We turn to God from idols that we may be examples of the living Word by our actions

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

As soon as we recognize the religious idols, we turn to God from those idols to serve the "living and true" God, just as the believers did in the day of the apostle Paul.

Paul wrote of this in I Thessalonians 1:9  "How ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God".

In the Old Testament, they built a golden calf to be their god in the days of Aaron.  Moses ground that idol into dust and made the children of Israel drink it.

Jeroboam, king of Israel built 2 golden calves for the people of God to worship.

Today in the churches they set up ministers for the people to worship calling these men "Reverend", "Pope", and such ... and then they set up crosses of wood and stone for the people to bow down before. More idols.  

They set up many false doctrines in churches today.  

As soon as we see such, we also turn away from these idols of man and turn to God as the followers of Paul did.

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