A person who attempted to involve others in worship of a false god was similarly subject to capital punishment and was not to be spared even by a close relative.Deuteronomy 17:2-7; Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Harper, William R., The Old and New Testament Student, 1891, Hartford:The Student Publishing Company, p.201 God's interest in exclusive worship is portrayed as a strong jealousy, like that of a husband for his wife: According to Ephesians, Paul incurred the wrath of silversmiths (worried about losing income from decreased sales of idols) when people responded to his preaching and turned away from idol worship.Gods, False: Artemis, in The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary, 2006. Unger, Merrill F., Harrison, R.K., ed. Chicago: Moody Publishers, Paul taught that Christians should actively avoid participating in the worship of anything other than God. He considered it common sense that the worship of God and the worship of any other spiritual being are incompatible :
 God's interest in exclusive worship is portrayed as a strong jealousy, like that of a husband for his wife: According to Ephesians, Paul incurred the wrath of silversmiths (worried about losing income from decreased sales of idols) when people responded to his preaching and turned away from idol worship.Gods, False: Artemis, in The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary, 2006. Unger, Merrill F., Harrison, R.K., ed. Chicago: Moody Publishers, Paul taught that the gods, which the idols represented, were demons and thus, prohibited Christians from worshiping both God and idols :
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A person who attempted to involve others in worship of a false god was similarly subject to capital punishment and was not to be spared even by a close relative.Deuteronomy 17:2-7; Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Harper, William R., The Old and New Testament Student, 1891, Hartford:The Student Publishing Company, p.201
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Christians should actively avoid participating in the worship of anything other than God. He considered it common sense that the worship of God and the worship of any other spiritual being are incompatible
the gods, which the idols represented, were demons and thus, prohibited Christians from worshiping both God and idols