Worshipping a Constructed God

“And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them—the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!” (Romans 1:25, The Message)

Paul describes the descent into sin of those who do not want to be accountable to God the creator.  What to do?  Answer:  Just create a god that can be accountable to you.  They worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them. 

One can see this in our culture, homosexuality comes to mind.  One does not need to search very long to find those who espouse comitting homosexual sin and worshipping God as good and right.  The verses that seem to prove otherwise are conveniently explained away.  This is nothing other than doing away with God the creator and creating one's own god, a god who can be accountable to your own desires and aims.

This created god is used to justify any number of things; marrying an unbeliever, getting an unbiblical divorce, acting as one wants rather than as the Scriptures call one to act, justifying whatever sin seems convenient at the moment, etc. etc.  If we are honest, we all wrestle with this to one degree or another.

The question is not whether or not we all want to act like God ourselves---we do!  The question is whether we reject this desire and become accountable to the God who created us; to his requirements; to his standards.