How To Build A God

The heart of man is proud. We find created things to worship rather
than the Creator God. We make good things into god things. We build
idols for ourselves that prove to be ridiculous. Here's my story of
such foolishness.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• wood
• god
• music
• idol
• idolatry
• pride
• mars hill church

[SverigeJimmy]

@lolaseattle And no, my posts here were from 7 months before you joined in. That was the last time I had logged onto this site.

[SverigeJimmy]

@lolaseattle Serving with humility is what I'm arguing for. You're finished here.

[lolaseattle]

Hi SverigeJimmy: Really. It took you two months to come up with a response? You've been stewing about this for that long?! I'm finished here. God has better use for my time to serve and glorify Him than to argue with you. It's apparent that it's more important to you to be right and serve yourself, than it is to serve God with humility as He has called us. I will continue to pray for you :).

[SverigeJimmy]

@lolaseattle If you've actually read what I have written, my point is that they are battling self-deceit with more self deceit. Your challenges have no relevance to this point.

[SverigeJimmy]

@lolaseattle You've done absolutely nothing to refute my claims but attempt to say that I am a hypocrite. Is it hypocrisy to stand up when your religion is being turned into a simple product or commodity? If your willing to defend ANY proclamation of Christ, then you should be defending my position as well. There's hypocrisy for you.

[lolaseattle]

@SverigeJimmy:

It is not your place to judge your brother's heart, this is between him and God. But like Paul, rejoice that he proclaims Christ!

[lolaseattle]

@SverigeJimmy: Paul says:

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. The latter do is out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice." - Philippians 1: 15-18.

[lolaseattle]

@SverigeJimmy: Wow, you sound just like a Pharisee, speaking of religion! And unfortunately, like a hypocrite. You call this man a narcissist, but reading all your comments, it appears who is the narcissist, but the one who has decided to judge his brother? Who made you judge? Are you God on His throne?

If an alcoholic repents, comes to Christ, and others are motivated to Christ because he shared his story, is he a narcissist? And is that really what matters:

[SverigeJimmy]

He could idolize music or a guitar without making it or playing it. It was his ability to play that he was focussed on, meaning himself. He's still focussed on himself, but this time with a feeling that his playing has a grand spiritual purpose - Religion enabled narcissism.

[fcbarcafcb]

@SverigeJimmy You word that comment in a way to make it seem like I made a foolish statement. But here is the thing, if it is narcissism, that is a form of idolatry. It is self-worship in a sense. Also it is him idolizing music. He stated that he felt it would "rescue" him. That is loving music above himself. A narcissitic person would not need to be saved by music because he would have himself. I do not see any narcissism. You can twist it and say maybe some pride, but not narcissism.