Question 57 of 118
What is forbidden in the second commandment?
The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word.
Scripture proofs
- Romans 1:22-23
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.
- Deuteronomy 4:15-16
Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
- Matthew 15:9
And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
- Colossians 2:18
Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
More on the law and the ten commandments
- Q45. What is the duty which God requires of man?
- Q46. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
- Q47. Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
- Q48. What is the sum of the Ten Commandments?
- Q49. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments?
- Q50. What does the preface to the Ten Commandments teach us?
- Q51. Which is the first commandment?
- Q52. What is required in the first commandment?
- Q53. What is forbidden in the first commandment?
- Q54. What are we especially taught by these words, “before me,” in the first commandment?
- Q55. Which is the second commandment?
- Q56. What is required in the second commandment?