Chapter 1 – The Second Commandment And It's Explanations Flashcards
The second commandment says, “you shall not make for yourself and Idol…” Which verse in Deuteronomy shows this?
Deuteronomy 5:8–10
““You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
Deuteronomy 5:8–10
“You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.”
Deuteronomy 4:15–19
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. “ ‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.”
Exodus 20:22–24
The second commandment, “you shall not make an idol,” is violated not only by making idols, but also by doing what?
Also by breaking the first commandment as we see in the case of Jeroboam, who made idols and worshiped them when he violated the First Commandment.
Thus, idolatry is not only the making of any image that is to be an object of worship, but also the making of what?
The making of other laws against God’s true ones; God has appointed the Sabbath, so keeping Sunday as the Sabbath is making an idol of the Sabbath.
