<P> Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill . In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent . For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed . He has given proof of this to all men by raising him (Jesus) from the dead . </P> <P> In Ephesus, Paul incurred the wrath of silversmiths (who were worried about losing income from decreased sales of idols) when people responded to his preaching and turned away from idol worship . Paul taught that Christians should actively avoid participating in the worship of anything other than God . He considered it common sense that the worship of God and the worship of any other spiritual being are incompatible: </P> <P> Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry . I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say...Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons . You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons . Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he? </P> <P> The New Testament also uses the term "idol" in reference to conceptual constructs, as in Paul's letter to the church in Colosse: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed which is idolatry ." This expands the scope of that which is included in idolatry to certain behaviors and priorities, which capture attention and regard at the expense of that which is owed to God . (See also Thou shalt have no other gods before me .) Paul warned the Galatians that those who live in idolatry "will not inherit the kingdom of God", and in the same passage associates witchcraft with idolatry . In his letter to the Philippians, he refers to those whose "god is their stomach". In several New Testament scriptures, including the Sermon on the Mount, the term idolatry is applied to the love of money . The apostle James rebukes those who focus on material things, using language similar to that of Old Testament prophets: "When you ask (in prayer), you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures . You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God". </P>

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