"Keep Yourselves From Idols"

At the very end of John's letter, 1 John, after all the passionate encouragement to the church, it says: "Dear children, keep yourselves from idols."

1 John reminded us to walk out of darkness, don't love the world, watch out the false teacher, love the brother in Christ, watch out the holy spirit and the be careful to the non-holy spirit, pray according to His will and have faith in Him and prayer, etc. At the very end though, one thing John concluded: keep yourselves from idols.

Indeed idols is the very critical thing that draw us away from God. We maybe even deceived and agreed on doing things that is right to the world, but is not right to God. John says in chapter 4: "They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us."

This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God, they will even hate to be with us. This is fine too, it is part of carrying the cross I guess. Walk as Jesus did.

We can overcome it!!! because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Amen.