The Deceiving Path of Reverence
by Rev. Ryan Sandstrom
Type of Event: Worship Service: Children & Adult
Date Recorded: 10 Oct, 2010
Location: Ivyland New Church, PA
Topics: Charity / Life of Use / Service 
, Temptations / Addiction , Regeneration / Spiritual Growth
The relevance of idolatry in our lives: who do we worship?. (Jer. 10:1-5; Mark 11:20-24; AC 1363) Idolatrous worships are internal and external; the internal are those which condemn man; the external not so much. The more interior the idolatrous worship is, the more it condemns; but the more exterior, the less. Internal idolaters do not acknowledge God, but adore themselves and the world, and make idols of all their cupidities; whereas external idolaters are able to acknowledge God, although they do not know who is the God of the universe. Internal idolaters are known from the life they have acquired; and in proportion as this life departs from the life of charity, in the same proportion are they more interior idolaters. External idolaters are known solely from their worship; and, although idolaters, they can still have the life of charity. Internal idolaters can profane holy things, but external idolaters cannot; and therefore external idolatry is tolerated, in order to prevent the profanation of holy things. (Heavenly Secrets #1363)
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