Monday, September 12th

Monday, September 12th

Isaiah 2:6-18
6 You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. 7 Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. 8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. 9 So man will be brought low and mankind humbled - do not forgive them. 10 Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty! 11 The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 12 The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), 13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, 14 for all the towering mountains and all the high hills, 15 for every lofty tower and every fortified wall, 16 for every trading ship and every stately vessel. 17 The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, 18 and the idols will totally disappear.

Abandon (verb):

1. To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert.


2. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat.


3. To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely.


4. To cease trying to continue; desist from.


5. To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.

Idol (noun):

1. An image used as an object of worship.


2. A false god.


3. One that is adored, often blindly or excessively.


4. Something visible but without substance.

Majesty (noun):

1. The greatness and dignity of a sovereign.


2. The sovereignty and power of God.


3. Supreme authority or power.


4. Royal dignity of bearing or aspect; grandeur.


5. Stately splendor; magnificence, as of style or character.

Matthew 6:19-24
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

Acts 8:20
20Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Idolater (noun):

1. One who worships idols.


2. One who blindly or excessively admires or adores another.

Gift (noun):

1. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.

What have I done? Have I abandoned God by turning to the love of money? Most definitely, the love of money is idolatry. I may not sit down, burn candles, and hum campfire songs to a dollar bill, but I might just as well and do so. Idols will be brought down. And the neat thing is this: being that money is an earthly thing and won’t get you to heaven, salvation from sin is a gift. God just gives it away. I can’t earn my spot in heaven by my Lord’s side. If I love God and not money or any other idol and do other necessary things (baptism, drop everything and follow God, etc.), God gives me the best gift anyone could ever give to a person, and that is a place by his side. There generally comes a time in a person’s life where they would give up everything to be with another person, and sadly that person isn’t God, BUT (bear with me here) using that as the idea, you end up giving up a life of independence because you live with them and are now accountable to that person. You also have bills that are generally joined together. You may end up having children. And it is all because of love. What a gift to have, and the gift you get from God is just a million times better. God gives you peace. God gives you all sorts of perks, but the best one is being with God. You share in God’s bills. You share with him a life together. You have a “family” together in heaven (and on earth, really, which is nice). Money is nice. God is better. Johnny Out.