Today’s Devotional – October 18th (Heaven’s Idols)

By admin On February 7th, 2021

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Today’s Devotional – October 18th

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Heaven’s Idols

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In this high-tech world of instant communication, we now have access to nearly every part of the world.

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And yet, in spite of such easy access, the Christian community had been given the commission to…

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:…

what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?…

Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean [thing];

and I will receive you,”

2nd Corinthians 6:14, 16, 17.

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Yes, the Bible commands us to maintain a separation between us and the world, as this above passage warns and commands!

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American Idol – Wikipedia – Fair-Use Rationale

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CHRISTIANITY & WORLD MERGE!

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And yet, at the very conception of the radio industry, the Christian community immediately joined with the world in making music recordings. This was a fatal error, which immediately linked Christianity with the world!

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**Now there are, no doubt, many Christians who will argue the benefits of commercially-produced Christian music… “Oh I get such a blessing from listening to Christian radio”, many will swear!**

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Or you might hear….“Well, I can swear up and down about all the many benefits of Christian music, and how it has improved things!”

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But the fact is, the Christian community is in terrible shambles, compared to what it was in the days of the early Church!

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IDOLS OF OUR OWN MAKING!

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And just look at the Christian music-world! It is filled with idolatry! We now have Christian music idols who have gained both fame and fortune through the various media.

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And it has created a bridge between the Christian world and the secular world!

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And much of the music has taken on a worldly appeal, filled with sensuality and earthiness!

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Rock Music Christian CHURCH – wikimedia public domain

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THE TWO ADULTEROUS SISTERS IN EZEKIEL

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And it reminds us of God’s rebuke to His people, comparing us to the two sisters, Aholah and Aholibah, each representing either the liberal or conservative portions of today’s church-world.

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Listen… “And when her sister Aholibah saw this (the whoredoms of her sister),

she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she…

She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours,

captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously,

horsemen riding upon horses,

all of them desirable young men….

And that she increased her whoredoms:

for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall,

the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion (richly red in color)…”

Ezekiel 23:11-14

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Yes, just like these two corrupt sisters, we conservatives and liberals in the Church, have linked up with the world, and our children too!

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Both, famous musicians as well as popular preachers have too often become modern-day idols, receiving much of the implicit trust, adoration, and praise that should only belong to God!

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ABOVE PICTURES: The Pleiades: Mystery Harlot & Captive Angel Constellations

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GOOD NEWS!

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But there is some very Good News in all this! Yes, those who have chosen to get into the Ark, and leave this present world, have the command to… “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” Isaiah 2:22.

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In this very same verse from Isaiah, Ch. 2, God’s people are commanded to flee from the world, as they cast their…

“idols of silver, and his idols of gold…

to the moles and to the bats;

To go into the clefts of the ragged rocks,

for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty,

when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth”

Isaiah 2:21, 22

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And as the sanctified Believer separates his or her own self from those counterfeit aspects of the Gospel, the Lord will supply our every need and joy, which others vainly seek for in the world!

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But remember this, O Stranger and Pilgrim, the time is very short! God is now ready to give us the fullness of Christ!

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TO READ PART 2, CLICK HERE…

October 19th (Heaven’s Idols, Part 2, ‘Choosing Appropriate Music’)”

photo – music headphones – psychic-Ganzfeld – Wikipedia – Public-domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to crucify to myself, this idolatrous world with its all affections and lusts. Help me to put on the “New man”, which is renewed in wisdom and knowledge…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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GLORIOUS CROWN CONSTELLATION…

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& THE REVELATION 12 WOMAN

(Click above to read more!)

Laurel Wreath – Lorbeerkranz_Zypern – cropped photo – Wikipedia – public domain

“A CROWN OF 12 STARS UPON HER HEAD” …

But upon a closer examination if you have access to a very dark sky out in the country; if you watch this wreath, you will eventually see 5 more very faint stars, making a total of 12 stars, plus that single star in the middle. This wreath now becomes a crown of 12 stars. This goes along with Revelation 12, which tells of a crown of 12 stars upon the head of the Virtuous Woman of Revelation 12.

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… “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman…and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:” Revelation 12:1.

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