| Question | Which is the second commandment? |
|---|---|
| Answer | The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 1 |
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition
Should we be careful to avoid idolatry?
Yes.
Take heed, lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image,
Deuteronomy 4:15
And that in all the instances of it?
Yes.
The similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast, or winged fowl,
Deuteronomy 4:17–18
And in all the approaches to it?
Yes.
Make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth,
Exodus 23:13
Is idolatry any infatuating sin?
Yes.
They are mad upon their idols,
Jeremiah 50:38
And a spreading sin?
Yes.
For Asia and the whole world worshipped the goddess Diana,
Acts 19:27
Was it therefore necessary that the prohibition of it should be enforced and repeated?
Yes.
For precept must be upon precept, and line upon line,
Isaiah 28:10
And is it forbidden in the new testament as well as the old?
Yes.
That they should not worship idols of gold and silver, and stone, and wood,
Revelation 9:20
The Westminster Larger Catechism
| Question | Which is the second commandment? |
|---|---|
| Answer | The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 1 |