What is idolatry in Christianity?

Hi everyone, I wanted to write a blog on what does idolatry mean in the Christian faith. To help write this I had a look through one of my Bible’s and found an entry on idols and I have uploaded and attached the entry so you can save it and download the entry on idols in my Bible which you can read later if you choose to download it.

I will add some scripture about what it says about idols in the Bible.

Having an idol is not putting God at the centre of our lives and not relying on him completely as we learn from (Luke 14:26). Christians must guard against idols of the heart. An idol is any object, image, person, idea, power, desire, or devotion that usurps the place of God in the human heart and receives the trust, worship, affection, or allegiance that belongs to him alone. Idolatry extends beyond physical images to include anything elevated above God in priority, dependence, or desire (Col. 3:5). You will form your opinions from the scripture for your own life.

Modern forms of idolatry may include wealth, power, pleasure, relationships, success, nationalism, religion, self-exaltation, or any pursuit that becomes the controlling centre of life apart from God.

(Colossians 3:5)

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry”

(1 John 5:21)

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

(Matthew 6:24)

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions.

(Luke 14:26)

“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”

This means that we should put Jesus’ mission simply first in our lives.

(Deuteronomy 5: 7)

"Thou shalt have none other gods before me."