Habakkuk 2:18-19 - Homiletics

A parable of woes: 5. Woe to the idolatrous!

I. IDOLATRY AN ABSURDITY . It must ever be so. The notion that any figure fashioned by man out of wood or stone, silver or gold, however carved or gilded, can either be or represent the Infinite and Eternal One, carries the stamp of unreason on the face of it ( Psalms 115:4-8 ; Isaiah 44:19 ; Jeremiah 10:5 ).

II. IDOLATRY A FRAUD . Set up as gods, and worshipped as such, graven and molten images are a hideous imposition upon man's credulity, being

III. IDOLATRY A RUINATION . It brings with it a woe upon all who are deluded by it. It entails upon them God's curse ( Deuteronomy 27:15 ) and endless sorrow ( Psalms 16:4 ) and everlasting death ( Revelation 21:8 ).

LESSON . "Little children, keep yourselves from idols" ( 1 John 5:21 ).