The Second Commandment: Image of God

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Feb 16, 2021 · 3m

READ: EXODUS 20:4-6; COLOSSIANS 1:15-20 In the second commandment, God instructs His people on how to worship Him. Here, He prohibits Israel both from worshiping idols of other gods and from making and worshiping idols of God Himself or His creation. But why does He specify that idols cannot be part of our worship? First, the surrounding nations all worshiped through idols, and God is setting apart Himself and His people as holy. Because God is different from these other false gods, He must be worshiped differently than they are. God is also communicating to His people that, while we can know…