OUR FATHER QUESTIONS THE IDOL MAKERS

In Isaiah chapter 44 verse 10, the Lord asks this question of the idols being manufactured in the land;

Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit nothing?

The question asked here is what manner of person goes through the effort and expenditure of creating an idol which ultimately, is valueless?

Who goes about to  set the parameters of a deity and then casts an idol to accommodate the so-called god?

What material object of stone or wood could possibly have the properties corresponding to the requirements of a valid deity and maybe even more telling, what nature of deity would find suitable accomodation in an object  made by the hands of men?

The Lord describes the condition of those who  engaged in idol making in verse 20;

Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

The makers of idols have deluded hearts who don't even have the power to save themselves let alone imbue saving power on idols for others and furthermore, they won't even bring themselves to admit that they are engaged in deception.

The Lord is the only true God and seeking other gods among idols is a fruitless pursuit.

As it says in verse 6;

“This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Amen.

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