shorter catechism for kids
Shorter CATECHISM Questions & DEVOTIONalS (Questions 43-63)
Q43) 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 Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”
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Q44) What does the preface of the ten commandments teach us?
The preface of 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.
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Q45) Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, “You shall have no other gods before me.” (NIV)
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Q46) 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.
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Q47) What is forbidden in the first commandment?
The first commandment forbids 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.
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Q48) What are we specially taught by these words, “before me” in the first commandment?
These words - “before me” - in the first commandment, teeach us, that God who sees all things, takes notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.
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Q49) Which is the second commandment?
The second commandment is, “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (NIV)
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Q50) What is required in the second commandment?
The second commandment requires the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God has appointed in His Word.
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Q51) What is forbidden in the second commandment?
The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images or any other way not appointed in His Word.
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Q52) What are the reasons added to the second commandment?
The reasons added to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, His propriety in us, and the zeal he has for His own worship.
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Q53) Which is the third commandment?
The third commandment is: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” (NIV).
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Q54) What is required in the third commandment?
The third commandment requires the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, Word, and works.
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Q55) What is forbidden in the third commandment?
The third commandment forbids all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God makes Himself known.
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Q56) What is the reason added to the third commandment?
The reason added to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from humans, yet the LORD will not allow them to escape His righteous judgement.
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Q57) Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” (NIV)
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Q58) What is required in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God such set times as He has appointed in His Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath to Himself.
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Q59) Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.
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Q60) How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.