Idolatry is great in the world today. The previous Companion has an article on Idolatry, which focused on things, possessions. But there is a very different kind of Idolatry that is focused on Time, what each does with the time at hand.
1 Samuel 15:22. And Samuel said, Has the LORD* as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD*? (Heb. 10:5,6) Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to listen is better than the fat of rams. (Mark 12:33) 23. For rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft, and Stubbornness is like Idolatry and Image Worship. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD*, He has also rejected you from being king.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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