV

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;

1 Peter 1:18 NKJV

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

1 Peter 1:19 NKJV

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 1:23 NKJV

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

We Must Trust in God

Psalm 115:9 NKJV

O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.

Hebrews 11:6 NKJV

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.