The Bible identifies false religion as a deviation from the worship of the true God, often relying on human-imagined deities and practices.
Scripture presents false religion as a product of human sinfulness, leading people to create gods after their own likeness instead of worshiping the one true living God. Jeroboam's establishment of false temples and priests illustrates how sin can lead to a convenient, yet ungodly worship that deviates from God's prescribed means of grace. The ultimate end of all false religion, as seen in Jeroboam's narrative, is destruction because these substitutes provide no true salvation or access to God, thus resulting in eternal separation from Him.
Scripture References:
Jeremiah 10:14, Isaiah 59:2, Matthew 23, 1 John 4, Galatians 3, Isaiah 57:3-5, Galatians 3:1
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