The 10 Commandments

Galatians 2:16 …know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified. …know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

#1 - “You shall have no other gods before Me” Exodus 20:3

#1 Honor God as God

#2 – “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above…” Exodus 20:4

Application point #1 Refuse to Reduce God to a visual image

Application point #2 Refuse to Reduce God to an inadequate mental image

Application point #3 Refuse to dethrone God with runaway desires

“UNDER EVERY BEHAVIORAL SIN IS THE SIN OF IDOLATRY, A DISBELIEF IN THE GOSPEL” MARTIN LUTHER

"NO IMMORAL, IMPURE, OR GREEDY PERSON - SUCH A MAN IS AN IDOLATER - HAS AN INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD." EPH. 5:5

"THEIR GOD IS THEIR STOMACH" PHIL 3:19

“the heart is so constituted that the only way to dispossess it of an old affection the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one” is by the expulsive power of a new one” Thomas Chalmers

#2 – “You shall not make for yourself an idol” Exodus 20:4  Refuse to reduce God to a visual image  Refuse to reduce God to an inadequate mental image  Refuse to dethrone God with runaway desires