2nd COMMAND “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” Exodus 20:4 “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;” Exodus 20:5 “And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20:6 I want to make cross references to this commandment: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 4:16-19 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. Deuteronomy 7:25-26 We should not pray before a statue, nor pray to someone other than GOD. The only one we should pray to is GOD, in JESUS CHRIST’s name and not other names like Virgin Mary Magdalene. It is idolizing someone when we pray to a saint. Mary is NOT our savior, JESUS CHRIST alone can save us from eternal hell torment, forgive all our sins and cleanse all our sins to be clothed in the robe of righteousness–in the blood of JESUS CHRIST who is sinless, have shed on the cross for our sins alone. Only JESUS CHRIST can save us; HIM alone is our LORD and SAVIOR. It doesn’t have to be a worshipping of the graven images, bowing down before them to be an idol–idolizing them. As long as you have graven images, you are having idols. Graven images are in a three-dimensional form, it doesn’t matter what it is made out of. We should not have any graven images that are the likeness of humans and animals. Personally, I have been avoiding and trashing away any stuffed animals, figurines and dolls that have the likeness of humans and animals. We are to trash away all these graven images out of our home if we don’t have a place to burn them completely. We should not desire them and to sell them for it is wrong. Giving them away for free is wrong too because it is leading others into sin.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 16:20:04 +0000
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