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Idolatry in the Gentile world
See also Ac 14:11–13; Ac 17:22–23; Ac 19:24; 1 Co 8:5; Ga 4:8
Criticism of idolatry
Idolatry leads to other sinful behaviour
Ro 1:24 Verses 22 and 24-25 show the link between idolatry and immoral conduct.
Idolatry is an offence against the doctrine of creation
See also Ac 17:24–29
Idols are futile and degrading
See also 1 Co 8:4; 1 Co 10:19; 1 Co 12:2
Idolatrous worship of human beings
See also Lk 20:24–25 Jesus Christ opposes the hypocrisy which objected to Roman coinage as idolatrous on the grounds that the emperor’s head infringed the Ten Commandments; Ac 28:6
Demonic powers are involved with idolatry
See also Re 9:20; Re 13:4
Food sacrificed to idols
See also Ro 14:2–3; Ro 14:6; 1 Co 8:4–13; 1 Co 10:14–31
Encounters with idolatrous practice
See also Ac 14:11–18; Ac 17:18–31
Spiritual idolatry
1 Jn 5:21 “idols” here may well refer to a wide range of God-substitutes.
The temptations of Jesus Christ present three main kinds of spiritual idolatry
Possessions
See also Mt 6:24; Lk 18:23; Php 3:19; Col 3:5; 1 Ti 6:10
Prestige and self-esteem
See also Lk 3:8; Lk 10:29; Lk 18:11–12; Lk 18:21; Ro 2:19
Power
See also Lk 9:54–55; Lk 23:39; Jn 18:10–11; Jn 19:10; Php 2:6; Jas 4:6; Jas 4:10
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