In this article, I want to talk about why you shouldn’t idolize people, no matter how popular and cool they seem. So, I will talk about idols and their fans.
There have always been and are such people who, for various reasons, cause admiration and a desire to imitate in many people.
This state of adoration and desire to imitate is called worship. The admirer is ready to literally bow before the object of worship, ready to embody phrases that were thrown from the stage, being moved by emotions, and often without listening to the voice of reason.
I think everyone can remember examples of such unreasonable worship in the present and in the past.
I also had such idols – the leaders of musical groups, whom I adored and considered supermen. They seemed to me like angels, as they caused just supernatural admiration for every word of their songs. I remember that when I first heard the sounds of one of the most popular songs of my favorite band, I got goosebumps and was just completely absorbed in this music. I then listened to this song dozens of times. I literally idolized every member of this band.
But time passed and I saw that the leader of this group is an ordinary person who can sing well, but who is otherwise no different from other people and is subject to all human failings. I realized that my worship of this man was blind, based only on emotion.
To worship is to see authority in the object of worship, to surrender oneself voluntarily to the power of the object of worship, including through faith in his words.
The problem in this case is that no matter what the person is – the object of worship, he is subject to all human failings and can easily be deceived, even if he is extremely sincere in his statements.
The Bible consistently holds the following thought:
“Let God be true, and every human being a liar.…” (Romans.3:4).
Since a person is a liar (this is not an insult, but a property of a person as a weak creature subject to delusions), worshiping a person opens a person for unholy use by the object of worship for his own selfish purposes.
Also, even if the object of worship is sincere in his beliefs, but deluded, then those who follow him can sincerely follow him on the wrong path and end up in trouble and get huge problems, even death. Example: the worship of an entire nation to Hitler in the 30s, 40s of the 20th century. The consequences of this sincere worship were the most dire for many, many people!
Also in the worship of man, there is a deviation from the original status given to the person by God. The Creator created people for equal respectful relations and worshiping another person, humiliating the worshiper, violates God’s order.
The Bible records the words of Jesus:
“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant”. (Matthew.23:8-11)
Unlike humans, the Lord who reveals himself through the Bible is a perfect person, completely devoid of flaws:
“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”. Matthew 5:48
In my life, passing through various situations, I personally became convinced of this.
He alone is worthy to be the object of adoration and worship!
The Bible says:
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all”. 1 John 1:5
That is why Jesus affirms the essence of one of the 10 commandments given through Moses on Mount Sinai:
“Worship the Lord your God and serve him only”. Luke 4:8.
Therefore, Jews never worship a person, do not idolize people and never overestimate people, do not blindly believe everything that this or that person says, whoever they may be.
And this is very reasonable and allows them to avoid the massive delusions that people fall into, who continue to blindly believe other people.
There is a very famous saying that is mistakenly attributed to the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”.
Therefore, dear friend, I advise you to avoid blind imitation and following any authoritative and popular person, and evaluate all his actions and statements from the point of view of common sense, and not just emotions.
This approach can save you from misconceptions and big troubles!
