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Exodus 20:4-6

2 Corinthians 5:17-20

The second commandment is the one forbidden the use of idols in the worship of God. Since idolatry is not a practice we typically engage in, this widespread cultural practice of the Ancient Near East can seem pretty irrelevant. Typically we make idolatry relevant by spiritualizing the practice. However, what if there is a whole lot more to idolatry and that idolatry has widespread relevance to our function as human beings? What if idolatry is more than God just thinking idols are stupid and therefore bad? What if idolatry is the fundamental problem of the entire human condition and what is wrong with the world? What if it sin is not the real problem but just the inevitable result of idolatry? Learn the answer to these and more questions as this sermon redefines the entire way you think about idols.