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NCC 1:
What is our only hope in life and death?
That we are not our own but belong to God.
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How can we glorify God?
By loving him and by obeying his commands and law.
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What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?
Sixth, that we do not hurt or hate our neighbor. Seventh, that we live purely and faithfully. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else.
2 CORINTHIANS 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods before me.
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What is God?
God is the creator of everyone and everything.
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What does the law of God require?
That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
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What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?
Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive. Tenth, that we are content, not envying anyone.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Deuteronomy 6:13-14
It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you.
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How many persons are there in God?
There are three persons in one God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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What is the law of God stated in the Ten Commandments?
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You shall not covet.
NCC 13:
Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. . . .
Leviticus 19:3
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
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How and why did God create us?
God created us male and female in his own image to glorify him.
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What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?
First, that we know God as the only true God. Second, that we avoid all idolatry. Third, that we treat God’s name with fear and reverence.
Romans 14:7-8
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
Deuteronomy 11:1
You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
Romans 13:9
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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What else did God create?
God created all things and all his creation was very good.
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What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?
Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in worship of God. Fifth, that we love and honor our father and our mother.
Psalm 86:8-10
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God. . . .
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Matthew 22:37-40
And [Jesus] said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.