Journal 
Command of The God’s…
August 13th, 2007“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them…”
(Exodus 20:4 - 5)
Though I have listed only the second and third, everyone knows of the ten commandments. Some have had a penguin (nun) beat it into their memory as a child, others from years of Sunday school in their youth, the remainder subliminally because it is written on the hearts of all men, this great law was sent from the Lord God to us. We know its purpose as the measuring stick by which we would be judged by upon death (Hebrews 9:27).
Most of us however, will claim to be innocent of impending judgment when questioned about these commandments which deal with idolatry. Are we really innocent? What about our thoughts and intents? Are these not worth the same weight? Le us take a look now at the sixteenth chapter of Jeremiah.
In this chapter, God gives judgment, as to the grim future of His people (Israel), and what will soon befall them. Jeremiah is being instructed on how to answer the nation when they question or complain as this judgment comes to pass.
“And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:” (Jeremiah 16:10 - 12)
I know not one person who can stand guiltless to the second and third commandment when placed into this light, but look a little closer. Specifically, in verse eleven, it states that “ye have done worse than your fathers”, meaning that there seems to be a greater degree of contempt for idolatry in the mind than even worshiping graven images! Do you view this in the light of God’s law? Are you truly good enough to get to heaven? Are you ready for that appointment that we will have upon our death?
