An idol is an image made to represent God (Deuteronomy 4: 15-19). But idolatry is man worshipping himself (Romans 1: 22-25). Just as an image is the work of man’s hand, every man whose salvation is in some aspect dependent upon what he has done is worshipping himself regardless of if he worships an image or not. The god of man’s imagination truly has no hands but man’s hands and no feet but man’s feet because the god of man’s imagination is no greater than himself.
The God of heaven and earth saves whom he will apart from the sinner’s contribution (Romans 9: 16). No child born of Adam has power to save himself (Psalm 14: 2-3). The very term “salvation” declares that the one being saved has no power to save. If one has power to save himself then he does not need to be saved. But the one being saved is entirely dependent upon another to save him. “Salvation-is-of-the-Lord” (Jonah 2: 9; Acts 4: 12). The God of heaven and earth calls on every man to answer this question, “Is My God THE God?”
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