{"id":1078,"date":"2021-09-13T17:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2021-09-13T17:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:19:24","slug":"do-not-make-idols-bible-stories-the-ten-commandments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Make Idols :: BIBLE STORIES &#8211; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 9\/12\/21 by Pastor Steve Shields.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second of the Ten Commandments is<strong> Do Not Make Idols.  This commandment really has two components. <\/strong> First, don&#8217;t make idols.  Second, don&#8217;t worship what has been created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/no-idols.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/no-idols.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/no-idols-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/no-idols-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We are not to pray to anyone but God.  We are not to regard earthly things as holy.  We are  not to make idols.  <\/strong>Why would God give us this command? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are deep problems with idolatry.  <strong>We are to love the Lord with our whole heart.  We are to trust Him completely, and we are to obey Him.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do we do when we realize we have made something an idol?  <strong>We should destroy the idol if possible.  <\/strong>There are some idols that you should not destroy, like your family or your reputation.  In that case, you need to<strong> reprioritize your life and set Christ as Lord!  <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7992\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1078-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2021\/20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2021\/20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3\">http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2021\/20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2021\/20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1078-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2021\/20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20210912THETENCOMMANDMENTS02DoNotMakeIdols.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 9\/12\/21 by Pastor Steve Shields. The second of the Ten Commandments is Do Not Make Idols. This commandment really has two components. First, don&#8217;t make idols. Second, don&#8217;t worship what has been created. We are not to pray to anyone but God. We are not to regard earthly things as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1078\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do Not Make Idols :: BIBLE STORIES &#8211; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[222,83],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-biblestories","tag-idolatry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-ho","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}