Dumb Idols

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Lord, Amen, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the God of all flesh, thank you Father, you are with us this day, all those who are trusting in You, you are our strength; you are our shield; you are our fortress; you are our high tower, our deliverer, our God in whom we will trust! Thank you Father.

Today’s program is called Dumb Idols. Let’s read Psalm 115,  Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.  Why should the Gentiles say, So where is their God? But our God is in Heaven; He does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them. O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great. May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, who made Heaven and Earth. The Heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the Earth He has given to the children of men. The dead do not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into silence. But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord! 

I just want to take a moment to worship God: Father, in Jesus’ name, we worship you; we praise your holy name, Father. You alone are God; you alone are worthy to be praised! Glory and honor to you Father! Glory and honor to you Lord Jesus! You came; you suffered, and you died for our sins, and on the third day the Father raised you from the dead. You washed us from our sins in your own Blood, Amen, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus! We just worship you Father; we worship you Jesus; we thank you for your sacrifice Lord. Thank you for your salvation Father in the death and resurrection of your Son. We just praise you and honor you and magnify your holy name Father. Thank you Lord, Amen.

Let’s turn to Psalm 20:6, Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy Heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright. Save, Lord! May the King answer us when we call. 

Psalm 146:1, Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever, who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; the Lord raises those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down. The Lord shall reign forever—your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord! 

Ok, let’s turn to Habakkuk 2:18, What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, the molded image, a teacher of lies, that the maker of its mold should trust in it, to make dumb idols? Woe to him who says to wood, Awake! To silent stone, Arise! It shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet in it there is no breath at all. But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the Earth keep silence before Him.

America is full of idols: politicians, businessmen, rock stars, country music stars, movie stars and preachers, to name a few. When you make an idol of them, or if you yourself allow yourself to be exalted and take on the honor and glory that belongs to God only, you have eyes, but you see not; you are blind to the glory and power of God; you cannot see that your help is only in God. You have ears, but you hear not; you cannot discern the voice of God, and you are not obeying His Word. You have hands, but the things you do are in vain; you have feet, but you are not walking in the right way, and you will stumble. In short, whatever you worship becomes your god. 

Let’s turn to Deut 4:35, This is Moses talking to the children of Israel, To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him. Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on Earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His Words out of the midst of the fire. And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in Heaven above and on the Earth beneath; there is no other. You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time. 

The glory belongs to God. Let’s turn to Isa 9:6, For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 

Ok, let’s turn to Zec 6:12, Then speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Behold, the Man whose name is the Branch! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the temple of the Lord; Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. This is a prophecy of our Lord Jesus Christ and His coming Kingdom.

Let’s go to Php 2:5, Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the Earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The glory is given to Jesus, and He alone can bear it. Anyone who exalts himself to take what belongs to Him only shall surely fall; he cannot bear it. God is a jealous God, and we as His people are commanded to keep ourselves from idols.

Many people are glorifying our President Donald Trump these days and putting their trust in him, even to the point of building and erecting a 22 foot golden statue of him, holding up his fist, depicting the moment right after he was shot in the Pennsylvania rally. It was God, and Him alone, that saved Donald Trump that day from death, and He alone should be glorified for what He did. I thank God for President Trump and the good that he has done, but this is nothing but idolatry: glorifying him and not God. On top of that, having preachers come, supposed servants of God, and bless the statue. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of all flesh, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the one who saved Donald’s life that day, and it is a greater abomination for preachers to come and bless that statue. 

In John 5:44, Jesus said, How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? Stop receiving all this honor and praise of men and women, and humble yourself before the living God to give Him the glory, and He will exalt you. It is not weakness to humble yourself before God, for He is your strength.

1 Cor 10:12,  Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 

Jos 24:14, Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 C0r 13:14)