The Lord is sovereign and holy and cannot be manipulated, thereby extinguishing a syncretistic approach to worship.

The Lord is the source of salvation and the only one mighty and faithful enough to meet our needs.

Hosea makes an indictment against the visible people of God of covenant breaking, disloyalty, and infidelity of an ungrateful kind which Christians can be found guilty of as well.

Idolatry for the Apostle John is any idea of the true God that is not in keeping with his self revelation in Jesus Christ.

In regards to meat sacrificed to idols, Paul is preeminently concerned with the motive of the heart.

The Lord and not Baal is the one who can provide life and salvation.

Israel's kings were bent on idolatrous rebellion instead of living in and enjoying the new paradise they've been given.