The Ten Commandments:( Continues) The Second Commandment ( Concludes) The power behind the scenes Idolatry in any form is soundly condemned throughout the Bible. Paul praised Christians who had “turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9) and warned others, “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 10:14). Far more important, the same apostle explained why using images as aids in worship is so wrong. “What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons” (1 Corinthians 10:19-20). Buried deep within icons and the other imagery of idolatry, the unseen hand of Satan is at work. “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them” (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). Satan conditions people to visualize, in their mind’s eye, even the Son of God as a lifeless, inanimate image. Satan’s object is to divert attention from Jesus Christ as the vibrant and perfect living image of the living God described in the four Gospels. By blinding most of mankind (Revelation 12:9) to the importance of God’s commandments, Satan has successfully deflected much of the Christian world’s professed adoration for Christ toward icons and pictures—contrary to the clear instruction of the Second Commandment. Remember why we were created The Second Commandment is a constant reminder that we only, of all created things, are made in the image of God. Only we can be transformed\ into the spiritual image of Christ, who, as already mentioned, came in the flesh as the perfect spiritual image of our Heavenly Father. This commandment, like the first, protects our special relationship with our Creator, who made us in His likeness and is still molding us into His spiritual image.The Second Commandment reminds us that God is far greater than anything we can see or imagine. We must never let that knowledge be pushed aside by the use of some image or likeness in our worship of God!) Amen
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:24:56 +0000
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