What is the duty which God requires of man?

The duty which God requires of man is obedience to His revealed will

1 Sam. 15:22; Micah 6:8

What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?

The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law

Rom. 2:14–15; 10:5

Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?

The moral law is summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments

Deut. 10:4; Matt. 19:17

What is the sum of the Ten Commandments?

The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God, with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind, and our neighbor as ourselves

Matt. 22:37–40

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 the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”

Ex. 20:2

What does the preface to the Ten Commandments teach us?

The preface to 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

Luke 1:74–75; 1 Pet. 1:15–19

Which is the first commandment?

The first commandment is, “You shall have no other gods before me.”

Ex. 20:3

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, (Deut. 26:17; 1 Chron. 28:9) and to worship and glorify Him accordingly

Psa. 29:2; Matt. 4:10

What is forbidden in the first commandment?

The first commandment forbids the denying, (Psa. 14:1) or not worshipping and glorifying, the true God (Rom. 1:21) as God, and our God, (Psa. 81:10–11) and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due unto Him alone

Rom. 1:25–26

What are we especially taught by these words “before me” in the first commandment?

These words “before me” in the first commandment teach us that God, who sees all things, takes notice of and is much displeased with the sin of having any other god

Ex. 8:5–32

Which is the second commandment?

The second commandment is, “You shall not make for yourself a carved 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. You shall not bow down them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments

Ex. 20:4–6

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

Deut. 32:46; Matt. 23:20; Acts 2:42

What is forbidden in the second commandment?

The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images (Ex. 32:5, 8; Deut. 4:15–19) or any other way not appointed in His Word

Deut. 7:31–32

What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?

The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, (Psa. 45:2–3, 6) His propriety in us, (Psa. 45:11) and the zeal He has to His own worship

Ex. 34:13–14

Which is the third commandment?

The third commandment is, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.”

Ex. 20:7

What is required in the third commandment?

The third commandment requires the holy and reverent use of God’s names, (Deut. 23:58; Matt. 6:9) titles, (Psa. 68:4) attributes, (Rev. 15:3–4) ordinances, (Mal. 1: 11, 14) Word, (Psa. 138:1–2) and works

Job 36:24

What is forbidden in the third commandment?

The third commandment forbids all profaning and abusing of anything whereby God makes Himself known

Mal. 1:6–7, 12; 2:2; 3:14

What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?

The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape His righteous judgment

Deut. 28:58–59; 1 Sam. 2:12, 17, 22, 29; 3:13

What is the fourth commandment?

The fourth commandment is, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

Ex. 20:8–11

What is required in the fourth commandment?

The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to Himself

Ex. 20:8–11; Deut. 5:12–14

Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?

Before the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath, (Ex. 20:8–11; Deut. 5:12–14) and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath

Psa. 118:24; Matt. 28:1; Mark 2:27–28; 16:2; Luke 24:1, 30–36; John 20:1; 19–21, 26; Acts 1:3; 2:1–2; 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2; Rev. 1:10

How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?

The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, (Ex. 20:8, 10) even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days, (Ex. 16:25–28; Neh. 13:15–22) and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, (Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; Psa. 92:title; Is. 66:23) except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy

Matt. 12:1–13

What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?

The fourth commandment forbids the omission or careless performance of the duties required, (Ezek. 22:26; Amos 8:5; Mal. 1:13) and the profaning the day by idleness, (Acts 20:7, 9) or doing that which is in itself sinful, (Ezek. 23:38) or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about worldly employments or recreations

Isa. 58:13; Jer 17:24-27

What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?

The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, are God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own lawful employments, (Ex. 20:9) His challenging a special propriety in a seventh, His own example, and His blessing the Sabbath day

Ex. 20:11

Which is the fifth commandment?

The fifth commandment is, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”

Ex. 20:12

What is required in the fifth commandment?

The fifth commandment requires the preserving the honor and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, (Ex. 20:12) inferiors, (1 Pet. 2:17) or equals

Rom. 12:10

What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?

The fifth commandment forbids the neglect of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongs to everyone in their several places and relations

Ezek. 34:24; Matt. 15:4–6; Rom. 13:8

What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?

The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory, and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment

Deut. 5:16; Eph. 6:2–3

What is the sixth commandment?

The sixth commandment is, “You shall not murder.”

Ex. 20:13

What is required in the sixth commandment?

The sixth commandment requires all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, (Eph. 5:28–29) and the life of others

1 Kings 18:4

What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?

The sixth commandment absolutely forbids the taking away of our own life or the life of our neighbor unjustly, or whatsoever tends thereunto

Gen. 9:6; Acts 26:28

Which is the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment is, “You shall not commit adultery.”

Ex. 20:14

What is required in the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment requires the preservation of our own and our neighbors chastity in heart, speech, and behavior

1 Cor. 7:2–3, 5, 34, 36; Col. 4:6; 1 Pet. 3:2

What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment forbids all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions

Matt. 5:28; 15:19; Eph. 5:3–4

Which is the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment is, “You shalt not steal.”

Ex. 20:15

What is required in the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment requires the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others

Gen. 30:30; 47:14, 20; Ex. 23:4–5; Lev. 25:35; Deut. 22:1–5; 1 Tim. 5:8

What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

The eighth commandment forbids whatsoever does or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor’s wealth or outward estate

Prov. 21:17; 23:20–21; 28:19; Eph. 4:28

Which is the ninth commandment?

The ninth commandment is, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

Ex. 20:16

What is required in the ninth commandment?

The ninth commandment requires the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, (Zech. 8:16) and of our own neighbor’s good name (3 John 12), especially in witness-bearing

Prov. 14:5, 25

What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

The ninth commandment forbids whatsoever is prejudicial to the truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name

Lev. 19:16; 1 Sam. 17:28; Psa. 15:3

Which is the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment is, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shalt not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Ex. 20:17

What is required in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition, (Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:6) with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor and all that is his

Job 31:29; Rom. 7:15; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Cor. 13:4, 7

What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment forbids all discontentment with our own estate, (1 Kings 21:4; Esther 5:13; 1 Cor. 10:10) envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, (Gal. 5:26; James 3:14, 16) and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his

Deut. 5:21; Rom. 7:7–8; 13:9