The document discusses the concept of idolatry as defined by Tim Keller as taking good things and making them into ultimate things. It notes that idolatry can take many forms including the pursuit of success, money, sex, power, and other things that absorb one's heart and imagination more than God. The document tells the story of Zacchaeus from the Bible who was a wealthy tax collector that welcomed Jesus into his home and pledged to give half his possessions to the poor and repay anyone he had cheated, showing the transformation that can occur when one's idol is replaced by God.

2. “Idolatry is taking good things
and turning them into ultimate things.”
Tim keller
Mike Breen

3. “Idolatry is taking good things
and turning them into ultimate things.”
Tim keller
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Mike Breen
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4. “Idolatry is taking good things
and turning them into ultimate things.”
Tim keller
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6. “Idolatry is taking good things
and turning them into ultimate things.”
Tim keller
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7. “An idol is anything more important to you than God,
anything that absorbs your heart and imagination
more than God, anything you seek
to give you what only God can give.”
Tim keller
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8. “A counterfeit god is anything so central
and essential to your life that, should you lose it,
your life would feel hardly worth living…
If anything becomes more fundamental than God
to your happiness, meaning in life,
and identity, then it is an idol.”
Tim keller
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9. We LOVE them OR Him
We TRUST them OR Him
We OBEY them OR Him
WITH IDOLS & god
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10. No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted to the one
and despise the other.
You cannot serve both
God and money (Mammon).
Matthew 6:24
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12. “Watch out! Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed;
life does not consist
in an abundance
of possessions.”
Luke 12:15
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13. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus;
he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because
he was short he could not see over the crowd.
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree
to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way.
Luke 19:1-10
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14. When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up
and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately.
I must stay at your house today.” So he came down
at once and welcomed Him gladly. All the people
saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone
to be the guest of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus
stood up and said to the Lord…
Luke 19:1-10
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15. “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions
to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of
anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come
to this house, because this man, too,
is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man
came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:1-10
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