Quotes about Idol

O how many follow them today, people full of envy and the gall of vengefulness who fashion I do not know what kind of idol of jealousy for themselves and lie about the severity of righteousness as they seek the most obstinate lie!

Like every alternative to Christianity, the mechanistic worldview was essentially a substitute religion, a mental idol.

An idol is anything in the created order that is put in the place of God.

According to Romans 1, those who reject the Creator will create an idol.

The real test of spiritual focus is being able to bring your thoughts and imagination under control. Is your mind focused on the face of an idol? Is the idol yourself? Is it your work?

The greatest idol I will never truly remove is self.

An idolatrous heart will produce idol words, words that serve the idol that grips us.

One of the most dangerous delusions for each of us is the delusion of our own sovereignty. And one of our most dangerous idols is the idol of control.

Joseph never worshipped any idol in Egypt, but maintained his faith in the God of Abraham.

Even worship is less important than Jesus. In fact, worship can become an idol in the church. Some Christians probably worship worship more than they worship Jesus. Some worship leaders probably worship worship-leading more than they worship Jesus. It was never meant to be an industry, a genre in Walmart, a karaoke show on Sunday. If you really want to lead worship, learn to wonder.

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.