Bible Questions Answered:
“...what is this false worship?...”
Kaili/ Handan, China
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Worship that is “not,” God
inspired, that is not God directed.
The Second Commandment:
Exodus 20:4-6 KJV
4 Thou 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.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to them, nor serve them: for I The Lord thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands
of them that love Me, and keep My commandments.
Leviticus 26:1
KJV
Ye shall make you no idols nor
graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye
set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am
The Lord your God.
Deuteronomy
4:15-19,23,24 KJV
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto
yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that The
Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and
make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness
of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is
on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that
creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the
waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes
unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the
stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship
them, and serve them, which The Lord thy God hath divided unto all
nations under the whole heaven.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest
ye forget the covenant of The Lord your God, which He made with you,
and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which The
Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For The Lord thy God is a
consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Deuteronomy
7:25,26 KJV
25 The graven images of their gods
shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold
that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin:
for it is an abomination to The Lord thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it:
but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it;
for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy
11:16 KJV
Take heed to yourselves, that your
heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and
worship them;
Psalm 115:1-18
KJV (Psalm 135:15-21)
1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy Truth's
sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say,
Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: He
hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak
not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not:
noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle
not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through
their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto
them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in The Lord:
He is their Help and their Shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in The
Lord: he is their Help and their Shield.
11 Ye that fear The Lord, trust in
The Lord: He is their Help and their Shield.
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us:
He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear The
Lord, both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you more
and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of The Lord which
made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are
The Lord's: but the earth hath He given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not The Lord,
neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless The Lord from
this time forth and for evermore. Praise The Lord.
Isaiah
42:8 KJV
I am The Lord: that is My name: and
My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to
graven images.
I John 5:21 KJV
Little children, keep yourselves
from idols. Amen.
“Pastor, we don't have statues, to
bow down to or to pray to, in our church, so it sure is not a false
worship church.”
Don't be too sure.
False worship churches, may look very
Christian!
They may say Lord, Lord.
They may prophecy in the name of The
Lord.
They may do many wonderful things in
the name of the Lord.
They may perform exorcisms, to set the
possessed free.
They may pray, long liturgical prayers.
They may have glorious choirs and
music.
They may have beautiful church
edifices.
They may have beautiful paintings and
stained glass windows.
And yet be houses of False Worship.
“Well pastor that's your opinion.”
No,
that is the opinion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Matthew 7:20-23;24-29 KJV
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye
shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto Me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you:
depart from Me, ye that work
iniquity.
(Well who is a
child of God?
Luke 6:46,47 KJV
46 And why call ye Me, Lord,
Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to Me, and
heareth My sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is
like:)
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon A Rock: (Psalm 18:31
KJV)
25 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell not: for it was founded upon A Rock. (Psalm 18:31 KJV)
26 And every one that heareth these
sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus
had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine:
29 For He taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes.
II Timothy 3:1-5 KJV
1 This know also, that in the
last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their
own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, truce
breakers, false accusers, incontinent (no self-control), fierce,
despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, high minded,
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
“Well pastor, these people sure
wouldn't be in church!”
Oh, no, read the
last verse!
5 Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Oh yes, they would
have a church alright, and would have a form (rituals and repetitious
prayers, etc.) of Godliness,
BUT NO PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
WITH NO
REPENTANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!
“Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
Ezekiel 33:31,32 KJV
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit
before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not
do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart
goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that
hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they
hear thy words, but they do them not.
26 And every one
that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
Psalm 51:16,17
KJV
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice;
else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not
despise.
II Corinthians
6:17,18 KJV
17 Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be A Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith
The Lord Almighty.
