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Date: | Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:39:10 -0500 |
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Hey, Matt
Anything can become an idol, really. Even good things like your family, if
you "love father or mother or children" more than JESUS (as He says in
Matthew 10:37). Money, food, fame, career, anything other than GOD can
become an idol. But there are also literal idols like Buddhists worship.
But ultimately, anyone or anything that distracts from the LORD is a tool
used by the enemy.
I lived with my brother who is married to a Vietnamese woman and for a short
time and had an intense spiritual battle because of the statues of Buddha
she had all over their home and the incense she burned to them and the food
she sacrificed to them. It made many issues in the Bible including eating
food sacrificed to idols much more than theory and very real for me. It was
very tough because I became very ill to the point where I would suddenly
stop breathing and had to consciously will myself to breathe. (You can
imagine how rough this was.) But it was always and only when in the
presence of the idols. Whether it was spiritual warfare or allergy to the
incense that was burnt before them, I'll leave to you. But it ended up
being a time of great spiritual growth for me.
My sister-in-law wanted a baby girl very badly to the point where she began
to become unbalanced, buying girl baby dolls at flea markets and putting
them all over the house like statues, only they weren't collectible dolls,
they were regular plastic toy dolls and many of them not in very good shape.
After much prayer, I told her that in the Name of JESUS I could tell her
that she would have not one but two more children and that both would be
girls. But when it happened she had to admit that it proved JESUS is LORD
and Buddha is nothing. Within the year my brother got a job in Iran and she
became pregnant. Sure enough, it was a girl. Their next child was a girl
as well, just as I said. But did they give the glory to JESUS? No. They
said it was because a little old lady in Iran told her she'd have a baby
girl.
As JESUS said in Luke 16:31 " they will not be persuaded even if someone
rises from the dead."
Go figga.
Paul
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