03/10/2026
If you missed Pastor Baines’ message this past Sunday, “Keep Your Eyes on the Goal: When the Image Replaces the Invisible,” in the new series “Rules for Living,” you will definitely want to take the time to listen and be strengthened in your worship of and relationship with God!
In this second message, Pastor focuses on the second commandment regarding graven images. He outlines the danger of allowing visible symbols and religious systems to replace a genuine, invisible relationship with God.
Key highlights of the sermon include:
The Desire for the Visible: Humans struggle to trust what they cannot see, often trying to make God manageable through physical representations or rules, similar to the golden calf incident.
The Danger of Replacement: Idolatry occurs when the means of worship-statues, rituals, or even money and recreation-become more important than the God they are meant to point toward.
The Distortion of Images: Making physical images of God limits him, reducing the infinite to the finite.
The Deception of Legalism:
A major warning is against replacing a dynamic relationship with Christ with mere religious performance and rule-following.
The Goal of Faith: The ultimate goal is not religious activity or moral reputation, but knowing God intimately.
FaithWay Baptist Church Service 03/08/26
