What's the shortest verse in the Bible?

[Strong in Him]

Yes but that's not even the definition of Idolatry. Idolatry is serving other Gods besides the Almighty.

An idol is anything to which we devote time, attention and give respect when that is due to God alone. So buying all the latest technology, gadgetry, clothes and fashion accessories can be an idol - people may do it to keep up with the crowd, "be" someone or feel secure. And people can become slaves to this; wanting the latest thing, spending money on something and having to get a bigger and better one a year or so later, just because it makes them feel good. It's not wrong to buy a TV, a computer or clothes but security and self worth come from God and cannot be found in things. It is said that everyone worships something - if not God (who alone is worthy of worship), then food, clothes, possessions, alcohol, good health etc etc.

To suggest that obeying or upholding the scriptures is Idolatry, in any way, is just absurd.

Reading the Scriptures is not idolatry - of course not. We can never read the Scriptures enough. And obeying them is certainly not idolatry; definitely not, it's what we are supposed to do.

But it IS possible for some people to spend so long looking AT the Scriptures, at every single word, debating its meaning, arguing over translation, taking every syllable absolutely literally and - in the case of the OP - insisting that one translation alone is true, infallible, beyond contradiction and that every Christian who doesn't use it is inferior in some way. And this is not good or helpful. Again, I'm not saying that you're doing this, I'm just trying to explain that it is a danger.
If you have a window in your house, do you look through it to see the view outside, or do you spend so long looking at every tiny mark or stain that you miss the beauty beyond it? Similarly with Scripture, do we look at it to see the truth it points to, the truth about God and the beauty of his character, or do we look at every jot and tittle and spend so much time in academic debate that we miss the wider picture and what he is saying?

im sorry but i cannot stand the Phrase Bibleolatry. I can understand words like idolatry, hypocrisy, heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, but not Bibleolatry.

I didn't use that phrase - but what I have just said, is what I understand it to mean.
Again, to stay on topic, I would say that upholding ONE translation of the Bible above all others, making it out to be infallible, claiming that it alone is 100% inspired and no other Bible is, and that Christians who use other Bibles are inferior in some way, is quite close to Bibliolatry. Infallibility and perfection belong to God alone, not to a translation of his Holy word. There are different translations of the Bible, we use different words and change some of them. Changing words to explain or clarify doesn't matter - as long as we don't change the teaching, change the truth behind it and change the Gospel.

So to get back to my first example, some people CAN make an idol out of the Bible - not only buying one in the finest leather, gold edged pages etc, putting it in pride of place, never allowing it to be damaged and never reading it, but by stuying IT, the theology and language SO closely that they lose sight of God.

Again, I am not saying you are doing that - sorry if it sounded otherwise.

 

[Knee V]

Im sure you would know better than i because i dont read Greek, but i counted the letters and Pray without ceasing has far more letters that Jesus wept, however Jesus wept contains 3 words and pray without ceasing contains only two words, so Pray without ceasing is shorter in that way. If im not mistaken, i may be.

That may be what I meant. It has been a long time since I saw that stat.

 

[Restoresmysoul]

An idol is anything to which we devote time, attention and give respect when that is due to God alone. So buying all the latest technology, gadgetry, clothes and fashion accessories can be an idol - people may do it to keep up with the crowd, "be" someone or feel secure. And people can become slaves to this; wanting the latest thing, spending money on something and having to get a bigger and better one a year or so later, just because it makes them feel good. It's not wrong to buy a TV, a computer or clothes but security and self worth come from God and cannot be found in things. It is said that everyone worships something - if not God (who alone is worthy of worship), then food, clothes, possessions, alcohol, good health etc etc.



Reading the Scriptures is not idolatry - of course not. We can never read the Scriptures enough. And obeying them is certainly not idolatry; definitely not, it's what we are supposed to do.

But it IS possible for some people to spend so long looking AT the Scriptures, at every single word, debating its meaning, arguing over translation, taking every syllable absolutely literally and - in the case of the OP - insisting that one translation alone is true, infallible, beyond contradiction and that every Christian who doesn't use it is inferior in some way. And this is not good or helpful. Again, I'm not saying that you're doing this, I'm just trying to explain that it is a danger.
If you have a window in your house, do you look through it to see the view outside, or do you spend so long looking at every tiny mark or stain that you miss the beauty beyond it? Similarly with Scripture, do we look at it to see the truth it points to, the truth about God and the beauty of his character, or do we look at every jot and tittle and spend so much time in academic debate that we miss the wider picture and what he is saying?



I didn't use that phrase - but what I have just said, is what I understand it to mean.
Again, to stay on topic, I would say that upholding ONE translation of the Bible above all others, making it out to be infallible, claiming that it alone is 100% inspired and no other Bible is, and that Christians who use other Bibles are inferior in some way, is quite close to Bibliolatry. Infallibility and perfection belong to God alone, not to a translation of his Holy word. There are different translations of the Bible, we use different words and change some of them. Changing words to explain or clarify doesn't matter - as long as we don't change the teaching, change the truth behind it and change the Gospel.

So to get back to my first example, some people CAN make an idol out of the Bible - not only buying one in the finest leather, gold edged pages etc, putting it in pride of place, never allowing it to be damaged and never reading it, but by stuying IT, the theology and language SO closely that they lose sight of God.

Again, I am not saying you are doing that - sorry if it sounded otherwise.

Thanks sister

 

[Restoresmysoul]

That may be what I meant. It has been a long time since I saw that stat.