PURITAN WORSHIP: PICTURES OF CHRIST, THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP) AND IDOLATRY

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"Take heed of all occasions of idolatry, for idolatry is devil worship." - Thomas Watson (The Ten Commandments, p. 63)

"We must hold it as a first principle, that as often as any form is assigned to God, his glory is corrupted by an impious lie."  - John Calvin (Institutes 1.11.1)

"Calvin's argument is that there is no such thing as an 'innocent' religious image. Their acceptance alone is an act of idolatry, so that as soon as images appear, religion is corrupted and adulterated." - Carlos Eire, War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin, p. 226 (cf. Institutes, 2.8.17).

"Question 51: What is forbidden in the Second Commandment?

Answer 51: The Second Commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word."

- Westminster Shorter Catechism

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Pictures of Christ and Idolatry by Greg Price

This MP3 defends the biblical position of the Protestant Reformation against the use of pictures and images of Christ, in opposition to the idolatry of Roman Catholicism and the first century Gnostics.

Roman Catholicism Permeating Evangelicalism (Separation From Images and Idolatry) by Richard Bennett

A powerful message exposing and rebuking "Evangelical" and "Reformed" compromisers and  apostates in our day. In this message Richard Bennett names names, so you do not have to guess who it is you need to separate from, rebuke and expose. "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you" (2 Corinthians 6:17). "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" ( Ephesians 5:11).

You Saw No Form (Overview of the Second Commandment) by Greg Price

War Against The Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin by John Calvin and Carlos Eire

Regarding Calvin's On the Necessity of Reforming the Church  Eire notes, "Calvin speaks about the nature of worship and about the seriousness of the sin of idolatry in his 1543 treatise, On the Necessity of Reforming the Church, where he concentrates on the significance of worship for the Christian religion. Calvin's argument, as indicated by the title of the treatise, is that the Church had reached such a corrupt state that its reform could wait no longer. The most significant aspect of corruption singled out by Calvin is the perversion of worship, and it is in explaining this issue that he set forth the basis for his attack on idolatry. Calvin begins by studying the place that worship holds in the Christian faith, and he concludes that it is one of the two elements that define Christianity: 'If it be asked, then, by what things chiefly the Christian religion has a standing amongst us, and maintains its truth, it will be found that the following two not only occupy the principal place, but comprehend under them all the other parts, and consequently the whole substance of Christianity, viz., a knowledge first, of the right way to worship God; and secondly of the source from which salvation is to be sought. When these are kept out of view, though we may glory in the name of Christians, our profession is empty and vain.'"

Images, Idolatry, Pictures of Christ, Second Commandment, etc. by Greg Price

Idolatry in the Evangelical Camp: Pictures of Christ or the Glory of God? by Richard Bennett

Antichrist's (Rome's) Idolatry Rebuked (Chamber of Imagery) by John Owen (1 of 2)

Antichrist's (Rome's) Idolatry Rebuked (Chamber of Imagery) by John Owen (2 of 2)

The Ten Commandments 5 of 12 by Thomas Watson

No Graven Images in the Worship of God by Richard Bennett

Mel Gibson's Vivid & Idolatrous Deception: The Passion of the Christ Movie by Richard Bennett

Existence/Attributes of God Vol 1-30: God's Infinite, Immediate, Infallible Knowledge by Stephen Charnock

The Worship of Images & Civil Authorities (Historical Theology Vol. 1, #18) by William Cunningham

Calvinism, Reformation (Reformed) Worship, Second Commandment & Regulative Principle (1 of 2) by Dr. Steven Dilday

Calvinism, Reformation (Reformed) Worship, Second Commandment & Regulative Principle (2 of 2) by Dr. Steven Dilday

What Is Biblical Worship? - Defending Historic Reformation, Puritan & Covenanter (Biblical) Worship, First & Second Commandments by Bill Mencarow

God's Presence In Worship Based On His Word Vs. Superstition, Idols And Will Worship by Dr. Ferrell Griswold

The Second Commandment (2 of 10, God's Law) by Dr. F.N. Lee

Christmas, Easter, Lent, And The Cross (Pagan/Roman Catholic/Antichrist Holy Days [Holidays] In The Church, Family, And Society)

VIDEOS, BOOKS, ARTICLES, ETC., ON PICTURES OF CHRIST, IMAGES, THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP) AND IDOLATRY

Seeing Jesus, The Misplaced Faith of Idolaters by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon

What some orthodox Councils, Confessions, Ministers and Theologians Have said About the Second Commandment in Relation to humanity and person of Jesus Christ. Compiled by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon (Web)

Chamber of Imagery in the Church of Rome Laid Open by John Owen

Icons, Graven Images, and the Church by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon

Christ Can't Be Pictured: God is Not Like Art J. Virgil Dunbar (Videos)

The Practice of Idolatry Within the Church - by Richard Bennett and Randall Paquette

Christ Can't Be Pictured: God is Not Like Art by J. Virgil Dunbar (free online book)

The Practice of Idolatry within the Church by Richard Bennett and Randall Paquette (PDF)

"The Passion of Christ": Mel Gibson's Vivid Deception by Richard Bennett and J. Virgil Dunbar (PDF)

Idolatry in the Evangelical Camp: Pictures of "Christ" or the Glory of God? by Richard Bennett and J. Virgil Dunbar (PDF)

Indifference or Ignorance: The Practice of Idolatry Within the Church by Richard Bennett and Randall Paquette (PDF)

Pictures of Christ by John Murray

PURITAN WORSHIP: PICTURES OF CHRIST, THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP) AND IDOLATRY

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