“The Invisible God” (Exodus 20:4–6)

“The Invisible God” (Exodus 20:4–6)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, April 8, 2018

Exodus 20:4–6 (NIV)
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

1. The Command: You shall not make or worship images/idols

2. The Reason: For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God.

3. The Consequences for Disobedience

4. The Blessings for Obedience

5. How Should Christians obey the 2nd commandment?

a. Why Idolatry is wrong:

i. An idol is a physical representation of God or a god.
ii. Making an idol of worship destroys the Creator/Creature distinction.
iii. Worshiping an idol reverses the order of the created realm.
iv. When we worship an idol, we treat with contempt the incarnation of Christ.
v. When we worship an idol, we are lifting up something as worthy of worship that we ourselves have made.

b. How does a NT Christian obey the second commandment?

Main Idea: God’s people must worship their one, true God in the way that he has required, without the aid of visual objects of worship or aids to worship, because He is the Invisible God who is Jealous for our exclusive love and devotion.