IDOLS Psalm 115:4-8
von brian staub
1. have ears/ hear not
1.1. which we have heard 1 Jn 1
1.2. having ears hear ye not? Mk 8:18
1.3. ears heavy...lest they hear
1.4. ears dull of hearing Mt 13:35
1.4.1. hard to be uttered seeing ye are dull of hearing Heb. 5:11
1.5. they are a rebellious house Eze. 12:2
2. have noses/ smell not
2.1. 2 Cor 2:14-16 maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place
3. have feet/ walk not
3.1. Jeremiah 10:3-14 they must needs be borne, because they cannot go
3.2. How beautiful are the feet Rom. 10:15
4. neither speak through their throat
4.1. their throat is an open sepulchre Psalm 5:9 neither is there any faithfulness in their mouth
5. They that make them are like unto them/
6. Work of men's hands
6.1. Deut. 4:28
6.2. Acts 17
6.2.1. Dwelleth not in temples made with hands
6.2.2. neither is worshipped with men's hands as though he needed anything
7. the workman made it Hos. 8:6
7.1. vs. 7 Sown the wind
7.2. sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings.
7.3. forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples vs.14
8. Therefore it is not God
9. A HARDENED HEART!!!???
9.1. Mark 8:17 have ye your heart yet hardened?
9.2. Mark 10:4-5 because of the hardness of your heart...but from the beginning of the creation he made them male and female
9.2.1. Deut. 4:16 lest ye corrupt yourselves and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female
9.3. Mk. 6:51-53...they considered not...for their heart was hardened
9.4. Isaiah 1:3...my people doth not consider
10. We have been with child...brought forth wind Isaiah 26:18
11. A covering Is.30:22
12. not of my spirit Isa 30:1
13. Hosea 13:2 according to their own understanding
13.1. let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves
13.1.1. In those sacrifices there is a rememberance again made of sins...
14. their=heathen vs2
14.1. Psalm 135:15
15. have eyes/ see not
15.1. seen with our eyes 1 Jn 1
15.2. having eyes see ye not? Mk 8:18
15.3. shut their eyes...lest they see
16. have hands/ handle not
16.1. hands have handled 1 Jn 1
17. a doctrine of vanities Jer. 10:8
18. Everyone that trusteth in them is like unto them
19. Image of jealousy Eze.8:3
19.1. Deut. 32:21 not God
20. Conceived Mischief Ps 7:4 brought forth falsehood
20.1. Psalm 94:20 shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameth mischief by a law?
20.2. prophets prophesy lies...and my people love to have it so...Jer. 5:31
21. Molten images
21.1. two calves 2 kings 17:16
22. Wind and confusion Isaiah 41:29
22.1. God is not the author of confusion 1 Cor. 14:33
22.2. cover themselves with their own confusion Ps. 109:29
22.3. James 3:16 where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work
22.3.1. 2 Timothy 4:18 the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work...
22.3.2. bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth...James 3:14
22.3.2.1. earthly, sensual, devilish wisdom (not from above)