ith men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 1:31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. [Romans 1: 19-32]What has homosexuality to do with idolatry? It is the idolatry of "self-worship". The closest thing to totally self-contained sex, is sex with a person who looks like you! Even in the Christian community, it is easy for idolatry to creep in. Some people place their trust and confidence in some religious leader some charismatic preacher following the human, instead of Jesus Christ. No matter who that human is, or how good they may be, it is wrong to worship any human! And how about the way some protestant churches treat their ministers? When the minister is held to different standards than the average person. Other than expecting them to be "apt to teach", and the other standards of I Timothy 3, we are practicing idolatry by putting that minister in a "special" place and looking "up" to them instead of looking up to God. And how about when we expect "special" things of the minister's family? Do we expect the ministers spouse and children to be perfect? That's idolatry! Do we expect children to NEVER misbehave? Do we hold the minister's children to different standards than other children? If we do, we are practicing idolatry!Another way idolatry cr...
