Commandment Two

Exodus 20:4–6 ““You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

King James Version Chapter 20

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Exodus 32- The Golden Calf

English Standard Version Chapter 32

25 And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’ ” 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29 And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

1. True worship is devoid of:

a. Management

b. Manipulation

APIS- Egyption god of fertility The Egyptian god Apis was a highly revered ancient god of fertility, death, and the underworld. The name Apis, however, is Greek; he was called Hap, Hep, or Hapi in Egypt. Apis was typically depicted as a large, black, horned bull with white body markings and a menat collar, which was the sacred necklace of the goddess Hathor. He also wore a radiate sun crown bearing the uraeus, a serpent representative of powerful kings.

2. True worship of Yahweh is devout

3. A life of idolatry can have generational impact

4. Where man’s sinfulness abounds, God’s grace abounds more

1 John 5:3 ESV

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Romans 5:20 ESV

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Exodus 34:17 ““You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.”