We are in the midst of our idolatry series, keying off of the words found in Jeremiah 10:5, “Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field.” One writer declared, “Achievement is the alcohol of our time.” The idol of success is a powerful idol of our day. Everyone has to be successful.
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One of the great pictures in the scriptures is that the followers of Jesus are called “conquerors.” When we study the second and third chapters of the book of Revelation we see that those Christians who remain faithful are described as conquerors and are given crowns. John writes to these first century Christians who are dealing with false teachers and their false teachings and is telling them that they are the ones who are conquerors.
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