Timothy J. Keller Quote
English minister David Clarkson preached one of the most comprehensive and searching sermons on counterfeit gods ever written.113 About idolatry he said, Though few will own it, nothing is more common. If we think of our soul as a house, he said, idols are set up in every room, in every faculty. We prefer our own wisdom to God’s wisdom, our own desires to God’s will, and our own reputation to God’s honor. Clarkson looked at human relationships and showed how we have a tendency to make them more influential and important to us than God. In fact, he showed that many make even their enemies their god . . . when they are more troubled, disquieted, and perplexed at apprehensions of danger to their liberty, estates, and lives from men than they are concerned about God’s displeasure.114 The human heart is indeed a factory that mass-produces idols.
English minister David Clarkson preached one of the most comprehensive and searching sermons on counterfeit gods ever written.113 About idolatry he said, Though few will own it, nothing is more common. If we think of our soul as a house, he said, idols are set up in every room, in every faculty. We prefer our own wisdom to God’s wisdom, our own desires to God’s will, and our own reputation to God’s honor. Clarkson looked at human relationships and showed how we have a tendency to make them more influential and important to us than God. In fact, he showed that many make even their enemies their god . . . when they are more troubled, disquieted, and perplexed at apprehensions of danger to their liberty, estates, and lives from men than they are concerned about God’s displeasure.114 The human heart is indeed a factory that mass-produces idols.
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