Warned and Wary We must be warned of pagan ways and wary of their snares. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 “When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, ...
Called to Redeem God’s people are called to restore His honor and glory. Deuteronomy 12:2-4 “You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You shall tear down their altars and dash ...
No Dalliance with Paganism God knows us better than we know ourselves. Exodus 23:23-25, 32, 33 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, you shall not bow down to ...
No Compromises with Paganism We must not accommodate pagan practices in worship. Exodus 23:23-25, 32, 33 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, you shall not bow down to ...
Regulated by Scripture Scripture must have the final word in guiding our worship. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not ...
A Sanctified Imagination We must worship with the eye of faith. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down ...
Use with Care We must carefully use the arts for teaching about God. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not ...
Representations of God As the Scriptures do, so we too may represent God in various ways. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ...
Diminishing God Idols do not enhance worship, but confine it. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to ...
All Our Devotion The Lord is jealous of all our devotion. Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down ...