Deuteronomy 4:13-19 –
He declared to you his covenant, the Ten
Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two
stone tablets. And the Lord directed
me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the
land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You saw no form of any
kind the day the Lord spoke
to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very
carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves
an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, or
like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, or like any
creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. And
when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all
the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and
worshiping things the Lord your
God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Exodus
20:4-6 – “You shall
not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or
on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not
bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children
for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing
love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep
my commandments.
Jeremiah 8:2 – They will be
exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they
have loved and served and which they have followed and
consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or
buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.
Application:
- · Because God has no visible form, any idol intended to resemble Him would be a sinful misrepresentation of Him. Since other gods are not to be worshiped, making idols of them would be equally sinful.
- · God will not put up with rivalry or unfaithfulness.
- · “Loved and served and…followed and consulted and worshiped” were acts of homage and adoration that should have been given to God alone.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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