They Feared The Lord, Yet Served Images

They Feared the Lord, Yet Served Their Images 

II Kings 17:41 NKJV

[41] So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.

Its a dreadful read of several chapters up to this point. The read could simply be summarized that the Kings reigned in Judah and Israel, but they feared not the Lord. They did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hands of their enemies. This must have been the darkest and the murkiest part of Israel's history. 

   For today's read, they only feared the Lord, but they served carved images. The Bible says that idolatry is a sin and that people should not worship idols. The Bible also says that idols are worthless and lifeless objects that delude people. Here are God's warnings against idolatry: 

Exodus 20:4-5: God commands people not to make idols, worship them, or serve them. 

1 John 5:21: People should keep themselves from idols. 

Romans 1:21-23: Idolatry is a fundamental sin. 

Galatians 5:19-21: Idolaters engage in works of the flesh, such as sexual immorality, impurity, and sensuality. 

Psalm 115:4-8: Idols are worthless and lifeless objects. 

Isaiah 44:9-20: Idols delude people into compulsive folly. 

1 Corinthians 10:14: People should flee from idolatry. 

Colossians 3:5: Greed, which is idolatry, should be put to death. 

Jonah 2:8: People who cling to worthless idols turn away from God's love. 

Hebrews 13:5: People should not make idols for themselves. 

The Bible also says that God is jealous and will punish those who worship other gods. 

 1 Corinthians 10:7." Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and and rose up to play.” 

   Are you as conflicted as these people were? Do you serve God in sincerity? May your testimony not be that you feared what God can do, yet you serve evil, in Jesus Name. Good morning.