Title: Worship God Only / Exodus 20:4-6
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Title: Worship Only God
Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6
While the first commandment emphasizes serving only one God, the object of worship,
The 2nd commandment is a form of worship that teaches us how to worship the one and only God.
It's about how. This commandment is that God Himself believes in God.
It is a commandment that sets the religious attitude that people should have toward God, the object of their faith.
will be This commandment tells us the spirit of true worship.
1. The second commandment is not to idolize God.
“Do not make for yourself a carved idol.”
What exists is that man makes idols for himself. ears from the beginning
It is not made to serve God, but initially for the purpose of serving God.
What you create will eventually become an idol. At first, for artistic reasons,
It is made for the negative effect, but in the end, this will downgrade God to an idol.
is going to be So, in Exodus 22:24, when the altar was built,
orders to refrain from working and to build an earthen platform.
2. The second commandment is to worship only God.
The purpose of worship is to say, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image."
It's not meant to please you. Worship for the human mood
It's not about worship, it's about worshiping to glorify God.
In the Book of John 4:24, “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
You must worship." Worship is an act that pleases God,
is to give. It is to give thanks for the grace that has been received in worship.
3. The second commandment is not to relativize God.
An idol is a fiction, that is, the materialization of something that does not exist. Idol is actually John
It is a fictional existence that does not exist. The God we believe in is visible
He does not lose, but he is real. However, people
What are you making on your behalf? But nothing will ever take the place of God
No, it would be a contradiction if it were replaced. Israel is the invisible one
The Bible calls faith to endure as seeing Him. (Hebrews 11:27)