“He saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot” Exodus 32:19

Moses’ anger raging hot against the Israelites as they worshiped the golden calf represents the law of God condemning all idolaters. God Almighty has zero tolerance for idolatry no matter in what shape, form or fashion it manifests itself. Ignorance and Spiritual darkness is no excuse.

We are natural born worshippers of false gods. The self-god of freewillism is the personification of all idolatry. The scriptures plainly tell us there is but one God and He alone is to be worshipped. “There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god” Psalms 81:9. “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve” Matthew 4:10.

If we will be spared from God’s wrath and indignation it is of the Lord’s doing. There is no loophole in God’s unalterable, inflexible justice. We must be given a new nature appropriated by the Person and work of our Redeemer and imparted by the omnipotent work of the Spirit of the living God. This Divine nature institutes and perseveres in new heart worship (covenant worship) of the True and Living God. “And I will give them an heart to know Me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart” Jer 24:7.

Old Israel was known for their rebellion, stiff necks, hard hearts, and idolatry. Spiritual Israel is known by their worship of the True and Living God. “For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” 1Th 1:9. Our precious Lord drank the dregs of the golden calf and fell under the wrath of Divine justice by the demands of the thrice-holy God for His loved ones to purchase us the privilege of divine worship. Those who habitually forsake the worship of God habitually worship a false god.