Idolatry is a direct and personal insult against Christ... betrayal to the extreme.
Defined as getting security, status
- loving the representation (picture) more than who it represents.
In the New Testament the term idolatry is used to designate covetousness ( Matthew 6:24 ; Luke 16:13 ;Colossians 3:5 ; Ephesians 5:5 ).
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/idolatry/
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians 10:14 NIV
So, my very dear friends, when you see people reducing God to something they can use or control, get out of their company as fast as you can.
1 Corinthians 10:14 MSG
Therefore, my beloved, run [keep far, far away] from [any sort of] idolatry [and that includes loving anything more than God, or participating in anything that leads to sin and enslaves the soul].
1 CORINTHIANS 10:14 AMP
Why, idolatry is hypocritical, demonic, and offensive...
...We don’t reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is. That’s basically what happened even in old Israel—those who ate the sacrifices offered on God’s altar entered into God’s action at the altar.
1 Corinthians 10:15-18
Idolatry is offensive to God
Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]
1 CORINTHIANS 10:22 AMP
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