Don't make the the mistake of thinking that you are not guilty of idolatry simply because you don't bow down to idols. We are guilty of idolatry every time we think about God in any way other than the way Scripture portrays Him.1
Having an incorrect view of God affects a person's everyday worship; understanding how Scripture describes God, allows a person to know the God that they are worshiping. With a proper view of God, one is able to see how holy He really is, and we how unholy we all are. We as sinners would never have been able to approach God, but because of the work of Christ, recipients of God's grace of salvation, are able to worship Him.
Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
- Hebrews 10:19-25
1. Hughes, Barbara. Disciplines of a Godly Woman. 1st. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2001. 59
