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Isaiah 40:25-26
Excerpted from: Holiness (Part 1)

Have you thought about that lately? To whom then will you liken God? What is He like, to you? Then comes another series of expressions in regard to men who make idols. They go out, they cut down a tree, they carve an image out, and then they bow down to that thing. It cannot even speak. It does not think. It does not have any kind of life within it. Then, down in verse 25, He repeats the same question:
I think that it is obvious, from the second commandment, that God expressly forbids the making of any representation of Him. God is unique. There is nothing to compare Him with. There is no point of contact - no physical reference - to whom He can be compared, and that ought to show you and me the folly of making an idol (that is, of image-making).
But should we try to understand, try to learn, what God is like? God does not want us to be concerned about what He looks like. He tells us, in a general way, that we are made in His image; and that is enough. We might say that, generally, He looks like a man. And any time we might delve into something regarding what He looks like, we, being human, are going to begin to focus in on the wrong area. That is why He has hidden His form and shape. He does not want us to focus in on those things at all. He wants us to focus in on other aspects of what He is.
Does He want us to know what He is like? Well, the answer to that is absolutely, Yes. The entire Bible is a revelation of His mind, of His character, of His attributes, of His offices, of His power, of His will, of His promises, of His plan, and of His relationship with us. And it is these items that the third commandment is concerned about.

Isaiah 40:21-31
Excerpted from: Lessons From Unleavened Bread

Here God tells us clearly that there is no one like Him and that His ways are not always clearly understood by those whom He has created. But He is constantly in the process of creating, and to those who wait on Him, He gives power and constant renewal of strength to mount up with wings like eagles. What an incredible God we serve!

Articles
Essays on Bible Study
Fooling With the Code
Prophecy's Place
The Second Commandment  (2)
The Second Commandment (1997)

Bible Studies
God's Non-Transmittable Attributes (Part One): Omnipotence
The Second Commandment

Essays
The Place of Prophecy

Sermons
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 8)
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Nine): Philadelphia
God Works In Marvelous Ways (Part Four)
God Works In Marvelous Ways (Part Four)
Teach Us To Pray! (Part 1)
The Third Commandment: Idolatry
The Second Commandment: Idolatry
Idolatrous Suppressors of the Truth
Purpose-Driven Churches (Part 5)
The Commandments (Part Four)
The Commandments (Part Three)
The Commandments (Part Two)
The Fear of God (Part 1)
Who Do You Trust? (Part One)
Who Do You Trust? (Part Four): You Shall Soar Like Eagles

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