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| Idols — Part 1 |
| “For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9). |
| Though I have never seen it myself, I am told that the visitor to Pompeii is shown in the temple of Isis the statue of the god through whose open lips the ancient worshippers believed they obtained trustworthy answers to their petitions and questions. But, beside the ruined shrine, one also sees the secret staircase by which the fraudulent and deceptive priest reached the back of the idol and the concealed pipe through which he whispered the responses of their false deity. |
| When he arrived at Thessalonica, the Apostle Paul found idolatry to be the order of the day, but, in presenting the true and living God, many were turned from dumb idols to the One who truly hears and answers prayer. What a thrill this must have been for those early believers, and for us — we still have that same prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God. Talk to Him today, He is not like false gods who “have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths” (Psalm 135:16-17). |
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