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So serious question I've had weighing on me quite heavily lately. Are cross idols? While I was carving one I felt great weight on my shoulders as I pondered this point. I'm really thinking about destroying the piece.

So serious question I've had weighing on me quite heavily lately. Are cross idols? While I was carving one I felt great weight on my shoulders as I pondered this point. I'm really thinking about destroying the piece.

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Do you bow yourself down to it in acts of worship? If not then I don’t know if I would consider it an idol. Nevertheless, if it is nagging at your conscience then that is between you and God, and you must do what your conscience is telling you.

1Corinthians chapter 10 sort of addresses this, although he is speaking of food offered to idols. Basically if it troubles your conscience, then don’t do it. If it causes another brother or sister to stumble, then refrain from doing it for their sake. But whatever you do, do it for the glory of God.

So, if you believe making a cross is honoring God, then that is a good thing and you should keep it. If you believe it to be an idol and an object of worship and it troubles your conscience, then perhaps you should destroy it.