The ancient world was thickly populated with gods. Those open-minded Romans actually collected as many as they could find and enshrined them all in a special building that still stands today, the Pantheon (meaning “all gods” in Greek). The Israelites ran into quite of few of these idols. There were the animal gods of the Egyptians. Then there were the fertility gods of the Canaanites, worshiped through ritual prostitution. Then there was Moloch, the god of the Ammonites, who demanded the sacrifice of infant children. Joshua chapter 24 is all about the Israelites making a conscious decision to serve the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, instead of these idols. After all, they knew there are no “free agents.” Everybody worships something.
Who Are We Serving?
Who Are We Serving?
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