Idols In The Bedroom, Follow Up

Q

Here’s a follow-up question for the “idols in the bedroom” one. I grew up in the Russian Orthodox church and my mom put a lot of icons all around the house. I never prayed to any of them, but how bad was it to grow up with icons on your bedroom wall?

A

If you never considered them as gods, and have since been born again, then all of that is in your past, forgiven and forgotten. You’re a new creation and as far as God is concerned, the old has gone. (2 Cor. 5:17)