Question 57
What is forbidden in the second commandment?
The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word.1
Scripture
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Romans 1:22–23 [1]Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. (ESV)
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Deuteronomy 4:15–16 [1]Idolatry Forbidden “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (ESV)
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Matthew 15:9 [1]in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” (ESV)
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Colossians 2:18 [1]Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, (ESV)