Do You Have An Idol ?
Ezekiel 14:3-8 Ezekiel is not speaking about a physical idol, he is saying an idol of the heart, the mind, the spirit of man. The error, the idol, is in how people think Yahweh has operated, worked among humanity since Jesus the messiah, mediator and high priest.
From the time of Adam and forever Yahweh has had various ways that HE has communicated with HIS people using angels and prophets but the Christ event changed how Yahweh now communicates with HIS people. Hebrews 1:1-2 Yahweh now, since Christ, communicates with HIS saints through Jesus Christ only.
1 Corinthians 3:1-7 Even the Apostles knew and preached that only Yahweh is able to make us grow and teach us and we should never view any man in this way, to do so sets up an idol in our minds because we would be putting some man in place of Yahweh. This is made clear by , 1 Corinthians 3:3-4 , the Corinthians were looking at certain men boasting in them, 1 Corinthians 4:6 . Paul stated plainly that not even he or Apollos could give the understanding of what what they preached, that only Yahweh can do this. To elevate any man as the giver of spiritual understanding is to replace Yahweh with a man, glorify a man rather than Yahweh. This violates the scriptures above and it , in the minds or hearts of people , has some man in a position above them when the fact is that all Christians are important and basically in the same spiritual condition with no one being more important than another. 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 The church in the first century did indeed have God and Christ ordained men called Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and teachers , Ephesians 4:11-16 , However to think that these ministries could replace the holy spirit as the only teacher is an error as Paul explained about himself and Apollos that they could preach the truth but the understanding of that truth came by the holy spirit. Matthew 23:8-12 Those who think they are teachers and leaders exalt themselves. Also this exaltation of men has been what has led to all the lies and deceptions we see today, the true church has none of the offices listed in Ephesians 4:11 except prophet and prophetess as this is how the spirit of Yahweh through Jesus teaches the saints. God does not lie but men can and do therefore eliminate the man and you will eliminate the lies and deception. Long ago the prophet Ezekiel 34:7-12, wrote about the day of clouds and thick darkness refering to the return of Jesus and the saints glorified and the millennial rule of Christ, this proven by the time period given in Ezekiel 34:23 as King David will be alive in glory to feed mortal Israel in the millennium. Yahwehs foreknowledge of the future of what Jude clearly described in his writing, Jude 1:4 as did Jesus and the Apostles and other prophets. Yahweh took over completely all the operation of the church.
Men can teach lies but no man can teach truth, this belongs to Yahweh only. Jesus Christ gave his life so that each one of us can have a personal relationship with his God, we do not need some other mediator, some man that we may hold to be more than what he is. The world is full of modern day Corinthians who set up Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, John Hagee , the Pope and many others into positions that are idols of the mind. The saints of Yahweh should never do this, it is worldly. 1 Corinthians 3:3
Paul sums up this Corinthian error , 1 Corinthians 3:21-22. There is a truth being addressed here that should awaken us all to examine ourselves and ask, have I set up an idol in my mind, have I elevated some man and boast in him thinking he is the one who enlightens me ? Do you see how this idol of the mind denies both Yahweh and Christ ? Peter tells us plainly that the prophets, like Ezekiel, 1 Peter 1:12 , are speaking to us and Ezekiel warns against doing what Paul described to the Corinthians. We all have access to Yahweh individually, this means with no other person except Christ the mediator.
All of us have made this Corinthian error in the past elevating and boasting in some man led organization and we got burned, why do it again. Do you think the next time will be different ? Since Adam, Yahweh only has been the teacher and today the way HE teaches is through HIS son. John 6:45 , Hebrews 1:2
Ezekiel 14:3-8 Ezekiel is not speaking about a physical idol, he is saying an idol of the heart, the mind, the spirit of man. The error, the idol, is in how people think Yahweh has operated, worked among humanity since Jesus the messiah, mediator and high priest.
From the time of Adam and forever Yahweh has had various ways that HE has communicated with HIS people using angels and prophets but the Christ event changed how Yahweh now communicates with HIS people. Hebrews 1:1-2 Yahweh now, since Christ, communicates with HIS saints through Jesus Christ only.
1 Corinthians 3:1-7 Even the Apostles knew and preached that only Yahweh is able to make us grow and teach us and we should never view any man in this way, to do so sets up an idol in our minds because we would be putting some man in place of Yahweh. This is made clear by , 1 Corinthians 3:3-4 , the Corinthians were looking at certain men boasting in them, 1 Corinthians 4:6 . Paul stated plainly that not even he or Apollos could give the understanding of what what they preached, that only Yahweh can do this. To elevate any man as the giver of spiritual understanding is to replace Yahweh with a man, glorify a man rather than Yahweh. This violates the scriptures above and it , in the minds or hearts of people , has some man in a position above them when the fact is that all Christians are important and basically in the same spiritual condition with no one being more important than another. 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 The church in the first century did indeed have God and Christ ordained men called Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and teachers , Ephesians 4:11-16 , However to think that these ministries could replace the holy spirit as the only teacher is an error as Paul explained about himself and Apollos that they could preach the truth but the understanding of that truth came by the holy spirit. Matthew 23:8-12 Those who think they are teachers and leaders exalt themselves. Also this exaltation of men has been what has led to all the lies and deceptions we see today, the true church has none of the offices listed in Ephesians 4:11 except prophet and prophetess as this is how the spirit of Yahweh through Jesus teaches the saints. God does not lie but men can and do therefore eliminate the man and you will eliminate the lies and deception. Long ago the prophet Ezekiel 34:7-12, wrote about the day of clouds and thick darkness refering to the return of Jesus and the saints glorified and the millennial rule of Christ, this proven by the time period given in Ezekiel 34:23 as King David will be alive in glory to feed mortal Israel in the millennium. Yahwehs foreknowledge of the future of what Jude clearly described in his writing, Jude 1:4 as did Jesus and the Apostles and other prophets. Yahweh took over completely all the operation of the church.
Men can teach lies but no man can teach truth, this belongs to Yahweh only. Jesus Christ gave his life so that each one of us can have a personal relationship with his God, we do not need some other mediator, some man that we may hold to be more than what he is. The world is full of modern day Corinthians who set up Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, John Hagee , the Pope and many others into positions that are idols of the mind. The saints of Yahweh should never do this, it is worldly. 1 Corinthians 3:3
Paul sums up this Corinthian error , 1 Corinthians 3:21-22. There is a truth being addressed here that should awaken us all to examine ourselves and ask, have I set up an idol in my mind, have I elevated some man and boast in him thinking he is the one who enlightens me ? Do you see how this idol of the mind denies both Yahweh and Christ ? Peter tells us plainly that the prophets, like Ezekiel, 1 Peter 1:12 , are speaking to us and Ezekiel warns against doing what Paul described to the Corinthians. We all have access to Yahweh individually, this means with no other person except Christ the mediator.
All of us have made this Corinthian error in the past elevating and boasting in some man led organization and we got burned, why do it again. Do you think the next time will be different ? Since Adam, Yahweh only has been the teacher and today the way HE teaches is through HIS son. John 6:45 , Hebrews 1:2
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