They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh

 Judges 18:11-31

They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.

Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city. There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.

They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.

The Levites were given cities to live in, yet here is one 'looking for somewhere to live'. He sells his service to Micah, then robs him of his sacred objects and transfers to the tribe of Dan, who set up a new shrine in the north, to rival Shilon, the true religious center of Israel at this time.

Why?

There was not God Dan do what they want to do.

Dan to be a robber and turn their heart to the idol, they away from their ancestor's God.

It is not the promised land to Dan, for people of Laish is not worship the gods, it is not included in the Canaanite.

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但人偷米迦家裏的神像。他們到底有沒有信仰。我們今天也會問，那人到底有沒有得救?

這很像民間信仰的神!但人和以迦一樣都是拜多神。這神像不能保護自己，任人擺佈，人拜這些神像表示也不能保護他們，只是照他們想要的拜。他們拜耶和華和拜迦南其他神一樣！我們的敬拜是否在滿足於自己的習慣?不是說不能本地化。我們是按神的心意敬拜神，還是按照自己的喜好，習慣來敬拜，要滿足神，不是滿足自己，不是自己的發洩，否則得到的不是祝福。

我們所敬拜的是誰?

跟我們走吧“使一家的祭司，不如做一個支派的祭司，我們會讓你做牧師。你是做一百人教會的牧師，還是做千人教會的牧師。當然千人牧師比較好的比較。我們看牧師是否也以此看人。是否大教會的主任牧師是整個地區的領袖。不是說牧師有問題，不是媒體不對，而是我們旁邊這些人的觀點。我們常會很在意某個大教會牧師的言語?這樣子的祭司服事神看重什麼? 是否看重頭銜、而不看重言論的內容?

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How?

When people's hearts turn selfish, their behavior is worse as enemies of the Lord.