PAGAN CHRISTIANS

Exodus 20:4-5

1. The commandment – 3 parts

   1. Don't made them

   2. Don't bow down to them

   3. Don't serve them

2. An idol is not always a FALSE god

   1. Exodus 20:4 – anything

   2. Mt. Sinai – Nehemiah 9:18

   3. Micah's mother – Judges 17:3

   4. Jereboam – 1 Kings 12:28

3. New Testament

   1. 1 John 5:21

   2. 1 Peter 1:8-9

   3. 1 Corinthians 10:7-11, 14

   4. Acts 17:29

4. Other Passages

   1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 not enter heaven

   2. 1 Corinthians 5:11 discipline

   3. Galatians 5:20 work of the flesh

   4. Colossians 3:5 covetousness

   5. Revelation 21:8 cast into lake of fire

   6. Revelation 22:15 outside of heaven

5. Today in America?

   1. Difference in symbol and likeness

      1. Likeness = photo, drawing

      2. Symbol = that photo represents God

      3. Logic was the same at Sinai and Jereboam