How and why did God create us? QUESTION #4 How and why did God create us?

How and why did God create us? ANSWER QUESTION #4 How and why did God create us? ANSWER God created us male and female in his own image to glorify him. SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:27

What else did God create? QUESTION #5 What else did God create?

What else did God create? ANSWER QUESTION #5 What else did God create? ANSWER God created all things and all his creation was very good. SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:31

QUESTION #6 How can we glorify God?

We glorify God by, loving him, and by obeying his commands and law. QUESTION #6 How can we glorify God? ANSWER We glorify God by, loving him, and by obeying his commands and law. SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 11:1

What does the law of God require? QUESTION #7 What does the law of God require?

What does the law of God require? QUESTION #7 What does the law of God require? ANSWER That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves. SCRIPTURE Matthew 22:37-40, Deut. 6:5

What is the law of God stated in the Ten commandments? QUESTION #8 What is the law of God stated in the Ten commandments?

ANSWER 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 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You shall not covet. SCRIPTURE Exodus 20:1-17

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Exodus 20:2

“God said to Moses, “I AM who I AM “God said to Moses, “I AM who I AM.” And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM sent me to you.’ God also said to Moses, ‘Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” Exodus 3:14-15

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Exodus 20:2

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11

What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments? QUESTION #9 What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?

What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments? QUESTION #9 What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments? ANSWER 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. SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 6:13-14

“First, that we know God as the only true God.” “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3

“What is it to have a god. Or what is one’s god “What is it to have a god? Or what is one’s god? Answer: To whatever we look for any good thing and for refuge in every need, that is what is meant by “god”…To have a god means to have something on which one’s heart depends entirely.” Question and explore your own heart thoroughly, and you will find out if it embraces God alone or not. Do you have it in your heart to expect nothing but good things from God, especially when you are in trouble and in need? And does your heart in addition give up and forsake everything that is not God? Then you have the one true God. On the other hand, is your heart attached to and does it rely on something else, from which you hope to receive more good and more help than from God? And when things go wrong, do you, instead of fleeing to Him, flee from him? Then you have another god, a false god…” -Martin Luther

“Second, that we avoid all idolatry.” “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything thing 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 to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God…” Exodus 20:4-5

“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt! When Aaron saw this he built an alter before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, ’Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” Exodus 32:4

“Our business is not to invent a god, but to obey the one Lord who is revealed in the Scriptures of truth.” -Charles Spurgeon

“Third, that we treat God’s name with fear and reverence.” “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7

What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments? QUESTION #10 What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?

“Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in worship of God.” “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh is a Sabbath to the LORD your God…For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” Exodus 20:8-11

“Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in worship of God.” “You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.” Deuteronomy 5:15

Resolved, never to speak anything that is ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the Lord’s day.” Sabbath evening, Dec. 23, 1722. Jonathan Edwards

What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments? QUESTION #9 What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments? ANSWER 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. SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 6:13-14

Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in worship of God. QUESTION #10 What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments? Fifth that we love and honor our father and our mother. ANSWER Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in worship of God. SCRIPTURE Leviticus 19:3