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Tempted by Loved Ones Those closest to us can be a source of temptation. Deuteronomy 13:6-11 “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is…
False Prophets False prophets come to us as tests from the Lord. Deuteronomy 13:1-5 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…