CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 11, 2025
THE SUNDAY SERMON WAS ABOUT FALSE GODS. IT’S EASY TO SPOT THEM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE THE ANCIENT ISRAELIS SOMETIMES WORSHIPPED A GOLDEN CALF AND OTHER OBJECTS. BEFORE WE LOOK DOWN ON THEM AND ASK HOW STUPID COULD THEY HAVE BEEN WHEN THEY HAD SEEN THE POWER AND MIRACLES OF GOD, THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT OUR OWN FALSE GODS.
WE MAY NOT BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THEM. WE DON’T SACRIFICE OUR CHILDREN ON ALTARS. BUT THEY ARE FALSE GODS NONETHELESS. ANYTHING THAT DISTRACTS OUR ATTENTION FROM THE REAL AND ONLY GOD; ANYTHING THAT EXCITES US MORE THAN OUR SALVATION AND THE ONE WHO GRANTS MERCY TO THOSE WHO COME TO HIM THROUGH CHRIST’S SACRIFICE, IS A FALSE GOD.
WANT A LIST? IT BEGINS WITH POLITICS. ADD CELEBRITY, MONEY, SEX, SPORTS, POWER (WHICH, IF NOT FROM GOD IS NOT POWER AT ALL) ANOTHER PERSON, A CAREER. THE LIST IS ALMOST ENDLESS.
I KEEP A VERSE ON MY DESK. IT’S JONAH 2:8 – “THOSE WHO CLING TO WORTHLESS IDOLS FORFEIT THE GRACE THAT COULD BE THEIRS.”
“APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING,” SAID JESUS. HE MEANT NOTHING OF ETERNAL VALUE, BECAUSE APART FROM HIM, EVERYTHING IS AN IDOL OF WOOD, HAY AND STUBBLE, DESTINED FOR DESTRUCTION. I’M CAL THOMAS.
