3 Bible Tips: The Second Commandment
1. We must not reduce God to a likeness of a physical object.
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments" (Exodus 20:4-6).
2. God reveals Himself through the Bible and especially through the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
"Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, "Show us the Father"?'" (John 14:9).
3. We worship God by obeying Him—thinking and living as He would.
"He who says, 'I know Him,' and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 John 2:4).
For more about the Second Commandment, see "The Second Commandment: What Is God Like?" from the booklet The Ten Commandments.