Idols

Psalm 115:4-8 says, “Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat; Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.”

Throughout the presidencies of Donald Trump, he has lusted after images of his own likeness. No different from Stalin, Saddam Hussein, or Mao. No different than Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel. Making an image of oneself and hoping people will bow to it. To worship it. As if that alone would cause one to respect you. The more people see your image and feel the need to worship it by any means, the greater your power. With Trump, it is about power and the grift. Making money from anything you can sell that bears your name. Sadly, there were people that were on hand to see the unveiling of a gold statue of Trump at his Doral golf club in Miami. Evangelical Pastor Mark Burns led a dedication ceremony for it. It seems that this pastor used bible white out on the passages in Daniel where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego chose being thrown into a raging fire than to bow to an idol. Some people say this isn’t to that degree, but it is. Trump looks to be worshipped. He’ll even sign your bible…for a price.

The prophet Habakkuk asks what profit does one obtain from this idol worship seeing it’s a molded image, a teacher of lies. There is no breath in it. As the Apostle Paul warns, flee from idolatry. Do not entertain even a thought that it’s not harmful. Yet so many today just shrug and foolishly believe there is no harm in this. Every idol made by man will be no different than Dagon in 1 Samuel 5, the god of the Philistines that fell before the presence of the Lord and lost its hands and head. An image conjured by man and made with hands that look to another god. And if we worship images made by corruptible man, know that God will give you over to the debased mind you appear to possess.

Charles Spurgeon wrote that the flesh sets up its altars wherever it can find them. He asked “Why are we so bewitched with vanities? We pity the poor heathen who adore a god of stone, and yet worship a god of gold. Where is the vast superiority between a god of flesh and one of stone? The principle, the sin, the folly is the same in either case, only that in ours the crime is more aggravated because we have more light, and sin in the face of it. The heathen bows to a false deity, but the true God he has never known; we commit two evils, inasmuch as we forsake the living God and turn into idols. May the Lord purge us from this grievous iniquity.”

We must take a stand for righteousness. Cast off and reject all that is being presented to us on a daily basis that is so obvious in its anti-christ spirit. Seeking to separate us from His presence. Yet many evangelical ministers and prophets still maintain the lie that Trump is sent by God and is God’s man. Reject this lie. As I’ve stated before, you do not want to be embracing anything from this diabolical man when God speaks His judgement. While it is yet today, separate yourself from this idol worship. If you’ve supported his self-serving sin, repent. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. As stated in 1 John 5:21, “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” Stand. Blessings.