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we live in a visual age and on a daily basis Our Eyes Are Fixed On the images set before us as in the computer screen some people think that preaching the plain gospel is not good enough the church needs to adapt to a more visual presentation of the Gospel instead of just talking about God we need to show something to the people so today the church is slowly moving from a Bible centered preaching of the Gospel to an image centered presentation of the Gospel but what the image is doing is to distract the people from hearing the word of God instead of listen listening to what the Bible says the people will be drawn to focus on the pictures the images the crucifix the icons the actors the drama and the songs dear friend we must be careful whenever we employ visual aids and we must use the visual aid carefully and effectively to point the people to the word of God not to draw them away from it secondly we can be tempted to make God into something we can manipulate that is the whole point of idolatry to make the people believe that God actually lives in those idols and if they were to do something then they can control him manipulate him for example some people may think if I do this then God will do that or if I fulfill my vow then God Will Make Me rich or if I follow the right parenting method then my children will be blessed or if I make the right prayers every day then I will have the key to unlock God's blessing as long as we approach God in a particular way we can get what we want dear friend God cannot be manipulated When God Says thou shall not make unto thee any griev images he's saying I will not be captured it I will not be contented or managed by anything or anyone for any purposes God wants you and I to love him trust him worship and honor him not to use him thirdly we can be tempted to make and idle whenever we choose to worship God for some of his attributes but not the rest what do we mean have you ever encountered someone who says to you my God is a god of love and that person would only focus on God's love and rejects all the other teachings about about his judgments his chastisements my God is only a god of love nothing else in essence they want to worship God according to what they perceive him to be and not according to the Bible dear friend we must never do that God has given us the command Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images he has given us the reason any representation of him apart from his revealed word is a misrepresentation he has given to us his warning he deal Ed with us in a covenantal way when we allow anyone or anything to take the place of him in our lives that thing becomes our Idol and it will affect our children and our children's children and for many generations to come God has given us the promise of blessing those who Faithfully demonstrate our faith by loving him and by obeying his Commandments when we do that our children will have a Godly pattern to follow and by God's mercy they follow and they teach their children and the subsequent generation and they will be blessed forever how wonderful will you keep this second commandment may the Lord teach us not just to have the understanding but the heart and through the empowerment of his Spirit to live out this second commandment in our lives to his glory let us pray Our Father in heaven indeed often times this second commandment has been overlooked perhaps the most negelected one amongst the 10 commandments because as Christians many would think that they do not have any physical Idols in their homes but an idol is more than something physical it is something that take the place of God in our lives the second commandment just as all the other 10 commandments is spiritual and if it is spiritual it must apply to the heart indeed the human heart is so sinful and we often are manufacturing God according to our own whims and fences May thou forgive us help us to be careful help us not to fall into this sin of making graven images of thee any representation of thee apart from thy revealed word is a a misrepresentation nothing in this world can Ever represent it Thou Art the Creator The Giver of Life and the sustainer of Life who can ever create something or use something to represent it God forbids and thou Hast taught us that there is a serious warning to those who will break this second [Music] commandment thou deals with us in a covenantal way and as thy covenantal people we must understand that our sins the sins of the parents will affect their children and the subsequent generation and it can become a vicious cycle to go on and on and on oh Lord be gracious be merciful let not this sin happen to any one of us we want to love thee supremely we want to love thee because thou first love us and when we articulate our faith when we demonstrate before our children what it means to love the what it means to keep thy Commandments our children will have this Godly pattern to follow and they in turn will teach their children to follow likewise and as thou has promised this cycle will go on and on as long as our lord Jesus Will T in his return and the blessing They will receive is forever oh Lord we want thy blessing to be upon our families upon our church upon each and every one of our individual lives so we want to obey this second commandment help us may the spirit of God remind us teach us for we always forget in Jesus name we pray amen