Romans 1:22-23 (NIV) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Leviticus 26:1 (NIV) "Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God." [i.e. You are not to worship at Walmart or Lowes on Sunday mornings as you bow down to their merchandise, and forsake worshiping God in Church. Or, for those less industrious, you are not to worship your bed and simply sleep-in while God longs for your worship of Him in His Church.]
"People repeatedly will choose substitutes for God."—Wayne Jacobsen
Leadership, Vol. 15, no. 4. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "WORSHIP".
