False worship to YHVH is idolatry I believe that many christians will not make it because they are in a state of idolatry. Many christians are unaware that they are committing idolatry because they don’t truly know what it looks like. Idolatry is the act of worshipping the wrong god, or worshipping the right God the wrong way. When a christian worships God, he is required to worship Him exactly as he commands. Anyone that adds to or takes away from God’s instructions, and claims that it’s his will, is an idolater. For example, if I say that God requires you to speak in tongues before you can receive the holy spirit, I would be guilty of practicing idolatry, because I would be adding to Gods worship instructions, thus creating my own god who’s instructions contradicts those written in the bible. The most prevalent act of idolatry in the modern church is the teaching that Jesus abolished the Mosaic laws at the cross. This destructive teaching has sealed the fate of millions of christians all over the world that believe it. Many well meaning christians have been deceived into believing that the sacrificial system and the priesthood that provides the service is no longer an acceptable way to worship God. My claims can be easily proven in the book of Acts chapter 21 with the telling of the story of Paul and the four christian men who were purifying themselves(being sprinkled on the 3rd and 7th day with spring water that has red heifer ashes in it) at the Temple after failing to successfully complete their Nazarite vows to God. Also 2 1/2 years earlier Paul went under a nazarite vow in Cenchrea, in Acts 18:18. The Nazarite vow was a vow that only the most devoted followers of God would do to set themselves apart from the rest of the congregation as the ultimate act of worship to God. The Nazarite could not eat any grape products or become defiled by coming into contact with a dead body. Becoming a Nazarite was the holiest act of worship that anyone could do for God at the time that Jesus walked the earth. So when we see the Jerusalem council commanding Paul to participate in a ceremonial law that God allegedly no longer accepts as a legitimate worship practice, we need to start asking some tough questions. If worshipping the right God the wrong way is idolatry, then why would the Jerusalem council force Paul to commit a blatant act of idolatry, by worshipping the right God the wrong way at the Temple? Why would Paul remain silent to this abomination, if he knew that this type of worship to God is no longer accepted by Him as proper worship for christians? Why were four christians trying to purify themselves(resetting their Nazarite vows so that they could do it again?), at the Temple, after unsuccessfully attempting to worship the right God the wrong way, with an obsolete Mosaic law? Why was Paul performing a nazarite vow in Cenchrea that God no longer recognizes as the ultimate act of worship to Him? Was Paul that unaware that he was committing an act of idolatry when he tried to worship the right God the wrong way? These and many more questions need to be asked by all christians that seek to know if they will be in the resurrection or not because of the way that they are walking out God’s instructions. We all know that God hates idolaters because he’s promised that they will never inherit the kingdom(Revelation 21:7-8). Form really seems to matter to our God, so are we doing his will or our own will? Shalom… eccelmira.org/articles/idolatry-worship-form-matters-part-1/
False worship to YHVH is idolatry
I believe that many christians will not make it because they are in a state of idolatry. Many christians are unaware that they are committing idolatry because they don’t truly know what it looks like. Idolatry is the act of worshipping the wrong god, or worshipping the right God the wrong way. When a christian worships God, he is required to worship Him exactly as he commands. Anyone that adds to or takes away from God’s instructions, and claims that it’s his will, is an idolater. For example, if I say that God requires you to speak in tongues before you can receive the holy spirit, I would be guilty of practicing idolatry, because I would be adding to Gods worship instructions, thus creating my own god who’s instructions contradicts those written in the bible. The most prevalent act of idolatry in the modern church is the teaching that Jesus abolished the Mosaic laws at the cross. This destructive teaching has sealed the fate of millions of christians all over the world that believe it. Many well meaning christians have been deceived into believing that the sacrificial system and the priesthood that provides the service is no longer an acceptable way to worship God. My claims can be easily proven in the book of Acts chapter 21 with the telling of the story of Paul and the four christian men who were purifying themselves(being sprinkled on the 3rd and 7th day with spring water that has red heifer ashes in it) at the Temple after failing to successfully complete their Nazarite vows to God. Also 2 1/2 years earlier Paul went under a nazarite vow in Cenchrea, in Acts 18:18. The Nazarite vow was a vow that only the most devoted followers of God would do to set themselves apart from the rest of the congregation as the ultimate act of worship to God. The Nazarite could not eat any grape products or become defiled by coming into contact with a dead body. Becoming a Nazarite was the holiest act of worship that anyone could do for God at the time that Jesus walked the earth.
So when we see the Jerusalem council commanding Paul to participate in a ceremonial law that God allegedly no longer accepts as a legitimate worship practice, we need to start asking some tough questions. If worshipping the right God the wrong way is idolatry, then why would the Jerusalem council force Paul to commit a blatant act of idolatry, by worshipping the right God the wrong way at the Temple? Why would Paul remain silent to this abomination, if he knew that this type of worship to God is no longer accepted by Him as proper worship for christians? Why were four christians trying to purify themselves(resetting their Nazarite vows so that they could do it again?), at the Temple, after unsuccessfully attempting to worship the right God the wrong way, with an obsolete Mosaic law? Why was Paul performing a nazarite vow in Cenchrea that God no longer recognizes as the ultimate act of worship to Him? Was Paul that unaware that he was committing an act of idolatry when he tried to worship the right God the wrong way? These and many more questions need to be asked by all christians that seek to know if they will be in the resurrection or not because of the way that they are walking out God’s instructions. We all know that God hates idolaters because he’s promised that they will never inherit the kingdom(Revelation 21:7-8). Form really seems to matter to our God, so are we doing his will or our own will? Shalom…
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