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NASB | Deuteronomy 5:21 ¶ 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 5:21 ¶ 'You shall not covet [that is, desire and seek to acquire] your neighbor's wife, nor desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' [Luke 12:15; Col 3:5] |
Subject: Why change order of commandments? |
Bible Note: Brian, if my thinking is not too far awry, I gather that it must be a tricky business, this use of statues, if the official voice of the Catholic Church has deemed it necessary to speak out against "taking things too far." The line between veneration and worship is obviously a fairly easy one for some believers to cross. If such is the case, why erect and display in the worship place a statue at all, when it is known that it could present a stumbling block for some parishioners? Is it felt that the potential benefits (however they are perceived) of displaying statues outweigh the potential hazard to believers of turning these icons into objects of worship? In short, what roles do visual stimuli play in the spiritual worship of the invisible God? Are they really necessary and are they sanctioned by Scripture? --Hank |