![]() ![]() Why is this important? It is because those Believers who fail to overcome ‘iniquity’ by the time the Bridegroom returns, are they who will be told “I never knew you!” (Matt 7:23). Thus the example of Achan tells us that we too shall also fail to overcome against Ai if we bring the accursed object into our tent, our house! As a result, the entire camp of Israel was cursed, with the result that the entire congregation failed to overcome, or prevail, in the battle against Ai (Joshua 6:18-7:12).Īs the apostle Paul tells us (1Corinthians 10:11), these things happened to Israel for our examples, and are written for our admonition in these last days. The ultimate effect, however, can be seen in the example of Achan, who took an accursed thing and hid it in his tent. One symptom a Believer may notice is that when idols are present in the home or office, prayers may be difficult to speak, or there seems to be a lack of Yahuweh’s presence and peace in the home, or a lack of understanding and/or acceptance of Yahuweh’s Word. These effects include many chronic troubles or accidents, chronic sicknesses, chronic disease, chronic nightmares or mental attacks, constant argument, continued disobedience or rebelliousness, fearfulness, anxiety, and many others. The result is that we come under the same curse the object is under. When we disobey the clear Word of Scripture, and bring an abomination, a cursed object into our home or office, the above Scripture tells us we become a cursed thing like the object. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it for it is a cursed thing. ![]() As we saw in the above-mentioned article, Scripture tells us specifically that any house that has within it an object that Yahuweh considers an ‘abomination’ will come under a curse: One of the greatest dangers to Believers today is the action of bringing certain objects into the home. Instead, we will summarise the danger of these objects to New Covenant Believers, and then show some of the Scriptures that clearly detail Yahuweh’s definitions of graven images and idols. This has been done in the article, Graven Images and Idols: What Your Pastor Never Told You About The Second Commandment. It is not the purpose of this short writing to focus on the dangers, warnings, and details of how idols affect Born-Again Believers. He has given us many examples in Scripture, to illustrate what a graven image is, and what an idol is. But Yahuweh has made it very clear to us. To answer these questions, we must disregard the many opinions, man-made doctrines and hearsay, and look only to the Scriptures.īecause human nature always tries to justify itself, man has twisted what the Scriptures actually say, by re-defining graven images and idols to accommodate his own actions. “Is the issue of graven images and idols a ‘New Covenant’ issue?” “What is the danger of Idols to New Covenant Believers?” “What does it mean to ‘make’ a Graven Image, according to Scripture?” If this commandment was a law, it would violate free speech.The Scriptures tell us that anyone who chooses to serve Yahuweh, and to receive His blessings, must not make for themselves any graven image, nor enter in to any form of idolatry.īut in order to be obedient to the words of Scripture about any matter, we must first understand what the Scriptures say about that matter.Īnd so today, many are beginning to seek, and to ask some thoughtful questions. government sets aside grants specifically to fund and encourage the breaking of this commandment by artists. This statement, ironically, appears on a graven image monolith of the Ten Commandments in many locations. The 2nd commandment is not a part of any U.S.Arguably, Christians obsessed with the Bible, so called Bible-based Christianity, are committing idolatry.Many Jewish divisions of the ten commandments also ignore this commandment, dividing up the 1st commandment into I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt and Thou shalt have no other gods before me. This is mostly because, some would say, Catholicism is all about the graven images. It is telling that the Catholics (and Lutherans) downplay this particular commandment by merging it with the 1st and divide up the 10th commandment into coveting wife and house separately. ![]()
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