![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They would melt their silver and gold and form it into gods that they could see and touch and hold. Now, each of the examples above was written in a context where people literally worshiped small (or large) statutes of men or animals. (Jeremiah 1:16)ĭavid summarizes the theme, “The wicked are snared in the work of their own hands” (Psalm 9:16). They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands. (Isaiah 2:8)Īnd I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. Their land is filled with idols they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. The Bible - cataloguing several thousand years of idolatry - repeatedly defines rebellion against God in terms of replacing him with things we have made. We need to continually ask if our hearts rest most regularly and most fully in what God has done, or instead in what we’ve made or achieved.Īs American dream-ers, we are not the first to fall in love with the works of our hands. Most Christians know we’re not saved by our works, but we are often prone to be satisfied by them. Regardless of who we are - however talented, well-known, or successful - there’s something uniquely captivating about what we create, what we build, and what we accomplish. The sinful human heart has a strange and offensive fascination with the work of our own hands. ![]()
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