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Honey From The Rock
Psalm 81:16

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A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
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American Idols

This entry was posted on 09-25-2006 and is filed under Devotional.

"Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols" (Acts 17:16 NKJV).

Ancient Athens was said to have had more idols than citizens! They had so many idols that Paul even found among their "objects of worship" an altar with the inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. The Athenians wanted to make sure they had paid homage to every idol conceivable!

One of the most-watched TV programs today is "American Idol." Athenian idolatry has nothing on American idolatry. Here is a vital question: Is your spirit provoked within you when you see that our country is given over to idols? Or are we actually paying homage to modern idols when we devote more of our lives to them than we do to the true and living God? Our cities are littered with every form of idolatry imaginable - the "almighty dollar," illicit sex, possessions, and perhaps the worst of all, the idol of SELF.

Song/Prayer: Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole; I want Thee forever to live in my soul. Break down every idol, cast out every foe - Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. (James Nicholson)