No god but GOD!

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We heard a message yesterday titled No god but GOD our of Exodus 20:2-5 I am the Lord your God, who brought out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous god...

Brian (whom many of you know, but some of you don't) preached his heart out on this matter. The message was clear, direct and timely. However, I'm afraid it was too easy to hear. I seriously doubt that anyone who listened yesterday felt like the message was erroneous. Rather, I am guessing that everyone present was able (and willing) to say 'Amen' in their heart to what they had heard. That is the problem. Too many times we hear a message of truth and respond with an affirmative response immediately, but the next day, two days, three, four, five days later we are no longer living the truth we affirmed to be true.

I'm going out on a limb and guessing that no one present yesterday was able to look into their heart and say that they had absolutely no other gods but Yahweh (to use Brian's term), but you know what people, admitting that hasn't changed anything yet. Sheer admission that my job, my family, my pastor, my status, my church, my relationships, my political position, my (God forbid) favorite sin, my desire to consume food, etc is a god to me doesn't change anything. We need to repent! If we confess our sin He is willing, and fair, to forgive us of our sin; but if we are unwilling to confess (which I feel is slightly more that just admitting it) He is under no obligation to free us from it!

Lord, I admit; I confess; I own the fact that I have had, and do have, gods in my life. I have things in my life which aren't You that I think I can't live without. Please Father, on the basis of Jesus' atonement on my behalf, forgive me of this treason and by the power of Your holy Spirit give me the ability to rid your 'temple' of those things which don't belong. Give me a true heart of worship to worship You alone ('echad). Give me a singular eye..................no god, but GOD!!

No god...................but GOD!!
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