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any of this honor the Lord Jesus Christ —

even the nativity scenes that I’ve mentioned

to you before, the mother and child. I

preached earlier this year on pictures of

Christ and we wrote an article on this some

years ago. We see in Deuteronomy chapter

4, verse 12, “And the LORD spake unto you

out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice

of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye

heard a voice.” God appeared to them. They

didn't see a picture or a figure. They saw no

similitude. Verse 15 says, “Take ye therefore

good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no

manner of similitude on the day that the

LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the

midst of the fire.” And in verses 23 and 24, we

have these words: “Take heed unto yourselves,

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