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Mercy Culture Church

The 10 Commandments | No Idols

The 10 Commandments | No Idols

Mercy Culture Church | Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott

Locations & Times

Mercy Culture Fort Worth

1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

❤️ MC Connect

If you would like to learn more about our culture, how you connect with God, get plugged into community and begin your journey to encountering God daily, MC Connect is your next step!

Text CONNECT to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/connect

🏃‍♀️ Justice Run 🏃‍♂️

We run because every step has a purpose. Sex trafficking is a billion-dollar industry that preys on the vulnerable, but together we can push back against it. When we lace up our shoes and hit the pavement, we’re not just running for ourselves—we’re running for women who deserve freedom, safety, and a future filled with hope. Every mile we cover helps raise awareness and funds to support women breaking free from trafficking.

Join us, and let’s run with purpose, run with passion, and run for freedom!

Text RUN to 59090 or visit justicerun.com for more information.

👋 First Time Guest? Click Here!

Welcome to Mercy Culture Church! We are so excited you're here.

Text NEW to 59090 so we can connect with you.

For everyone that texts NEW, we will donate $10 to The Justice Reform, an organization that is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city.

🎉 Block Party + Baptisms

Water baptism is the public declaration that you are a new creation in Jesus Christ! When you are water baptized, a breakthrough happens, identity from God is declared, and the supernatural exchange of dying to our sin and living in the Spirit is released. We will have baptisms during the ‘Block Party’.  Register for baptisms here:
https://mercyculture.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3074682
You radically love God by not making any idols!
Idolatry is the act of ascribing ultimate allegiance, trust, love, or worship to anything or anyone other than the one true God (Yahweh), whether expressed through physical images, false deities, or inward desires.
Primary Hebrew words for "Idolatry"

Hebrew: פָּסַל (Pāsal) = To carve
Primary Hebrew words for "Idolatry"

Hebrew: פָּסַל (Pāsal) = To carve
Hebrew: פֶּסֶל (Pesel) = A carved image, idol
Hebrew: עָבַד (ʿĀbad) = To serve, to worship
Hebrew: אֱלִיל (ʾĔlîl) = A worthless thing
Greek words for "Idolatry"

Greek: εἴδωλον (Eidōlon) = Idol
Greek: εἰδωλολατρία (Eidōlolatria) = Idolatry
Greek: λατρεία (Latreia) = Service, worship
Simple Definition of Idolatry = Worshipping anything without God! Don't worship anything you create.
“Idolatry is not just worshiping statues; it’s loving anything more than God.” - C.S. Lewis
“Whatever we set our hearts on, that is our god.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Idolatry is an ancient temptation and a modern sin!
"Man's nature is a perpetual factory of idols." - John Calvin
Modern-day Idolatry Outside the Church looks like:
1. Money and materialism
Modern-day Idolatry Outside the Church looks like:
1. Money and materialism
2. Entertainment and celebrities
Practical Advice:
Monitor your kids' music and media.
Modern-day Idolatry Outside the Church looks like:
1. Money and materialism
2. Entertainment and celebrities
3. Self-worship
Modern-day Idolatry Inside the Church looks like:
1. Celebrity pastors
2. Worship experience
3. Prosperity without suffering
Docetism = to seem
4 Things You Need to Know About Idolatry
1. Idolatry damages your relationship with God
Any form of idolatry will damage your relationship with God!
4 Things You Need to Know About Idolatry
1. Idolatry damages your relationship with God
2. Idolatry is spiritual adultery
Simple Definition:
Spiritual adultery = cheating on God
Idolatry is the opposite of radical love—it is adulterous love.
4 Things You Need to Know About Idolatry
1. Idolatry damages your relationship with God
2. Idolatry is spiritual adultery
3. Idolatry is declaring a war on God
Joshua heard worship, but he felt warfare!
Idolatry is an act of war against God!
4 Things You Need to Know About Idolatry
1. Idolatry damages your relationship with God
2. Idolatry is spiritual adultery
3. Idolatry is declaring a war on God
4. Idolatry is a condition of your heart
Radical love will keep you from idolatry!
The greatest form of idolatry today is making for yourself your version of Christianity!
Question:
How do I know if I have idols in my life?
If there is anything you love more than God, that’s an idol.
"Pardon me when I bow"
Naaman wanted the Lord but still wanted permission to bow with his king to idolatry.
The danger of idolatry—we want God, but we also want to keep our compromises.
You radically love God by not making any idols!