GRAVEN IMAGES

   An image of Christ can be transformed into the minds of people and people will believe in the image because of the power that abides in Programmed Mind Control.  The image will do no more and no less than they have been told the image will do, which is nothing:  for the image of Christ has no ears and no eyes; neither does it have a mouth to speak:  for the image is the same as a picture that has been framed in the minds of people, yet they can see this image through the power of their own imaginations. 
   An image of Christ is a violation of God's first commandment:
      "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:  thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children of the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep commandments." (Exodus 20: 4-6)
   An image of Christ is a graven image:  or an idol that has been built or cast in the minds of people by the hands of idol makers.  Therefore, people can be deceived to believe they are Christians because they carry an image of Christ in their heads from place to place:  which is like carrying a picture of a person in their wallets.
   Images of dead people can also be cast in the minds of people, which they will believe are heavenly beings and worthy of praise, prayers, and worship.  These images are also graven images:  for dead people do not have the power to hear, nor to speak, nor to answer prayers; neither are they gods.
   Jesus said,
      "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3: 3)
   When these words of Jesus are ignored and not taught by ministers, preachers, and priests, an image of Christ can easily be formed in the minds of people, at which time people can believe they are Christians simply because of their affiliation with Christian churches:
   ---because of their memberships in churches;
   ---because of their baptisms by water;
   ---because of their confirmations by church elders;
   ---because of their commitments in various programs;
   ---because of their goods works, or from being a good neighbor;
   ---because of their participation in rites, rituals, traditions;
   ---because of their inheritance of the family religion;
   ---because of their absolution of sin by a minister in a priestly garment.
   Please remember that the people that create graven images of Christ are the same people that gave us Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.