Like Their Idols - Psalms 115:8

In Psalms one hundred fifteen the Psalmist said, “But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatsoever he has pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not. They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not. They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat”, and in chapter one hundred fifteen and verse eight of Psalms the Psalmist said, “they that make them are like unto them” where we read,

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusts in them.

The Psalmist began with the words, “They that make them are like unto them;” The Psalmist began, “they that make them” or “they, the people both male and female, who fashion, form and produce the idols and images fashioned of silver and gold” “are like unto them” which means “exist as similar and in likeness to them, the idols and images fashioned of silver and gold”. The Psalmist said the people who formed and fashioned the idols and images fashioned of silver and gold exist similar to them.

The verse continues, “so is every one that trusts in them.” The Psalmist added the words, “so is every one” or “also and indeed exists each, the whole, all and everyone of the people” “that trusts in them” which means “who has faith, confidence and belief within them, the idols and images fashioned of silver and gold”. The Psalmist said each and every person who puts their faith and confidence within the idols and images fashioned of silver and gold exist similar to the very images that they made.

When we think through the Psalmist's words in this verse, we see how he associated everyone who fashioned and formed the idols and images of silver and gold with them. They were as inanimate and dysfunctional as their idols. Worshiping anything other than Jehovah God and His Son Jesus is useless and a waste of time, and the person who worships idols become like them. God knew people had a desire to worship. He built them this way, and they were made to give Him and Him alone pleasure. (See Revelation 4:11) He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we believe and trust in Him as our personal “Lord and Savior”, He will forgive ours sins, grant us everlasting life and provide the opportunity to align with His purpose and plan of worship for all people.

Next time the Psalmist says, “O Israel, trust in the LORD”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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