Lord’s Day 34
Q95. What is idolatry?
Idolatry is having or inventing something in which you trust in place of or alongside of the only true God, who has revealed himself in his Word.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:26
“For all the gods of the people idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Galatians 4:8–9
“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?”
Ephesians 5:5
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”
Philippians 3:19
“Whose end destruction, whose God belly, and glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”
Modernized Commentary — Zacharias Ursinus (1616)
The doctrine of man's conversion to God now demands our attention. Regarding this subject, we must consider:
I. Is conversion necessary?
II. What is it?