The one, true, living, loving God of all is not evil. He’s the core source of righteousness. And the Creator who is intelligent enough to stretch out the heavens with His hands and cause things to exist by the words He speaks is certainly worthy of worship.
And no one and nothing else is worthy of worship.
OK, nuff said. Thanks for being here. Let’s all go vote and then go home and watch TV.
But I DO have some questions.
How could anyone worship a tree and then cut it down and use it for firewood. And how could anyone take gold out of the ground, form it into a calf, or eagle, or three-headed rockstar and actually worship it? Maybe I’m dense and not ready for primetime reality TV.
But I don’t understand that kind of worship.
In 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Paul calls it “idolatry.” For most of America’s history we’ve been a country overflowing with Christian beliefs and influence. We knew that having idols wasn’t a good thing. We knew it wouldn’t lead to good things. But now you can even tune in to a regular TV show (or reruns on YouTube) about “idols.”
But that’s prolly no big deal to God. Right? I mean, why would He care that we might want to give a lot of attention to a good singer, or movie actor, or giant sculpture or other work of art? Doesn’t He want us to “love our neighbor?”
Well…yeah.
But idolatry is a whole ‘nother ball game.
So what makes God so special that He’s worthy of worship? There are WAY too many reasons to even attempt to list them all. But you can see many ways He has proved Himself worthy in the historical stories you’ll find in the Bible. And most of all He sacrificed Himself to pay our debts.
You don’t have to believe what I’m saying.
You can even make fun and “follow the science.” But there’s only one reason you’re even able to contemplate your own existence. God gave you the brain you use to do that. Sadly, most prefer to feel their way around in the dirt. And they don’t realize how it’ll always dry up without the Living Water.
There’s no observable science that shows something can come from nothing. For us to even exist, there must have been an uncaused first cause. That would be the Creator of the universe. And when you can do that, well, that’s when you’ll be worthy of worship. Till then, I suggest you sing…
I’m not amazing. I’m no king.
No, I’m not the God of anything…
Oh but You are. Jesus…You are.
I’m not a savior. I’m not pure.
No, I’m not the One who has the cure…
Oh but You are. Jesus…You are. © 2010 TF
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