As you gaze upon Jesus and fellowship with Him, He removes any idols.

As you gaze upon Jesus and fellowship with Him, He removes any idols.

“so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease” (Ezek 6:6)

“let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb 12:1,2)

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship [koinonia] of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1Cor 1:9)

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above [ano], where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above [ano], not on things on the earth.” (Col 3:1-2)

“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil 3:10)

“but grow [auxano] in the grace [charis] and knowledge [gnosis] of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2Pet 3:18)

“and truly our fellowship [koinonia] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” (1Jn 1:3)

“And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” (2Cor 6:16)

“but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.” (Acts 15:20)

“that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.”

“But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.” (Acts 21:25)

“What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?” (1Cor 10:19)

“You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.” (1Cor 12:2)

“For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1Thes 1:9)

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1Jn 5:21)

Reading: Ezek 6-8; Eph 3