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Welcome to day two of this deep dive into the Ten Commandments.

We're going to pick it up in chapter 20 versus four through seven. You shall not make for

yourselves 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 fourth generation

of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love

to the thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. That's the second commandment.

Now the third commandment, verse seven, you shall not take the name of the Lord of your God in vain,

for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. So the second

commandment is simply this. You got to cut out the idols that we worship God alone. Now, I know you

probably don't have actual little wooden carved idols like they did in antiquity in your home.

And if you do, you should get rid of them. But let me ask you this,

are you worshipping idols? Do you treat anything in your world that is temporary as if it is

eternal? Like what gets your first love? You see, idols are really rooted in the lust of the flesh,

the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. And so are there things in your life that your feelings take over and you know God says don't do this, but you do it

anyway? You could idolize things like food or comfort or sex, are you? The lust of the eyes is when

we set our eyes on the things of this world. Do you idolize money or possessions or stuff?

Or sometimes we actually idolize ourselves.

This is rooted in the pride of life, where we are just trying to make a name for

ourselves, even though we follow a Savior that says, if you want to be first, then go last.

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