the purpose driven music paradigm - Escape Babylon's Demons

Idolatry is an expression of human pride. It’s a by-product of the deceitfulness of the
human heart. The human heart naturally causes us to trust in things appealing to our
senses and to seek approval from visible people rather than the only true invisible
God.
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. Therefore thou hast forsaken
thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like
the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. Their land also is full of
silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is
there any end of their chariots: Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made: And the mean man boweth down, and the great man
humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear
of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that da y. For the
day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is
lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted
up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are
lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtin ess
of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall
utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear
of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day
a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which the y made each one for himself to
worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of t he
ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly
the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
(Isaiah 2:5-22)
Thus says the Lord, Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and
whose heart is turned away from the Lord. For he will be like a b ush in the desert and will not see
when prosperity comes, but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land of salt withou t
inhabitant. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like
a tree planted by the water, that extends it’s roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat
comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not b e anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield
it’s fruit. The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?
(Jeremiah 17:5-9)
All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his id ols, for his
molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work of mockery;
in the time of their punishment they will perish. The portion of Jacob is not like these; for the Maker
of all is He, and of the tribe of His inheritance; the Lord of Hosts is His name. (Jeremiah 51:17 -19)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodli ness and unrighteousness of men
who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident with in
them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes,
His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has
been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him
as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was
darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible
God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling
creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies
would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a li e, and worshipped
and served the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (Romans 1:18 -25)