Exodus 20:1-6 New International Version (NIV)

And God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

What is idolatry?

"The worship of idols or excessive devotion to, or reverence for some person or thing."

An idol is anything that replaces the one, true God. The most prevalent form of idolatry in Bible times was the worship of images that were thought to embody the various pagan deities.

IDOLATRY IS…

_______________ by God! - Exodus 20:1-4

_______________ creation rather than the Creator! - Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 44:9-20; Psalm 135:15-18

A sin that _______________ down up to the 3rd and 4th generation!- Exodus 20:5

HOW TO RISE ABOVE IDOLATRY

_______________ and _______________ the sin of idolatry! – Ezekiel 14:1-6

_______________ all our idols to God!

Make a _______________ that we will worship no other gods but Him alone! – Deuteronomy 10:20; 2 Kings 17:35-37

Romans 1:21-25

…They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.