“And the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.” The tables of the 10 commandments were GRAVEN by God Almighty. A graven image is the creation of man.įor example, a statue that is worshipped and admired of men is a graven image. Think of God’s creation and then think of man’s creation. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. Exodus 32:15-16 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides on the one side and on the other were they written. We use it to display the words of songs so we can all sing together as a congregation.īut what about the background images in the songs we use to worship God? Let’s talk about those.īut let’s read some more Scripture first.
We don’t bow down to that TV right there. We don’t make graven images and act as if they are a part of worship. I don’t say, “You all need to get right with God and come up to this cross, bow down, and pray.” We don’t come up and bow down to this pulpit. They’ve turned a man-made pulpit into something it’s not. “You aren’t worthy to come into this pulpit until you’re a great man of God like me.” “Well, we aren’t worshipping the pulpit.” I could have you come up here and bow down to this pulpit and act like it’s an altar to God. Here in this church, we don’t worship any image here. If you use any graven image at all in your worship of God, then you have a problem.
God says to not make ANYTHING a graven image. Throw the necklace away if you can’t.Ī cross necklace isn’t a graven image unless you turn it into a graven image. This means they have a graven image that they are worshipping. They’ve turned that man-made necklace into something they must have in order for God to hear them.
Listen, this is what many, many people believe. “If I don’t have my cross necklace in my hand when I pray, God won’t hear my prayers.” “But I must have my cross necklace in my hand when I pray to God. When you take anything else and act as if it has importance related to God, HE’S GOING TO BE JEALOUS. “For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.” Look closer at verse 5 right there in Exodus Chapter 20 after the colon. You don’t need that cross hanging on your wall.ĭo you think you must have that cross so that God will hear you? He sure says nothing like that. It’s just a wooden cross, graven cross, and it’s something made by the hands of man.īUT YOU MUST HAVE IT? Think about that. Would you take that cross down and throw it out because you know there’s really nothing to it? If you worship that image in any way, you’ve made that image into a graven image.įor example, do you have a cross hanging in your house that YOU MUST HAVE?ĭo you ever look at that cross, stop, pray in front of that cross, and kneel to that cross?ĭo you have to have that cross on your wall? If so, then you’ve got a graven image in your house. If you make an image of ANYTHING and you bow down to that image, this is called breaking the second commandment of the ten commandments. Thou shalt not make unto thee ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, or any likeness of anything. That’s the second commandment within the 10 commandments. Exodus 20:4-6 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Is the cross a graven image? What do you think a graven image would be?Ī graven image is anything made with the hands of man that turns into an object of worship. We’re going to answer all of those questions today with some common sense and the Scriptures.Īnd I highly doubt you’ve ever heard a sermon like this before because I haven’t.Īnd I hope this sermon helps you to see the truth about the image of the cross. Is it bad to wear cross necklaces? Is it bad to have an image of a cross in your home? Is the cross a graven image? Is every graven image bad? You won’t find an “old-fashioned altar” up here with a cross for you to bow down to either.
You won’t find images of the cross in this church. Make Sure You Read All The Scriptures Concerning Graven Images.
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