1. God Gives Us the Law
Chapter 1

2. God Gives Us the Law God created the world to be good and orderly.
God can be recognized in his creation.
God established universal divine laws for his creation.
Man is a unique creature with free will.
Man is called to do good and avoid evil.

3. God Gives Us the Law
God established divine and natural laws to govern his creation. Following these laws will make us truly happy.
Jesus taught us that love is the foundation of all law.
As a result of original sin, man has difficulty in recognizing and choosing true good.
God does not abandon man, but gives us the means of salvation, offered first to the Israelites and then to all people through his covenant.

4. God Gives Us the Law
Jesus established the New Law and did not set aside the Old Law of the Ten Commandments.
The greatest commandment is to love God and our neighbors as ourselves.
Disobeying God’s commandments is a failure to love God and neighbor.

5. God Gives Us the Law
Conscience is the faculty of judgment applied to a given action to determine whether it is good or evil.
All men have a conscience and are obliged to form it properly.
God has provided the means to know him and his ways and to form our consciences through the teachings of the Church.

6. God Gives Us the Law The Ten Commandments
I am the Lord your God, you shall not have strange gods before me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
Honor your father and mother.
You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.