26/02/2016
HAVING IMAGES/PICTURES IN THE CHURCH OR PLACE OF WORSHIP.
I have been like want to bring this up for long... but I think this is the right time... brethren... is it good to have picture or pictures in the church....?
Hold on a minute till I summarize Bible's view on the use of picture in the church or place of worship...
Before I start talking of this issue I think there is something I will like to clear first... and what's that? Its the fact that many have been deceived with the so called picture of "Jesus." Take your time on Google and search the word "face of Jesus" and see the different faces you will come by...
Now here is the real point... the book of Exodus 20:4,5 " Exodus: 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: 5. 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." The first was saying you should not make any graven image be it of the heaven or of earth... the fact is GOD don't want us to eslave ourselves to anything...
Allow me to branch to another aspect to help this issue... why do you think the 3 greatest Prophets of all times (Moses, Elijah and Jesus Christ) has no earthly burial ground or tomb...? This is because we human will turn their tomb to shrine... did U know the extent GOD went to retrieve Moses Co**se? Read the book of Jude: 1. 9. "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." And to talk of the Elijah, we are all aware of how a Chariot of fire took him straight to heaven... and also we are aware of our Lord Jesus that was buried so he can battle death... which He conquered to give us eternal life, and He would have ascended straight to heaven but He chosen to first come to life so that His tomb won't be turned to a shrine...
Now let me go back to the book of Exodus 20:4,5... the book make it clear that even if it's possible that we come across a picture of GOD HIMSELF (which is not possible) we should not recognize it, coz HE made HIS point clear by saying " 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" Even if you are convince that the picture is of Christ... it can't be in the house of worship... and to talk of my father in the Lord, St. Moses Orimolade's picture... samething is applicable to it...
Can any image or representation of GOD or Jesus Christ be made...? No, it's absolutely impossible; HE being infinite, incomprehensible Spirit (Isa 40:18) "To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?" For we cannot delineate our own souls, mush less the infinite GOD and Christ. Acts: 17. 29. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And we all know Christ is the symbol of GOD.
Thanks for your time...
JESUS is LORD...
Signed: Ade-Eri Mose.