Tim Mackie

The Ten Commandments in the Bible are not introduced as commands.

They're called the Ten Words.

And that's because they're not a rule book or a simple checklist to follow.

The Ten Words are ten foundational ways for finding life.

And this idea of diminishing life connects us to what we'll talk about today, the second word.

And it's about idolatry.

Now idols are statues, usually of familiar animals, and they're meant to represent God and give you access to God.

And while this practice was normal in the ancient world, the Creator God prohibited Israel from doing it.

But interestingly, while God prohibits Israel from making an image of him, God made an image of himself.

It's in Genesis 1 where humans are called the image of God.

And in Deuteronomy, Moses reminds Israel of this in a creative way.

Today, Tim Mackey and I explore the second word in the Ten Commandments.

Thanks for joining us.

Here we go.

Hey, Tim.

Hello, John Collins.

We are reading through the Ten Commandments.

Yes, we are.

And we actually started reading them proper last week.

Yeah, with command number one.