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The Third Commandment Do not take the LORD’s name in vain The Commandment God invites us to take His Name upon us, to be reconciled to Him and united with Him for the purpose of His glory and our blessedness.…
The Second Commandment None, Nada, No Way! No images Deuteronomy 18:9-13 “When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not…
The Second Commandment A Contemporary Molech? No images 2.4 Reject pagan practices God’s people must not adopt, for any reason, the harmful, disgusting practices of the pagan practices they are called to displace. Leviticus 18:21 “You shall not give any…
The Second Commandment God All Around No images Leviticus 26:1 “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it,…
The Second Commandment God on His Terms, Not Ours No images Exodus 34:17 “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.” Leviticus 19:4 “Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal:…
The Second Commandment None “with” Him No images 2.3 Make no idols God commands us to find Him and Him alone all-sufficient for our needs, and thus to focus all our worship and devotion on Him, and to give none…
The Second Commandment Guard Against Temptation (2) No images Deuteronomy 13:12-18 “If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to dwell there, that certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and…
The Second Commandment Guard Against Temptation (1) No images 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 as your own soul entices…
The Second Commandment This Is a Test No images 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 tells you comes…
The Second Commandment False Prophets No images 2.2 Guard against being drawn away We must beware of those who would lead us away from the Lord, and we must prove our love for Him by resisting their allurements and clinging…