There is one creator, God; and one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There is one Helper, the Holy Spirit. There are many things in this world that people would rather trust than God. They would rather trust in money that has not ears or eyes in which to hear or see. The same goes with many other idols. They are not alive and they do not know. They cannot tell us what will happen in the future nor what has happened in the past. They do not save their people that worship them.
God has proved Himself time and time again as being the only God. He has shown us what will happen in the future. He has rescued His people from harms way. He has saved His people from sin and death by trusting in Him alone. Idols pollute those who worship them. Pollution is impurity. We are to be pure and holy as God is holy. Impurity is having more than one kind. We are supposed to be pure and holy devoted to our God, who redeemed us, we who have believed.
Adultery is pollution because of mixture with more than one sexual partner. A husband and wife is joined together as one. No one ought to separate what God has joined together. In the same way, there is also spiritual adultery. If we have been redeemed by Jesus Christ, we have been bought with a price. We are His and we are united together with Him into His Body which is the church; He is our head. Therefore, if we pollute ourselves with idols, we are committing spiritual adultery. We dare not arouse the Lord’s jealousy. His very name is Jealous. May no one try to separate what God has united.
Today, the devil tries to start arguments within the church. Balaam caused the Israelites to stumble by sexual immorality and eating foods sacrificed to idols. The devil used Balaam to trick the people of Israel into sinning against God and themselves. For sexual immorality is a sin against one’s own body. Run from these sins that lead to death! Sexual immorality and idol worship are sins that lead to death. They cause you to sin against your own body — which is part of the Body of Christ. Idol worship causes pollution to your body — which is part of the Body of Christ.
Let there be no division in the church. Let there be no arguing among members of the body. Does the arm say to the foot, “I don’t need you, be gone”? Of course not! All the members of the body are unique in their own way and they are all pivotal to the overall function of the body, doing whatever the head, which is Christ, commands them to do. The devil causes division with pride. He causes arguments among brothers over trivial matters. Let us be one body and let us build one another up, strengthening each other.
Do you go to the gym and train just your right arm? Of course not! You train both arms and then you train legs the next day. In the same way, Jesus builds up the church and does not weaken it. It is the devil who weakens the church, just like McDonalds cheese burgers weaken the body. Train for the race set before you. Train not your body only, but your spirit in doing the things your Spiritual Father commands. Just as you train your physical body. This is supposed to be helpful.