The Spirit of Idolatry
What is an
idol? An idol is anything that takes the true God away from our hearts. It is a
person or thing from which we expect to gain benefits, or even without this
person or thing, we cannot be happy or live well. Idols can be people, things,
or our work, money, fame, status, etc. They occupy our hearts and control our
thoughts. People give idols a sacred status and expect them to help them, but
in fact, idols themselves can hardly protect themselves, so how can they help
people?
What is
idolatry?
- Worship a natural object as a
god (such as the sun, moon, stars, stones, trees, animals, etc.).
- Excessive attachment,
devotion, or service to something, anything that replaces God in our
hearts, is idolatry.
The spirit of
idolatry is a real dark power in the spiritual world. It deceives and lures
people away from the true God, worships evil spirits, worships things in this
world and fictitious false gods, and will ultimately lead people to
destruction. The spirit of idolatry is also passed down from generation to
generation in a family.
Idolatry can
be roughly divided into three categories:
1. Belief in
evil spirits and practices such as sorcery, witchcraft, divination, omens,
charms, passing through fire, passing through the underworld, chanting
incantations, drawing talismans, offering sacrifices to ghosts, communicating
with spirits, qigong, and spiritual cultivation (Exodus 7:11; Deuteronomy
18:9-12; 1 Samuel 28:7; Ezekiel 21:21; Acts 8:9, 13:6, 16:16, 19:13; 1
Corinthians 10:20).
2. Greed for the
world, such as worshipping money, objects, people, power and fame, and all
kinds of evil desires, worldly concepts, etc. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians
5:19-21; Ephesians 5:5).
3. Worship of
nothingness, such as fabricated myths and false folk tales, including Baal and
Ashtoreth (Judges 2:11, 13), Asherah (2 Kings 21:7), Dagon (1 Samuel 5:2), and
the so-called great goddess Artemis (Acts 19:27), which were worshipped by
foreign races as recorded in the Bible.
Causes of
idolatry:
1. Sin
separates people from God
For what man
knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in
him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. (1
Corinthians 2:11)
Man is born
into sin, and sin separates him from God. Man is unable to know the true God,
and instead obeys his own flesh. God’s Spirit is holy and is unwilling to dwell
in the hearts of sinners, so sinners do not have the presence of God’s Spirit
and cannot know God.
2. Man
rejects the true God’s call
From ancient
times to the present, God has clearly told people through the Ten Commandments
in the Bible that they must not worship idols. God also often uses His prophets
and servants to remind the world that idolaters are the most foolish. However,
most people reject the call of the true God and still worship idols, and their
end is bound to be tragic.
3. People do
not know how to distinguish between true and false gods
There are
real and fake medicines, and there are real and fake gods. If people do not
know how to distinguish between real and fake gods, they will become addicted
to idols, harming others and themselves.
4. Not
Knowing the True God
The true God
is the source of life. The true God is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent.
The true God is unique.
God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)
The
consequences of idolatry
- Individuals and families who
worship idols often suffer from illness, poverty and hardship, and are
afraid, without peace, and suffer unexpected disasters and death.
- Idolaters will be cut off,
annihilated, and destroyed in eternity.
- Countries and nations where
idolatry is prevalent and behavior is corrupt often encounter killings and
natural disasters! The idols of countries such as Greece, Egypt, Babylon,
Assyria, Media, Persia, and Rome were eradicated.
The Lord will
cause His glorious voice to be heard, and show the descent of His arm, With the
indignation of His anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering,
tempest, and hailstones. (Isaiah 30:30)
I am the Lord,
that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another,
nor My praise to carved images. (Isaiah 42:8)
- There are many examples of
idolatrous religions and countries that have been completely eradicated,
such as Babylon, Assyria, Media, Persia, Rome, and other countries.
Cut off and
break:
1. Sin separates
people from God
2. Man Rejected
the Call of the True God
3. People do not
know how to distinguish between true and false gods
4. Not Knowing
the True God
Dear Abba
Father, I come before You to confess, repent, declare and renounce: All the
activities and methods that I have believed or accepted, or taught others, or
participated in learning, religious idolatry, and other mysterious,
supernatural, or secret sources, as well as all religious practices, in order
to seek information or knowledge, or for healing, or for comfort, or for status
and ability, or for power and wealth, are against You and are offensive to You.
I hereby
declare honestly that I give up all these evil spirit powers, religious powers
and false teachings, human rules, spells and witchcraft, voodoo, black and
white magic, and other forms of regional witchcraft, spell power and dark
power, as well as all my vows, those vows, and the power of words. I completely
renounce them in the name of Jesus! Give them up! Declare them invalid! Ask the
Lord Jesus to forgive and pardon. Use the precious blood of Jesus to smear and
crush them! The power of
the cross is stopped!
I acknowledge
all the religious ceremonies, worship, and sacrificial rituals that I, my
family, and my ancestors have participated in, as well as all the dark and evil
powers and activities in the spiritual world. I know that these activities are
all worship of Satan. I command all death, the evil spirits of the underworld,
the family evil spirits that my ancestors have invited in, the guardian gods,
and all idols and the power of evil spirits to leave me and my descendants.
Lord, we now
know that even if we become Christians, we are often tempted and bound by
religious spirits, and we offer sacrifices and worship to religious spirits,
which are all worship of Satan. I now choose to repent and invite Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, the Word incarnate, to sit on the throne of my life and reign as
king. In the holy name of Jesus the Lamb, I pray to the Lord to forgive me for
these activities I have participated in and to pardon my sins.
I pray that
the Lord Jesus will have mercy on me and release me. I also thank the Lord
Jesus for shedding His precious blood for me so that I can be cleansed. Thank
the Lord Jesus for bearing all these curses and punishments for me on the
cross. I pray that the Lord will cleanse me and my family, remove all our filth
and dirt, and eliminate all the influence of these forces on us, and break the
evil power and authority of these religious idols.
The
punishment Jesus suffered has brought peace to me and my descendants; the
wounds of Jesus have healed me and my descendants; Jesus was the sin offering,
the guilt offering, and the propitiation for me on the cross, and He took on
all the curses and death for me, my descendants, and this family; may the Lord
remove this veil that covers us and remove the fat from our hearts.
Please create
a humble, simple, obedient, and soft heart in us, give us an upright spirit,
and make us new creations. Please open our minds and let us understand the
Bible. Please lay your hands on each of our heads and give us understanding so
that we can understand Your will and mysteries.
The above
prayer is prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Behavioral
disruption:
- Remove all evil gods from my
heart, prohibit, break and cancel all sacrifices, celebrations and various
religious ceremonies that I, my ancestors and my family have performed to
idols and ancestors; the altars that have been set up and the sacrifices
and offerings that have been offered, the incense burners, ritual
instruments, wooden fish and command flags that have been used; the
talismans, sachets, incense ash water, oil money that have been donated,
the lots that have been drawn, the candles that have been lit, the incense
that has been offered, and the lamps that have been lit; the Dharma names
that have been accepted, the Taoist names that have been read, the names
of idols, every word and every sentence of the mantras; all the prayers,
wishes, declarations, vows, all the kowtows, worships, kneelings, joining
of hands and bows, etc.
- Forbid, break and cancel all
Kung Fu that I, my ancestors and family have practiced, including every
move of Tai Chi, Yoga, Karate, Qigong, Praying Mantis, Judo, body
movements, meditation postures, gestures, recited formulas and Heart
Sutra; and prohibit and abandon all training of these exercises and the
evil abilities gained from practicing them.
- Break and abandon the practice
of Buddhist and Taoist witchcraft and sorcery, and use the method of
fasting to increase the power of these evil spirits and sorcery, including
fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, witchcraft to cure diseases,
necromancy, drinking talisman water, using talismans, exorcising demons,
dancing, performing rituals, passing through fire, passing through the
underworld, chanting spells, drawing talismans, offering sacrifices to
ghosts, communicating with ghosts, and raising little ghosts; chanting
spells to use the power and sorcery of evil spirits, acupuncture, qigong
to cure diseases, etc.
- Remove all worldly idols from
your heart, such as money, gold, silver, cars, houses, and anything else
that occupies an important place in your heart.
- In your heart, reject all
human idols, such as politicians, celebrities, ancient saints, ancestors,
family members, and even children, anyone who occupies your heart more
than the Lord Jesus.
- In your heart, abandon the
pursuit of power, fame, all kinds of evil desires, worldly concepts, etc.
- In your heart, reject
arrogance and self-determination.
May the Lord
forgive us and our ancestors for all the above sins and cleanse us of all
unrighteousness. In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare them invalid and no
longer able to affect us and our descendants. In the name of Jesus Christ, I
cancel the work of the spirit of idolatry. We have been freed from the curse
and entered the blessing.
In the name
of Jesus Christ, I bind and command all the evil spirits related to these
curses to leave me and my family and go to where the Lord Jesus wants you to
go. Don't come back and don't disturb or harm anyone. Abba Father, please send
angels to help me and accomplish all the work I pray for. Thank you, Father, in
the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Prayer of
Blessing:
Lord, I
believe in You as the only God. Please forgive me for all my sins of
worshipping idols. In the name of the Lord, I declare that I will renounce all
idols and the power of darkness, all superstitions, and curse the power. I will
overcome all these evils by relying on the holy name of the Lord.
In the name
of the Lord, I declare that I have taken back the sovereignty of my life, soul,
spirit, emotion, breath, will, body movements, and existence. All are under the
control of Jesus, and we must obey Jesus. Thank you, Lord, for breaking the
dark power of the spirit of idolatry and the power of religion in our family,
cleansing us, and removing all the curses imposed on my family and descendants
due to idolatry, so that the abundant blessings from you can come to me and my
descendants. Thank you, Lord, please accomplish the work you want to do among
us, take off all our burdens, and let us focus on you.
Lord, please
send us, please send us to spread your true gospel and your truth. In the name
of the Lord, I declare that I will follow Jesus all my life, and I will not
walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
In the name
of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen!
Source: Pastoral Department of Omega Ministry Service Centre
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