Moe, You would get an argument on the Reform Discussion group if you said that! Jeff >-----Original Message----- >From: ic2@... [mailto:ic2@...] >Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2004 8:23 AM >To: soundofgrace@... >Subject: [soundofgrace] Actors and Idols: Moe to David > > >Dear David, > >I think you are wrong to suggest that an actor portraying >Jesus in a movie is a sin. The commandment clearly forbids >establishing false gods whether fashioned with one's >imagination or one taken from the likeness of a created >creature. Please note the three wrongs involved in idol >worship: > >1. fashioning a false god >2. rendering worship to an image portraying a false god >3. serving the image protraying a false god > >An actor portraying Jesus does not meet the criteria. > >Note that the commandments quoted below do not prohibit >fashioning a likeness in the image of the true God. Perhaps >there are other texts that prohibit just that. > >Man himself was created in the "image" of God by God. God >clothed His Son with that "man" image. Gibson's actor is >limited to portraying a man and nothing more. He is not an >idol to be rendered worship and service. > > Moe > > >---- scripture ---- > >And God spoke all these words, saying, I am Jehovah your >God, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt, from >the house of bondage. You shall not have any other gods >before Me. You shall not make a graven image for yourself, >or any likeness in the heavens above, or in the earth >beneath, or in the waters under the earth; you shall not bow >to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am Jehovah your >God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on >sons, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those >that hate Me; >(Exo 20:1-5) > >You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make a >graven image for you, any likeness of anything in the >heavens above, or in the earth beneath, and in the waters >from under the earth. You shall not bow yourself to them nor >serve them, for I, Jehovah your God, am a jealous God, >visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, and on the third, >and on the fourth generation of those that hate Me, >(Deu 5:7-9) > >-- >Read the Sound of Grace pages at >http://www.soundofgrace.com > >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... > >To view our online archive go to our web page at >http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace >