Scripture

[patricia1]

Now I get it!!! For goodness sakes. I would say that people do have a tendency to pick and choose which they obey and which not to...Yet the whole entire book should be adhered to. I think people forget that The word of God...the whole word of God is for the Christian. If they ignore certain parts then they will ignore the mind and heart of God as well.

To know God is to know all of Him and not parts.

[Vickilynn]

Anyway, I DON'T agree and I have several pictures of Jesus hanging up and they are wonderful witnessing tools.

And no, I'm not "ignoring" Scripture, I happen to interpret those verses differently than you and I don't believe that having an artist's picture of Messiah is corrupt.

Your words are your witness.

Matthew 12:37

Shalom man,

Yes....

Matthew 12:37a ...for by your words you will be justified...

Glad you see it my way.

[Guest man]

does this mean we are not to have any pictures of Christ? figurines to remind us of Christ? or what about angels? or how about others that are in our own family? no pictures?

now if we wish to get legalistic, while you are posting you will see dozens of little happy faces, those are likenesses of man... how about having a picture of a waterfall, or wild life?

we also need to be careful about how we approach something..... some might have been a bit leary about answering your original question, for it sounded a bit loaded... baited... as in trying to get an argument started or trapping some one in a snare....

anyways, to the original question... Yes, I believe that we have been ignoring God's Word, not just those two verses, but almost His entire Word... (in general)

mike

I don't see a problem with pictures of family and friends or wildlife, scenery or whatever. It is only when we enter the realm of religion that we overstep the boundries given to us by God.

Any physical object that holds a religious significance should have no place in a believers life. That is what I believe.

I know others have different beliefs and I'm not going to argue the point with them. I'm not here to push this on anyone. I'm just here to present the Word as I see it. Each one of us must choose a path that we will follow. Is the path I'm on correct? I'll find out on the day I stand before God.

In my heart I believe that what I stated in this thread is correct. It is a way that I live my life. How other people live theirs is their business.

And now to my original approach to the subject. I guess you could say they were loaded questions. I have found that when I come out and be as direct as possible, I get very little, if any, results. The technique I use gets people to open up. I'm looking for honest answers and very, very seldom if at all will I jump on someone for giving me one. I keep fishing until I get a bite. Your post was what I was looking for. The way you worded it gave me the opportunity to step in and present my thoughts. Was I baiting people? Probably.....but that's how I get results. I keep asking questions until I find that answer that I'm looking for.

If I offended anyone...I apologize. That was never my intention. I hope someone got something out of what I said. If not...I got the pleasure of getting it off my chest. This has been weighing on me for a long time.

Anyway....that's that. If anyone has any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

I want to thank you for your time and patience. I can be trying at times...I know.

Peace.