Monday, September 14, 2009

WSC 39-44

39. What is the duty which God requireth of man?
The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to His revealed will.

40. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
The rule at which God first revealed to man for his obedience was the moral law.

41. Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.

42. 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 neighbor as ourselves.

43. What is the preface for the ten commandments?
The preface for the ten commandments is in these words, "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."

44. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all His commandments.

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