We Are Not to Make Images of the Godhead

 By Pastor Benjamin Glaser - Posted at Thoughts From Parson Farms:

The Logic and Purpose of the Second Commandment

Good Morning,

This week as we spend time on the negative thou shalt nots of the Second Commandment we will gain a better perspective on how this portion of God’s word applies to us today, not only as the church, but as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. However, before we get into specific applications we need to deal with the question as to why it (and the Fourth Commandment) receives the most pushback from those within the camp.

An unfortunate reality of the world in which we live is that we have been taught that anything that tells you no is necessarily restraining your libertarian freedom. The ethos of the day bites against the bridle. It wants to be free to order life in accordance with what we think makes us happy, and what we think works. Utilitarian libertinism is the philosophy of America. While it has had its blessings in providing the courage to settle the West and motivate the minds of our most famous inventors as those under the mercy of the King of Kings we need to remember sometimes that God loves us and has in His grace ordered all things in accordance with His wisdom and purpose. When Jehovah gives us a warning, a Thou Shalt Not, we are to humbly see that the goal of our Father is not to handcuff us, but to help His covenant people live in a way that leads to flourishing strength.

Our hearts are to be knit to the law written therein and keeping the statutes of God in their proper perspective helps us to be encouraged by Him.

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