Self-control in Not Making "Things" False gods.

Exodus 20:4 

 What exactly can images and idols be besides those of graven images? Many people become obsessed and addicted to materialism such as collections of all kinds and some activities that consume them even to getting themselves into deep debt and bankruptcy or even jail!   

Deuteronomy 7:25 speaks of not becoming ensnared with materialism such as the things mentioned below:
Some people have no self-control over buying objects of collections (whether art, cars, crystal, clocks, dolls, clothes, shoes, fishing rods, tools, exotic animals, the list could go on and on.)

Proverbs 22:26 talks about the following:
Some people submerge themselves in activities like  gambling, bowling, football, baseball, auto racing, even exercise and weight lifting, hunting animals just for the "sport" of killing them and placing their heads on a wall for display.... When these things become a compulsion to do (no matter what), one has lost self-control.

Hosea 4:12, "Drunk on sex, they've replaced GOD with their genitals" Revelation 17:2, "Sexual sin is like being drunk on wine (can you imagine the hard liquor and drugs of today!)" Worst of all is the addiction to alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sex. These are the greatest examples of having lost all self-control.

Deuteronomy 8:19, "destruction will come upon those who turn from GOD." Luke 15:10, "there is joy in Heaven when one (on earth) turns away from sin!" Hallelujah, Amen!

Images of wood and stone are not the only false gods men worship, but any worldly activity that becomes an obsession (which God has said, "Thou shall not...") The only obsession man should have is for our Awesome, Almighty, Creator, Savior, Holy, Father GOD! The joys He brings to us far out weigh any pleasure (good or bad) that can be experienced in this fallen world! AND, He opens your heart to what awaits all of His Elect! Alleluia, Praise the LORD Jesus Christ, our Savior and GOD!