Exodus 20:3 “You must not have any other god but me.”

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

idols made of gold and clay and silver

An IDOL is anything YOU VALUE more than God.

IDOL: anything you seek to GIVE YOU what only God can.

Colossians 3:5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 

Idols are not always BAD THINGS.

Idols are often GOOD THINGS we put in GOD’S PLACE.

Satan will do EVERYTHING to get you to put ANYTHING in God’s place. 

False gods always PROMISE what only the true God can PROVIDE.

It's time to STOP WAVERING!

I Kings 18:17-20 When he (Ahab) saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed Baals. Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

ONE is always a MAJORITY with God. 

I Kings 18:21 a Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you WAVER between two opinions?”

When you RIDE THE FENCE with God, all you end up with is a SPLINTERED LIFE.

I Kings 18:21 b “If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”

“If you’re going to be saved, be saved all the way!”—Charles Spurgeon

I Kings 18:21 c But the people said nothing.

I Kings 18:24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”

I Kings 18:24 b Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”

I Kings 18:26-29 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.  But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.

I Kings 18:36-38 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 

I Kings 18:39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

It’s time to STOP WAVERING!