Idol

Connections List
 * Christian Liberty
 * Evil, Sin
 * Sin imagery
 * Jeremiah 17
 * Greed, covet

Scope
 * Thoughts related to idolization
 * Word "idol"

Definitions
 * Anything given end-value, is relative to value-giver/person.
 * As a functional/testable definition - something you spend more time thinking about than God
 * Physical object worshipped usually in ancient times
 * Pagan false God, of which typically many idols were made

Topcis
 * Common heart idols
 * The futility of idols
 * Verses
 * References, rand

Common heart idols
 * These three given by Mark II track CFW IVCF
 * Approval
 * Appetite/pleasure
 * Assets, power, wealth
 * Material
 * Money
 * Sex
 * Material goods, house, car
 * Relationships (dating, typically)
 * Work, overdriven
 * Authority, power, we can do it
 * Approval, popularity
 * Christian inception*
 * Poverty gospel, social cause, doing good for the world
 * Wealth gospel
 * Pursuit of God, being devoted to him
 * Legalism
 * Spiritualism
 * Theology/head stuff

Verses*
 * Col 3:5 put to death immorality, lust, etc which is idolatry
 * Jer 17:5 cursed is the one who trusts in man, whose heart turns away from the Lord

The futility of idols


 * Isaiah 41:22. Tells us, Idols, what is going to happen so that we may see and believe. Do something, good or bad.
 * The Job passage about how they are created by craftsmen.

References/rand


 * Song "and anything I want / with all my heart / is an idol // and anything I can't / stop thinking about / is an idol /" - Jimmy Needham.