Chapters 8-13

Question 1

The Sixth Commandment

You shall not commit adultery

Answer 1

What does this mean?
We should fear and love God, so that we lead a chaste and decent life in word and deed, and that husband and wife each love and honor the other.

Question 2

What is marriage?

Answer 2

Marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman into one flesh, entered into by mutual consent and promise.

Question 3

Matthew 19:5-6

Answer 3

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh…So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.

Question 4

What are the duties of husband and wife toward each other?

Answer 4

Husband and wife should be faithful to each other, love and honor each other, and stand by each other in good and evil days until death separates them.

Question 5

Ephesians 5:24-25

Answer 5

Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives to be their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.

Question 6

Matthew 19:9:

Answer 6

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another; commits adultery.

Question 7

How should we guard against sexual impurity?

Answer 7

We should guard against sexual impurity by remembering that God always sees us, praying Him to keep us pure, keeping His Word in our hearts, and avoiding everything that arouses evil lusts.

Question 8

The Seventh Commandment

You shall not steal.

Answer 8

What does this mean?
We should fear and love God, so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or goods, nor get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his goods and means of making a living.

Question 9

Genesis 3:19

Answer 9

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread.

Question 10

2 Thessalonians 3:10:

Answer 10

If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

Question 11

How should we use our money and goods?

Answer 11

As faithful managers of the gifts of God we are accountable to Him and are to use our money and goods to His glory and for the welfare of mankind.

Question 12

What should be our attitude toward money and goods?

Answer 12

We should be content with what we have and remember that God, our Creator, provides us with all we need for this life because of His love for us in Jesus Christ.

Question 13

Proverbs 30:8-9

Answer 13

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches–feed me with the food allotted to me; lest I be full and deny You, and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor and steal, and profane the name of my God.

Question 14

The Eighth Commandment

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Answer 14

What does this mean?
We should fear and love God, so that we do not lie about, betray or slander our neighbor, but excuse him, speak well of him, and put the best construction on everything.

Question 15

What is false witness?

Answer 15

False witness is every untrue or unkind statement about our neighbor in court or daily life.

Question 16

When do we bear false witness in daily life?

Answer 16

We bear false witness in daily life when we lie about our neighbor, betray him, or injure his reputation by slander or gossip.

Question 17

Matthew 18:15;

Answer 17

Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

Question 18

1 Corinthians 13:6:

Answer 18

[Love] does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth.

Question 19

The Ninth Commandment

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.

Answer 19

What does this mean?
We should fear and love God, so that we do not craftily seek to gain our neighbor’s inheritance or home, nor get it by a show of right, but help and serve him in keeping it.

Question 20

What evil does God forbid in the Ninth Commandment?

Answer 20

In the Ninth Commandment God forbids every sinful desire for our neighbor’s property or home.

Question 21

James 1:15:

Answer 21

When desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin.

Question 22

Of what does our earthly home or place to live remind us?

Answer 22

Our earthly home or place to live reminds us of the heavenly inheritance or home which Jesus has prepared for us.

Question 23

The Tenth Commandment

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is his.

Answer 23

What does this mean?

We should fear and love God, so that we do not tempt, force or coax away from our neighbor his wife or his workers, but urge them to stay and do their duty.

Question 24

What evil does God forbid in the Tenth Commandment?

Answer 24

In the Tenth Commandment God forbids every desire or effort to interfere with the proper service our neighbor receives from others.

Question 25

Galatians 5:13:

Answer 25

Through love serve one another.

Question 26

Matthew 25:40:

Answer 26

Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.

Question 27

1 Timothy 6:9-10:

Answer 27

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Question 28

Conclusion

What does God Say about these Commandments?

Answer 28

I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and showing mercy to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Question 29

What does this mean?

Answer 29

God threatens to punish all who transgress these commandments. Therefore we should fear His wrath and do nothing against these commandments. But he promises grace for every blessing to all who keep these commandments. Therefore we should also love and trust in Him and willing do according to His Commandments.

Question 30

What is sin?

Answer 30

Sin is everything that is contrary to the commandments of God.

Question 31

Romans 5:12:

Answer 31

Through on man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.

Question 32

What is “original sin”?

Answer 32

Original sin is the total corruption of our whole human nature, inherited from our first parents, which makes us inclined only to evil and unable and unwilling to do that which is good.

Question 33

Psalm 51:5:

Answer 33

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Question 34

Matthew 5:48:

Answer 34

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Question 35

Romans 6:23:

Answer 35

The wages of sin is death.

Question 36

Romans 3:23:

Answer 36

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Question 37

Romans 3:20:

Answer 37

By the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight.

Question 38

Since no one can keep the law, how then are we saved?

Answer 38

We are saved through faith in Jesus Christ alone, who fulfilled the law for us and died for us. We call this saving truth the Gospel.

Question 39

Romans 3:28:

Answer 39

We conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.