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Introduction:
1. Mankind is basically the same as he has always been!
a) The differences are only in degrees!
b) He is either more wicked or less wicked.
c) Or, more striving to do right or less striving to do right.
2. The same admonitions that God gave 3500 years ago are still applicable today.
a) Yes, Christianity has made its impact!
b) But that varies with time.
c) One writer stated that Christianity had almost stamped out witchcraft.
· It was written just a few years ago.
· Now, it is again becoming more and more prominent.
3. Man doesn’t for long stay on the road of righteousness.
a) This is the reason why we continually need to be reminded of right things.
b) And strongly encouraged to practice righteousness.
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This lesson will look at two words: Idolatry & Witchcraft.
Lesson:
I. IDOLATRY
A. Defined:
1) Greek word EIDOLOLATREIA εἰδωλολατρεία —“Appearance, Seen,
Idea.”
2) Thus, an image of something to represent a missing person or being.
3) Thayer: “The worship of false gods, idolatry.”
4) 20th Century Dictionary: “An material object to which religious worship is
addressed; hence, a false god or fictitious divinity, as of a heathen people.”
5) It is giving worship & adoration to or before an object that has: Appearance,
Form, Figure, or Shape.
6) Stresses an appeal to the senses of man.
B. Old Testament teachings & dealings with Idolatry.
1) Heathen world given over to Idolatry.
2) God tried to protect the Israelites from this danger by various things.
a) Invariably, they would get caught up in it time after time.
3) The prophets taught strongly against such.
4) They characterized them as:
a) Weak, Nothing, Feeble, Lifeless, Dumb, etc.
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