Children's Catechism (81 - 90)

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Q. 81. What does the first commandment teach us?

A. To worship God alone.


Q. 82. What is the second commandment?

A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.


Q. 83. What does the second commandment teach us?

A. To worship God in a proper manner, and to avoid idolatry.


Q. 84. What is the third commandment?

A. 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.


Q. 85. What does the third commandment teach us?

A. To reverence God's name, word, and works.


Q. 86. What is the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.


Q. 87. What does the fourth commandment teach us?

A. To keep the Sabbath holy.


Q. 88. What day of the week is the Christian sabbath?

A. The first day of the week, called the Lord's day.


Q. 89. Why is it called the Lord's day?

A. Because on that day Christ rose from the dead.


Q. 90. How should the Sabbath be spent?

A. In prayer and praise, in hearing and reading God's Word, and in doing good to our fellow men.


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