Do Paintings of God Break the 2nd Commandment?
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- Wait a moment, what's in this image? Is that a picture of God? And are these paintings of Jesus?
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- Even though the second commandment says you shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above?
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- Yes, well, there's an explanation behind our opening graphic. When we understand the text began as an effort to share the gospel and teach the
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- Bible in context, correcting many assumptions people have come to believe but the Bible doesn't actually say.
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- For example, the Bible does not say Jesus stands knocking at the door of your heart waiting for you to invite him in.
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- These images on the opening slide represent famous depictions of Bible stories. The logo is in a font called protest paint, so this opener was meant to be a protest against many common but false assumptions about the
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- Bible. This does not break the second commandment. God told Israel not to make a graven image of anything in heaven or on earth, but then he told
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- Moses to fashion two angels on the top of the Ark of the Covenant and there were statues of angels in the temple.
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- Jesus is God born in the likeness of men and the Bible describes his appearance. The Holy Spirit has appeared as a dove and as fire.
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- Are these images lawless? The context of the second commandment forbids worshipping any graven image which would make you an idolater.
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- That's not permission to make a likeness of God who is spirit. Sufficient enough is the word of Christ, who did not look like a shampoo model, to guard your conscience and not wanting to cause anyone to stumble.
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- From now on, the opening slide will look like this. And we hope you'll still be alright sharing the older videos with the old opener.