Q. 96. What doth God require in the second command?

Question. What doth God require in the second command?

Answer. That we in no wise represent God by images (Deut. 4;23, 24), nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his word (Deut. 12;32).

Proofs.

[proof-1] Deut. 4;23, 24.—Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.— Rom. 1;22, 23.—Acts 17;29.—Isa. 40;18.
[proof-2] Deut. 12;32.—What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.— Deut. 4;2.—John 4;24.