Sunday, April 24, 2011

What does God require in the first Commandment?

Heidelberg Catechism

~First Commandment

Question 94. What does God require in the first Commandment?

Answer. That, on peril of my soul’s salvation, I avoid and flee all idolatry,[1] sorcery, enchantments,[2] invocation of saints or of other creatures;[3] and that I rightly acknowledge the only true God,[4] trust in Him alone,[5] with all humility[6] and patience[7] expect all good from Him only,[8] and love,[9] fear,[10] and honor [11] Him with my whole heart; so as rather to renounce all creatures than to do the least thing against His will.[12]

[1] 1 Cor 6:9-10, 10:5-14; 1 Jn 5:21;
[2] Lev 19:31; Deut 18:9-12;
[3] Mt 4:10; Rev 19:10, 22:8-9;
[4] Jn 17:3;
[5] Jer 17:5, 7;
[6] 1 Pt 5:5-6;
[7] Rom 5:3-4; 1 Cor 10:10; Php 2:14; Col 1:10-11; Heb 10:36;
[8] Ps 104:27-30; Isa 45:6-7; Jas 1:17;
[9] Deut 6:5 [Mt 22:37];
[10] Deut 6:2; Ps 111:10; Prov 1:7, 9:10; Mt 10:28; 1Pt 1:7;
[11] Deut 6:13 [Mt 4:10], 10:20;
[12] Mt 5:29-30, 10:37-39; Acts 5:29

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