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Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot  How do dreams of "Jesus" fit in with the second commandment? Quote:
WLC Question 109. What are the sins forbidden in the second commandment?
Answer. The sins forbidden in the second commandment are,...the making any representation of God, of all or of any of the three persons, either inwardly in our mind, or outwardly in any kind of image or likeness of any creature whatsoever; [Deut 4:15-19; Acts 17:29; Rom 1:21-23,25] all worshipping of it, [Dan 3:18; Gal 4:8] or God in it or by it; [Exod 32:5]
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I think if the image pops up in a dream, it may be a result of seeing images when awake. So whoever made the images and encouraged the mental images have sinned. The dreamer may be suffering because of that sin, either his own or another's.
But God works on us through many ways. I don't discount dreams having an effect. My own personal experience with dreams convinces me that God can use them to his glory (one example: vivid dreams of a man dressed in a soiled white garment taking a credit card to save my soul kept me from becoming a Catholic when I was seriously interested). I think the thing to remember is that if someone comes to you saying he had a dream of Jesus, you must point him to the Word.
Dreams don't give us truth, but God can use them to shake us from our slumber, so to speak.