Hello, all. I am thinking more and more deeply about this question as relates to my own life and I just thought I should throw this out to others too.

Someone said, "whatever you love the most is your god", and I was like, "wow, this sounds really heavy ...I need to comb through EVERYTHING about me now and find out what I need to KICK out, to give GOD the throne in every department of my life".

" 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

Matthew 6:21-24 KJV
21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Anything you loved and adore more than GOD is an Idol to you.
For example. You're about to go to the church for the weekly service or Sunday service and you're watching a movie till the time is gone, you then relax at home hoping to go for the service next time. You've loved that movie than GOD.
One cannot serve two masters. Despise unrighteousness and love righteousness. Despise worldliness and serve GOD Faithfully.

Colossian 3:2 KJV

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

We should be mindful of heavenly treasures where we will dwell forever.

You may not have to get rid of anything, or very little. Scripture mentions not to LOVE or WORSHIP "false gods, idols, anything above or beneath & anything of he Earth (which belongs to Satan.. for now)".

However, self inventory & reflection & personal days of prayer & fasting & days of Atonement... for instructions from The Holy Spirit (only) IS always a good thing to separate he wheat from the shaft. * perhaps including the person who said that to you & planted the seeds of doubt in you *



Shalom

The greatest fallacy of christian is theology. It only complicates and confused perception. Diverse human interpretation of the scripture muddles spiritual vision and divert attention from God to doctrinal and theological bickerings blurring spiritual perceptions of the people. Religions are practiced best in simplicity. Your religion is based on your faith and your faith is enough to serve God. The simple knowledge that God is good and God is love and that he wants us to be good and love one another is good enough. If you do good and love your fellow beings, I think you are a good enough Christian.

I think I typed out my last reply in the wrong place. I am retyping/reposting again separately:

"Thanks for your input. Just to add that I did not get into a state of doubt. Maybe it is the way I expressed myself that gave you that impression. The impact was more or less my engagement in self-examination; rather than doubt. Self examination, for me, is something I do constantly as a Christian - on the scale of God's word and God's will, of course."

Hi,Klys10. Nice to meet you here.

Actually, I think it is critical to also understand that Biblically, it is impossible to acceptably love God outside of JESUS CHRIST. In the new Testament dispensation, the starting point is to be born again. Only the Spirit of God in our lives can help us love God the way we should. I think it is also important to rightly place works and faith and to know that both go together. Works - no matter how good or great CANNOT save. Nevertheless, when we have JESUS in our lives, we are supposed to manifest the fruit of the Spirit in evidence of the presence of JESUS CHRIST in our lives. The Bible says the fruit of the Spirit includes...love...joy....peace, gentleness...faithfulness...self-control.