Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images

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  Faith Filled Thoughts
  September 29th, 2009
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  The Ten Commandments
  
  First Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Have Any Gods Before Me
  Second Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images
  Third Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain
  Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath, Keep It Holy
  Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill
  Fifth Commandment: Honor Thy Father and Mother
  Seventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
  Eighth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Steal
  Ninth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness
  Tenth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Covet
  
  
  
  
  
  Second Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images
  
  
  What is a “graven image,” exactly?
  This has been the subject of a great deal of controversy between various Christian churches over the centuries.
  Of particular importance here is the fact that while the version the Ten Commandments
  includes Christians are admonished,
  “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15).
  Conforming to the world requires an enthusiastic participation.
  Few people are successful without putting maximum effort into their endeavors.
  Love for the world and what it has to offer can be a serious stumbling block-an idol.
  Love for the world makes it impossible to be devoted to God and to pursue the true spiritual riches.
  “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
  and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
  Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matt. 6:24).
  
  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
  and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
  is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away,
  and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever” (1 John 2:16-17).
  Idols can take many forms.
  One who is enamored by this world, by its concepts, its philosophies, and its rewards is enmeshed in idolatry.
  An idol is anything that one places ahead of God.
  Mammon is the idol here.
  James tells us, “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
  whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (Jas. 4:4).
  


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  A converted man walks with God.
  


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  He loves the way of God.
  


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  He finds no fellowship with those who oppose God, who walk in opposition to the Laws of God.
  But he does try to shine God’s Light Upon Them
  What does God say about these human ways of opposition?
  “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord” (Isa. 55:8).
  One cannot be doing the will of God by participating in its various forms of idolatry-religious concepts,
  images and idols, fundamental concepts, etc.
  An idol is anything that takes the place of God.
  Anything that is more important than God is an idol.
  Idolaters are guilty of breaking the second commandment.

A converted man walks with God.
and He loves God and His Son Jesus.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
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