As we already know the Ten Commandments were given by God to His people Israel. All Ten Commandments were given by God as a manifestation of who God was. The commandments manifested the character of God. And the commandments were given for the obedience of the people of Israel to show by their behavior what kind of God they believed in and how distinct they were as a people from the nations surrounding them. The First Commandment elevates God to a solitary place in the life and worship of the nation of Israel: There must be no other gods before Me, God commands. The Second Commandment distinguishes the nation of Israel by the manner of worship that God did not desire; for it was a manner of worship that the pagan, heathen or unbelieving nations all practiced. Because the heathen nations practiced idolatry, God wanted His people to avoid it. Hence our title today. What does the study of the Second Commandment yield for us GCFers today? We Christians can fall into idolatry without realizing it; therefore, we must fully understand it and commit to stamping it out and replacing it with lives of proper worship.