The Iconoclast

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

In English, we have the word "iconoclast." An iconoclast is someone who goes against the flow and breaks the rules or traditions. The word goes back centuries. It comes from a great controversy which took place in the middle ages in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church was covered with so-called "holy images" called "icons".There arose a movement that said, "The hallowing of icons is idolatry," and they began smashing the icons. They were called the breakers of icons or, in Greek, the "iconoclasts". But all believers are called to be iconoclasts. That is, we are not to serve, revere, honor, or acknowledge any idol of man, whether of secular man or of the church. But it should not stop there. A true believer is an iconoclast, in that he or she is continually smashing the idols in his or her life and heart. Are there any idols in your life? Is there anything you’re putting your trust, love, hope, and attention into when it should be in God? If so, then it’s your job to smash that idol and become an iconoclast.

From Message #1232 - The Holy Lawbreaker