DCLM Daily Manna 20 July 2025 Devotional By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Folly Of Idolatry
TOPIC: The Folly Of Idolatry (DCLM Daily Manna 20 July 2025)
KEY VERSE: “And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands” (Acts 7:41).
TEXT: Acts 7:36-53 (KJV)
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
MESSAGE:
It was J. McMath who said, “Today’s idols are more in the self than on the shelf. That for which I would give anything and accept nothing in exchange is the most important thing in my life. Whatever that is, is my god.”
Solomon, in Ecclesiastes 7:29 noted that God created man upright, but they have sought many inventions. These include carving graven images transformed into intermediaries between man and the various gods. The foolishness of all idol worshippers is illustrated in the story of the golden calf highlighted in our text. While Moses tarried in the presence of God to receive the Ten Commandments, the children of Israel relapsed into idolatry. They persuaded Aaron to make a golden calf from their smelted earrings, which they acknowledged and worshipped as their god, contrary to the first and second commandments (Exodus 20:3,4). Since they created the image, how could it have been their God? And since they intended to carry the calf before them, how could it have saved them? The children of Israel failed to reason appropriately. They copied the practice of their neighbours worshipping Baal, Molech, and other idols. Sadly, this is still the case in many communities with a pantheon of gods: the god of thunder, the god of iron, the goddess of the river, the god of the sky, and the god of the underworld. Idolatry is, indeed, a product of twisted imagination and evil thoughts.
Today, idolatry has gone beyond bowing down before a physical object. Idolatry can be defined as the worshipping of anything or being outside God. Besides God, whatever takes the most important part of your heart has become your idol. The idol could be power, wealth, achievements, fashion, or sports. These false deities divert people’s attention away from the true God. In the end, idolaters will discover that all those who run after other gods will have their sorrow multiplied (Psalm 16:4). In Isaiah 45:5, God says, I am the Lord and none else besides me. All idolaters will be excluded from heaven (1 Corinthians 6:19; Revelation 21:8) except they repent and turn from their evil way (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). Believers should, therefore, abstain from the pollution of idols as they patiently wait for the Lord’s second coming.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Idol worship reflects man’s foolishness.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
1 Chronicles 26-27
Deeper Life Daily Manna was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
