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(Exo 20:4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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One thing that has always bothered me is that we all have pics of things from the earth in our homes. We have images of things above the earth, in the earth and in the water in our walls. We all have some little porcelain statues or wooden crosses on our shelves and walls. To what extent does this passage go? It says "of anything." The only thing I have read in scripture that we are to write on our walls are the scriptures. I have pics of birds and wood carvings of birds that my grandfather made. My Grandparents had a eastern religous idol in there house that someone gave them as a gift years ago. I stole it and threw it away years ago.
I have been confused about this passage for years. I have avoided pics of Christ for the benefit of not offending anyone and just to be on the safe side so to speak. Especially after I read J. I. Packers comments on this subject in Knowing God. I would like to know if anyone thinks all pics and porcelain thngs are wrong as the text seems to indicate.