Imitated Idols

“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.  They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; they have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.  They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them” (Psalm 135:15-18).  “The rest of the men… repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk” (Revelation 9:20-21). 

There is a tragic imitation

Of idols that today appear

Displayed by those without salvation,  

Who neither see, nor can they hear. 

Like idols, they have ears and eyes;

They have a mouth to speak their thought,

Professing thus that they are wise,

Though God declares that they are not. 

Such idols are the fool’s invention,

Reflecting things that don’t exist,

Which sinners craft with the intention

Of shunning God, whom they resist. 

In fact, there should be less confusion

With God displayed through evidence!

Yet souls may choose a strong delusion,

But they shall be without defense.

Such hardened hearts are surely odd,

Which evidence does not compel

To flee from wrath and turn to God

Who would deliver them from hell! 

This deadly imitation shows

That there is more than meets the eye: 

We wrestle not with human foes;

The gates of hell we now defy. 

We see the idols, Lord, today

Which neither hear, nor see, nor walk, 

As those who imitate their way

Now in their willful blindness mock. 

Lord, help us reach those by Your Spirit

Who yet will listen to Your Word,

As by You persuade them now to hear it,

Obeying then what they have heard. 

We thank You, Lord, that there is power

For idol strongholds to be broken!

We preach Your Gospel in this hour

And show the proof that You have spoken.