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Tearing Down Idols

Exodus 20:4-6

CM
Crossway Mission Church
Teaching Ministry
January 10 2021

This sermon appears to confront idolatry while grounding the call in the victory and goodness of God. Through Exodus 20, the message likely exposes how false objects of trust and affection distort devotion, yet it does so from the starting point that God is still the Father, still victorious, and still leading his people into a better season. The opening of the service does not deny hardship, but it refuses to let hardship define the future more than God's character does. The hope in the sermon is that idols do not have the final claim on the heart. In the presence of the victorious God, they can be torn down so that true worship and freedom can rise again. Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort. Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does. Lord, tear down the idols that still cling to our hearts. Fill us again with your victory, free us from false dependence, and teach us to worship you alone with trust and joy.

  • The gathering begins by acknowledging hard seasons while still proclaiming God's guaranteed victory.
  • Exodus 20 then appears to uncover the idols that compete for trust and worship.
  • The movement of the sermon is from false dependence into renewed devotion to the God who alone gives victory and life.
  • Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort.
  • Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does.

Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort. Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does.

Lord, tear down the idols that still cling to our hearts. Fill us again with your victory, free us from false dependence, and teach us to worship you alone with trust and joy.

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Tearing Down Idols

Exodus 20:4-6

Crossway Mission Church Teaching Ministry
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Sermon Messages Exodus 20:4-6

This sermon appears to confront idolatry while grounding the call in the victory and goodness of God. Through Exodus 20, the message likely exposes how false objects of trust and affection distort devotion, yet it does so from the starting point that God is still the Father, still victorious, and still leading his people into a better season. The opening of the service does not deny hardship, but it refuses to let hardship define the future more than God's character does. The hope in the sermon is that idols do not have the final claim on the heart. In the presence of the victorious God, they can be torn down so that true worship and freedom can rise again. Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort. Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does. Lord, tear down the idols that still cling to our hearts. Fill us again with your victory, free us from false dependence, and teach us to worship you alone with trust and joy.

  • The gathering begins by acknowledging hard seasons while still proclaiming God's guaranteed victory.
  • Exodus 20 then appears to uncover the idols that compete for trust and worship.
  • The movement of the sermon is from false dependence into renewed devotion to the God who alone gives victory and life.
  • Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort.
  • Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does.

Ask the Lord to reveal what has been quietly competing for your trust, loyalty, or comfort. Tear down the idol by returning your devotion to God, and let his victory define the season more than your fear does.

Lord, tear down the idols that still cling to our hearts. Fill us again with your victory, free us from false dependence, and teach us to worship you alone with trust and joy.

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