I have a question can you use idols to lead yourself to God? I have a friend who is worshipping a statue of the santa muerte
And believes it is leading him to God I told him there is only one mediator between man and God Jesus Christ what other scripture can I use to maybe convince him he is in idolatry and robbing God of his glory please help thank you
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If its leading him to God, why not just go to Him instead of worshipping that demon?
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Idolatry will lead you away from God. Santa Muerte is the god of death and largely worshipped by the Mexican cartel
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Eating mango doesn’t give taste of gavava bro. How false God can lead a person to true God. Exo. 20: 1-2, Deut. 5:1fff, John. 14:6, etc.
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Maybe you can go and break it. Then when he asks what happened you can tell him it jumped up and made a swing at you for calling it deaf, dumb, and blind.
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No. Show your friend what Paul says about worshipping idols. I’m sure you’ve explained to him that only by Jesus can he come to GOD.
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John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. -
No
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Santa muerte.is a mixing of native mwsican religion with catholicism from what I ‘ve read. That is likely to be more like a barrier to There is a lot of conversion than help. Supperstition will be a the source of the problem. The basis of who is really thevone God snd source of all that is good.
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Idolatry.
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“You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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 nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Exodus 20:3-6 NKJVAgain, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Matthew 4:8-10 NKJV‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:1 NKJVThose who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing? Surely all his companions would be ashamed; And the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, Let them stand up; Yet they shall fear, They shall be ashamed together. The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint. The craftsman stretches out his rule, He marks one out with chalk; He fashions it with a plane, He marks it out with the compass, And makes it like the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house. He cuts down cedars for himself, And takes the cypress and the oak; He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it. Then it shall be for a man to burn, For he will take some of it and warm himself; Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; Indeed he makes a god and worships it; He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. He burns half of it in the fire; With this half he eats meat; He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He even warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.” And the rest of it he makes into a god, His carved image. He falls down before it and worships it, Prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” They do not know nor understand; For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, And their hearts, so that they cannot understand. And no one considers in his heart, Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it; And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “ Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 44:9-20 NKJVThe idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
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He’s in idolatry brother . Ask him Jesus wats to give you life . So why praise the death ? You reject gods power and protection by trusting this idol to do what god ca do . And let him know straight up . Demons hide behind those images of the “holy death” deceiving you . My family is in this cult and I confronted them about this .
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No
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Thou shalt have no other gods before you, thou shall mask no graven images read the Ten Commandments
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Show him the 2nd commandment!
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Thou shall not take any other gods before me. Its idolatry to pray to a graven image whether it be made from the above or below, anything you worship outside of our Lord is directly against the Lord’s law..
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No. GOOD INTENTIONS won’t get you very far. Uzzi is a prime example
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