Do you know what an idol is? I was surprised that a man in my scripture sharing group didn't know what an idol was. Maybe he did, but he didn't associate it with idolatry. He didn't connect idol to idolatry. He was reading aloud Colossians 3:5.
Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry.
And he couldn't pronounce idolatry. He stumbled over the word. We pronounced it for him. He tried again. And again. Finally, after many attempts,
he succeeded.
And this man is no dummy. He's a normal, intelligent person who actually is an avid reader. However, he's very secular and new to reading scripture. He was born Catholic but only recently has he become interested in the faith.
Once he got the pronunciation of idolatry down, he asked, "What is it?" This gave us the opportunity to explain that idolatry is the worship of statues. This discussion led to idolizing, power, fame, money, work, etc.
So what many people consider a simple word, idol, as a word everyone knows, led to the realization that many people don't understand the word. Who knows what else the secular world doesn't know?
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And he couldn't pronounce idolatry. He stumbled over the word. We pronounced it for him. He tried again. And again. Finally, after many attempts,
he succeeded.
And this man is no dummy. He's a normal, intelligent person who actually is an avid reader. However, he's very secular and new to reading scripture. He was born Catholic but only recently has he become interested in the faith.
Once he got the pronunciation of idolatry down, he asked, "What is it?" This gave us the opportunity to explain that idolatry is the worship of statues. This discussion led to idolizing, power, fame, money, work, etc.
So what many people consider a simple word, idol, as a word everyone knows, led to the realization that many people don't understand the word. Who knows what else the secular world doesn't know?
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