39–48 Law part 1 Flashcards
- What is the duty which God requires of man?
The duty which God requires of man, is obedience to his revealed will.
- What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
- In what is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.
- What is the sum of the ten commandments?
The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.
- What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- What does the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
The preface to the ten commandments teaches us, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all His commandments.
- Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, You shall have no other gods before Me.
- What is required in the first commandment?
The first commandment requires us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify Him accordingly.
- What is forbidden in the first commandment?
The first commandment forbids the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to Him alone.
- What are specially taught by these words before me in the first commandment?
These words before me in the first commandment teach us, that God, who sees all things, takes notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other god.
