No Other god Like The LORD Our God

I Samuel 5.1-5

Man has been attempting, either consciously or unconsciously, to place other gods beside the LORD Our God, for 1,000's of years.

We spoke of this recently when we looked at Hannah's Prayer in chapter two, verse two. There is no god besides our God.

Whenever man tries to set a god besides the LORD God, the results are always disastrous. Like the wise and foolish man who built their houses, the wise on the rock, the foolish on the sand. The foolish man's house came down with a great crash.

Yet today, with all the warnings from heaven, people still foolishly attempt to build a life on sinking sand. People still try to lay their gods besides the LORD God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. They pay a horrible price.

1. The Traditions or Bad Habits can be transferred from one generation to another.
Dagon is an example of this.
Who He was.
The god of the Philistines. Samson should have taught them a lesson.
Judges 16.23-30
Obviously they didn't get it. This happens today. It is amazing how disasters where there is great loss of life can be forgotten in a shirt period of time, at least the lessons learned. However you feel about Jonathan Kahn's book, The Harbinger, we all know that following the days of 9-11 there was an awareness of our need of the LORD in our nation. That awareness quickly passed. We forgot the lessons.

This generation of Philistines worshipped Dagon because they learned it from their ancestors, their parents. They grew up with it. Dagon had never done anything for them. He could not. He was not alive. He was not God. He could not hear their prayers no less answer them. He was a god, an invention made up by man.

Jeremiah 10:5-6 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carriedbecause they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm or can they do any good.” No one is like You, Lord; You are great,and your name is mighty in power.

Beware of family "gods" you might be passing along to the next generation. Far more than words are the lifestyles we have. How we live portrays to the next generation what is important. Children figure out early on what or Who we worship.

2. There Is A Stubbornness, A Stiffneckness In Rebellion.
Their attempt to place Dagon next to the LORD's Ark after he had fallen was ridiculous.
Insanity is doing the same thing again and expecting different results!

So often we see the LORD working to bring a person to Himself. We pray. We think this has got to do it. Then we find them heading back to the same sand foundation. I think this is spurred by the heart that determines their way is the best, even when the results point opposite.

I used to think people would call on the LORD and follow Him when a funeral comes... 3 of us were talking as young teens where we got saved, "church, family altar, funeral home."

They had kept the ark for 7 months!
1 Samuel 6:1-2 When the ark of the Lord had been in Philistine territory seven months, the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”

3. There are no gods like the LORD Our God!
None worth comparing!
He alone is Holy!
He rewards those who diligently seek Him.
Other gods, such as ill gotten money, do the opposite.
Proverbs 1:19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.

The gods of this world cannot help us in our time of need.
Even people who do not know the LORD will call on His Name in times of trouble. "Oh my God!" They will exclaim. Why. It is because God has placed eternity in the hearts of men. There is something, even in the unregenerate heart that understands there is a God in heaven and He is the LORD. I never heard someone cry out, "oh Buddha" or "oh higher power" or even, "oh Allah". But "Oh LORD," and "oh God," lots of times.


These other gods cannot watch over us. Think About His Love in this manner.
Psalm 121:3-4, 8 He will not let your foot slip—He Who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

They cannot provide our daily needs.

Manmade gods are bound to a physical locale, not so with the LORD! The LORD goes before us and is with us.
Man who makes images gods . God Who Made Man in His Own Image.

The gods made by man are powerless. Elijah and the prophets of Baal.

Our LORD, Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world,
He rose from the dead.
He ascended into heaven.
He is preparing a place for us.
He is coming again. My grandson, Tristan, "Mom, Jesus could come through those clouds any moment."

Love so amazing, so Divine demands my life, my heart, my all.