1. God's Loving Commandments
The Ten Commandments
(part 2 of 10)
God's Loving Commandments
Exodus 20:4-6

2. Exodus 20:4-6 (ESV)
4“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.

3. Exodus 20:4-6 (ESV)
5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

4. Exodus 20:4-6 (ESV)
6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

5. 4 Questions concerning the second commandment

6. 2 Different Commands?

7. Protestant You shall have no other gods but me.
You shall not make unto you any graven images
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
Honor your mother and father

8. Protestant You shall have no other gods but me.
You shall not make unto you any graven images
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
Honor your mother and father

9. Protestant You shall not murder You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness
You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor

10. Protestant You shall not murder You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness
You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor

11. Catholic / some Lutheran
I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain
Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day
Honor your father and your mother
You shall not kill

12. Catholic / some Lutheran
I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain
Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day
Honor your father and your mother
You shall not kill

13. Catholic / some Lutheran
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods

14. Catholic / some Lutheran
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods

15. Not having other gods and not making idols are 2 different regulations

16. The first commandment – deals with worshipping the right God
The second commandment – deals with worshipping the right God the right way

17. The Life of King Jehu (2 King 9-10)
The Good – Establishing the First Commandment
He destroyed the ministers of Baal 2 King 10:18-27
He had Queen Jezabeel put to death 2 King 9:30-37

18. The Life of King Jehu (2 King 9-10)
The Good – Establishing the First Commandment
Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel 2 King 10:28 (ESV)

19. The Life of King Jehu (2 King 9-10)
The Bad – NOT establishing the second commandment
But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin--that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. 2 King 10:29 (ESV)

20. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The first commandment forbids false gods, the second commandment forbids false worship

21. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The Rule
You shall not make for yourself a carved image...
carved – peh'-sel to hew, carve,
Habakkuk 2:18
"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!”

22. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The Rule
Clarification
4“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.
God was saying He was not to be represented with anything in all of creation

23. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The Reason
His Jealousy
5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God
ZEAL
God is Jealous Because of His Love

24. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The Warning
Against iniquity
Iniquity - âvôn - perversity, depravity,
…visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

25. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
A Question of Fairness
Individual responsibility is still present (Ezekiel 18:20)
God holds families responsible for their conduct as a family (2 Kings 10:1-17)

26. 1) What is the second commandment all about?
The Promise
Bigger than the Warning
6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

27. 2) Why is the second commandment so important?
A) It keeps our theology CORRECT

28. A) It keeps our theology CORRECT
God is…
An Idol Makes God…
Infinite
Finite
Invisible
Visible
Omnipotent
Impotent
Omnipresent
Local
A Living Spirit
A Dead Physical thing

29. 2) Why is the second commandment so important?
B) It keeps our worship RIGHT
Worshipping God in an improper manner might look religious but it is actually hateful

30. 2) Why is the second commandment so important?
B) It keeps our worship RIGHT
And you shall not set up a pillar, which the LORD your God hates. (Deuteronomy 16:22 ESV)

31. 2) Why is the second commandment so important?
C) It keeps our lives SAFELY in the loving arms of God

32. 3) What does breaking the second commandment look like?
A) Putting something man made in God’s PLACE

33. 3) What does breaking the second commandment look like?
B) Assigning a physical object God exclusive CHARACTERISTICS

34. 3) What does breaking the second commandment look like?
C) Forcing God into something PHYSICAL
Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1 ESV)

35. 3) What does breaking the second commandment look like?
D) Treating God like a VENDING MACHINE

36. 4) What idolatrous dangers should I be aware of today?
P H Y S I C A L
Money
Technology
Fame and Success
People
Entertainment

37. 4) What idolatrous dangers should I be aware of today?
S P I R I T U A L
Religious Icons
Magical and Mystical thinking
Plug-in Programs
Psychological and Worldly Education
World Religions