Here Are Your Idols: The Calamity of the Golden Calf
November 4, 2023

Idolatry happens whenever something or someone .

Matthew 12:30
30“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.

Exodus 18:11
11I know now that the LORD is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”

Exodus 32:1
1When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”

The Israelites took and made an idol.

Romans 1:25
25They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

Exodus 20:4
4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Exodus 20:3
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Sometimes idolatry boils down to .

Sometimes we make God in .

Sometimes idolatry is the consequence of .

Exodus 32:19-20
19When they came near the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and he burned with anger. He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain. 20He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.

Exodus 32:31-32
31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed. They have made gods of gold for themselves.32But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”

Exodus 32:26
26So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “All of you who are on the LORD’s side, come here and join me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

Joshua 24:15
15But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”

1 Kings 18:21
21Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

Matthew 6:24
24“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Where do I spend my ?

Matthew 6:33
33Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Where do I spend my ?

Matthew 6:21
21Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

What gives me ?

What’s always on my ?

Matthew 6:31
31“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’

The only way to beat idolatry is to .