Daniel 3:10-12 - You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Exodus 20:3-6 - “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Application:
· Do I obey the word of God above the word of those in authority over me?
· Do I have any real or imagined gods rivaling the one true God in my heart and life?
· Because God is spirit, any idol intended to resemble Him would be a sinful misrepresentation of Him
· Persistence in unbelief as enemies of God harms others besides the sinner himself
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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