Question 95

What is idolatry?

Idolatry is, instead of, or besides that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive, or have any other object, in which men place their trust.^a

1. a. 2 Chronicles 16:12; Philippians 3:18–19; Galatians 4:8; Ephesians 2:12

   2 Chronicles 16:12

   ^16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

   ^16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

   Philippians 3:18–19

   ^3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: ^3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

   ^3:18 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. ^3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

   Galatians 4:8

   ^4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

   ^4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

   Ephesians 2:12

   ^2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

   ^2:12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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