Questions & Answers

#BC106 What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer? The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but the special rule of direction is that prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called the Lord’s prayer.
#WSC106 What do we pray for in the sixth petition? In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we pray, that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are temp...
#WLC106 What are we specially taught by these words “before me” in the first commandment? These words before me, or before my face, in the first commandment, teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh special notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God: th...
#HC106 But does this commandment speak only of killing? By forbidding murder God teaches us that He hates the root of murder, such as envy, hatred, anger, and desire of revenge, and that He regards all these as murder.
#AOC106 What is the first Commandment? Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
#GC106 What follows? I believe in "the resurrection of the flesh and the life everlasting".
#BC107 What doth the preface of the Lord’s prayer teach us? The preface of the Lord’s prayer, which is Our Father which art in heaven, teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us; a...
#WSC107 What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us? The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers...
#WLC107 Which is the second commandment? The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth...
#HC107 Is it enough, then, that we do not kill our neighbour in any such way? No. When God condemns envy, hatred, and anger, He commands us to love our neighbour as ourselves, to show patience, peace, gentleness, mercy, and friendliness toward him, to protect him from harm as m...
#AOC107 What doth God require in the first Commandment? That as dearly as I tender the Salvation of my own Soul, so earnestly should I shun and sly all Idolatry, Sorcery, Inchantments, Superstition, praying to Saints, or any other Creatures, and should rig...
#GC107 Why is this article inserted? To show us that our happiness is not situated on the earth. This serves a two-fold end. We are to learn to pass through this world as though it were a foreign country, treating lightly all earthly thi...
#BC108 What do we pray for in the first petition? In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known, and that he would dispose all things to h...
#WLC108 What are the duties required in the second commandment? The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath instituted in his word; particularly pra...
#HC108 What does the seventh commandment teach us? That all unchastity is cursed by God. We must therefore detest it from the heart and live chaste and disciplined lives, both within and outside of holy marriage.
#AOC108 What is Idolatry? It is in Place of that one God, or besides that one true God who hath manifested himself in his Word and Works, to make or imagin, and account any other thing wherein thou reposest thy Hope and Confid...
#GC108 How will this resurrection take place? Those who were formerly dead will resume their bodies, but with another quality; that is, they will no longer be subject to death or corruption, even although their substance will remain the same. Tho...
#BC109 What do we pray for in the second petition? In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced ourselves and others brought into it and kept in it, an...
#WLC109 What are the sins forbidden in the second commandment? The sins forbidden in the second commandment are, all devising, counseling, commanding, using, and anywise approving, any religious worship not instituted by God himself; tolerating a false religion;...
#HC109 Does God in this commandment forbid nothing more than adultery and similar shameful sins? Since we, body and soul, are temples of the Holy Spirit, it is God’s will that we keep ourselves pure and holy. Therefore He forbids all unchaste acts, gestures, words, thoughts, desires, and whatever...
#AOC109 What is the second Commandment? Thou shalt make to thee no graven Image, nor the Likeness of any thing which is in Heaven above, or in the Earth beneath, nor in the Waters under the Earth: thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worshi...
#GC109 Will this resurrection not be common to the evil and the good? Yes indeed, but not in the same way. Some will rise to salvation and joy, others to condemnation and death (John 5:29; Mat 25:46).
#BC110 What do we pray for in the third petition? In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven we pray that God by his grace would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the a...
#WLC110 What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it? The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto th...
#HC110 What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? God forbids not only outright theft and robbery but also such wicked schemes and devices as false weights and measures, deceptive merchandising, counterfeit money, and usury; we must not defraud our n...
#AOC110 What doth this second Commandment require? That we should not express or represent God by any Image or shape and figure, or worship him any otherwise then he hath commanded himself in his Word to be worshipped.
#GC110 Why then is eternal life only spoken of here, and hell not at all? Because nothing is set down in this summary that does not tend to the consolation of faithful consciences. It relates to us only the benefits which God performs for His servants. Accordingly no mentio...
#BC111 What do we pray for in the fourth petition? In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them...
#WLC111 Which is the third commandment? The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
#HC111 What does God require of you in this commandment? I must promote my neighbour’s good wherever I can and may, deal with him as I would like others to deal with me, and work faithfully so that I may be able to give to those in need.

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