Peter Barnes | Exodus 20:4-6
SERMON NOTES
No Images of God (Ex.20:4-6)
Exodus 32:1-35
In 63 B.C the Roman general Ponpey found nothing in the holy of holies, to his surprise.
– John 4:24; Deut.4:15-18
1. Religious art is not totally excluded.
– Ex.25:18; 26:1; 1 Kings 6:23-26
– but note Numbers 21:7-9 and 2 Kings 18:4
2. God is not to be represented in picture form.
– Ex.32:1-4; Judges 17:1-6; note Acts 19:24-27, 29, 32
– Acts 17:29
3. Idolatry spoils future generations.
– Ex.20:5-6
4. The true image of God.
– human beings (Gen.1:26-27). Christ is now the only perfect image (2 Cor.4:3-4)
– R. W. Dale and his picture of Christ; Habakkuk 2:18-20