Question 57

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Romans 1:22-23 (ESV)

²²Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

Deuteronomy 4:15-16 (ESV)

¹⁵“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, ¹⁶beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Matthew 15:9 (ESV)

⁹in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Colossians 2:18 (ESV)

¹⁸Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

Traditional Formulation

Question: What is forbidden in the second commandment?

Answer: The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word.

Adaptation Commentary

No Change.