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Q&A 96 What is God's will for us in the second commandment?
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That we in no way make any image of God1
- nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his Word.2
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- 1 Deut. 4:15-19; Isa. 40:18-25; Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:22-23
- 2 Lev. 10:1-7; 1 Sam. 15:22-23; John 4:23-24
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- Q&A 97 May we then not make any image at all?
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- God can not and may not
- be visibly portrayed in any way.
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- Although creatures may be portrayed,
- yet God forbids making or having such images
- if one's intention is to worship them
- or to serve God through them.1
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- 1 Ex. 34:13-14, 17; 2 Kings 18:4-5
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- Q&A 98 But may not images be permitted in the churches as teaching
aids for the unlearned?
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- No, we shouldn't try to be wiser than God.
- He wants his people instructed
- by the living preaching of his Word--1
- not by idols that cannot even talk.2
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- 1 Rom. 10:14-15, 17; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19
- 2 Jer. 10:8; Hab. 2:18-20
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