Al Robertson

All these things had happened.

Manna had fell from the sky.

God had continuously provided for them.

And it was after they had seen this incredible act of God, they literally parted the Red Sea and swallowed up their enemies.

And they took...

The gold that they plundered from the ones that God rescued them from made an idol out of that and worshiped the very thing that was given to them as proof and evidence that God is who he says he is.

So you see in the very nature of idolatry, what you see is what the Bible calls a futility of thinking.

Well, what does that mean?

Well, I'm not thinking correctly.

My thinking is pointless.

My thinking is futile.

My thinking is not leading me into reality.

It's leading me into something completely absurd, and I'm believing it.

In the moment, they thought we could build this thing for ourselves and worship it, and then we'll be protected.

Then we'll be provided for.

That's stupid thinking.

And if you read the whole story, you're like, you idiot.

What are you thinking?

Well, they weren't thinking correctly.

They weren't aligning up their loves with truth.