And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Romans 8:28-30Idolatry is one of the biggest issue in the world, and the church today.
People have musical idols, political idols and more.In the church, we have idols called God’s Generals, and some Mammon idols, and many want to be like them.
The phrase “my bishop/Apostle/Prophet etc. said is on many lips.Why would you want to be like any man of God, whose breath is in his nostrils? Respect them but do not idolize them, because you can be better than them. You are called to be like Jesus, so do not limit yourself. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2Corinthians 3:18