Today many people do not realize they worship idols. Even many who think they are Christians are guilty of idolatry.
Idolatry can be very deceptive.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. Idolatry gives the worship, honor, and attention God deserves to something or someone else. Obviously, these are idols of the heart, not literal statues. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. An idol, as the following verse from The Living Bible shows, is anything that takes God's rightful place in your life.