In times past you may have been lascivious. As a believer, you are no longer to continue this
behavior:
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries... (I Peter 4:2-3)The Bible teaches that if you continue to be lascivious, you will eventually give yourself over to
it without conscience:
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to
work uncleanness with greediness. (Ephesians 4:19)IDOLATRY
Idolatry is the worship of idols. This does not just mean the worship of images made out of
stone, wood, or precious metals. An idol is anything that is more important to you than God.
Idolaters are those who practice idolatry and worship something other than the true God.
Idolatry is the lack of acknowledgment of the rightful position of God in your life.
One of the first commandments given by God concerned idolatry:
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord
your God. (Leviticus 19:4)Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing
image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down
unto it: for I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 26:1)The gods of heathen nations are called idols:
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
(Psalms 96:5)You will be confounded [or confused] if you serve idols:
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of
idols... (Psalms 97:7)