Scripture Passage: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18

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10 Commandments
1. No other gods (aka idol gods)
2. Don't make images to worship (aka idols)

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1. Worship only God
2. Worship God directly

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Exodus 32 - Golden Calf
In a world of carved idols...
What might we "carve"?

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Reformation – iconoclasm

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Catechism Q 98. But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?
A. No, we should not try to be wiser than God. God wants the Christian community instructed by the living preaching of his Word—not by idols that cannot even talk.

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Bibliolatry:
Worship the Bible, instead of seeing it as a tool for guiding to God
Or
Worshipping our interpretation

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Making the Command Positive
Gen 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

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God makes an image
Col 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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Be the image of God
2 Cor 3:18 And we all... are being transformed into his image

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Freedom for transformation
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 ...being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Fully known, fully loved
fully free to fully be

August 13, 2023 - "Be the Image of God"