Are images of Jesus breaking the 2nd commandment? 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 73)

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Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Answering questions from the live chat after the stream begins (not before). How the book of Acts handles Jews and Gentiles obeying the law and rituals of the OT: Click Here Here's the controversial bit from Jenn Johnson of Bethel Music: Click Here Today's Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro1. 1:08 {Images of Jesus: Idolatrous?} Are images of Jesus breaking the 2nd Commandment?2. 32:44 {Nathan: A False Prophet?} Did Nathan prophesy falsely when he told David to build the temple (2 Samuel 7), specifically when he says “the Lord is with you”?3. 37:43 {Bad Things: Always Spiritual Warfare?} How much should we attribute things to spiritual warfare? I know some who say almost anything bad that happens is warfare, especially when leading up to or following good things in life.4. 45:23 {Different Churches & Matthew 18?} With a narcissistic family member from whom I experienced abuse, if they deny wrongdoing and I don’t attend the same church, would Matthew 18 still apply? What would be the best path?5. 50:44 {Greek gods Assignment: Idolatry?} My 11-year-old son refused to create a poster in school on a Greek god, feeling it was too idolatrous, and speaks out for Jesus in class. I love his boldness for Christ, but would you consider this idolatry?6. 52:23 {Millennial Kingdom: Festivals Then & Now} People quote Ezekiel 44:24, Zechariah 14:16-21, and Leviticus 23:41 to say we will continue to celebrate the appointed festivals in the Millennial Kingdom. So why would we stop now and celebrate Easter, etc.?7. 1:00:26 {Emotional Intentionality & Scripture?} Is there a way to make Scripture affect you emotionally so you become encouraged, or do you just have to wait for God to do that in your heart?8. 1:05:25 {Apostles: 12 or 13?} In Acts 1:21-23, the Apostles select Matthias to replace Judas as the 12th Apostle. Later on, Paul becomes an Apostle. Was Matthias replaced as an official Apostle or were there then 13 Apostles?9. 1:14:27 {Polygamy in Song of Solomon?} I want to receive from Song of Solomon, but it is difficult for me because it looks like the context is polygamy (Song of Solomon 6:9). What do you recommend?10. 1:21:12 {Online Ministry: Respecting Church Elders} I want to start a Christian YouTube channel. Do I need to talk with my local church? I am currently an elder intern and want to know if I should wait till they lay hands on me (1 Timothy 5:22). https://BibleThinker.org

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0:00.0	All right.
0:05.0	You guys should, hold on, I have to make sure, is this working?
0:10.0	Says I'm live. Okay, here we go, we're live.
0:14.0	Just so you guys know, this is going to be a complicated answer, but I want to simplify it ahead of time.
0:20.0	Like, I'll give you my conclusion to the question, the first question, which is going to be a complicated answer, but I want to simplify it ahead of time. Like, I'll give you my
0:20.8	conclusion to the question, the first question, which is going to be, are images of Jesus
0:25.9	idolatrous? Is it idolatrous to even sort of have any image of Jesus of any kind, any representation
0:32.6	of him? And a lot of Christians would answer this with a simple yes. And I'm going to say they are dangerous, but they are not inherently idolatrous.
0:43.1	So that's my conclusion.
0:44.5	And I'm going to get into the details as to why.
0:46.9	And I'll think I'm going to show you some scriptures that maybe we have been right in front of your face that you haven't considered in relation to this question in particular.
0:53.9	So yeah, my name
0:54.9	is Mike Winger. I'm here to hopefully help you as I learned to do so myself, learn to think
0:59.0	biblically about more and more stuff until we at least pretend we can think biblically about
1:03.3	everything. That's our lofty goal we're always trying to reach towards. And the first question
1:09.3	today, yeah, are they idolatrous inherently? So what I want to do
1:13.2	now is put on your screens in some scripture. Let's look at the verses themselves and understand
1:18.7	why people understandably think, hey, that's just automatically always wrong. So here is Exodus 20 verse 4.
1:28.3	This is the second commandment.
1:30.3	It says you shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above
1:35.3	or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.
1:40.3	That would be pretty self-explanatory right there.
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