Riches From Idols:
“Ye turned to God from idols to serve
the living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9).
Ancient history tells us of a great conqueror who invaded a country in the Far East. One day he entered a temple where stood an idol so beautiful that none of his followers were willing to destroy it. “Then,” said he, “I will smash it myself.” He lifted his battle-axe, and with a mighty blow smashed the idol into a thousand pieces. From its interior a rich store of golden coins, thousands of them, poured like a stream at his feet.
For those who, like the Thessalonians, turn to God and Christ, there is not only salvation from a lost eternity in hell, but there is a rich store of spiritual blessings in waiting as well. They are the “unsearchable riches of the Christ” (Ephesians 3:8). The Lord Jesus has secured those riches for us, and Scripture declares, “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Are you rich in Christ?
