1. The Conclusion to the Commandments Catechism Questions 133-144

2. Clean it and do a good job and you get $100. Don’t clean it and you’re grounded for two weeks.

3. List in order nine items that God protects with his commandments.

4. What does God want to impress on us by both a promise and a threat in the conclusion to the commandments?

5. What is the threat that God attaches to his commandments? Romans 1:18; 2:9 Ezekiel 18:4 Matthew 25:41,46 God threatens to punish all those who disobey his commandments with his anger, trouble, death, and hell.

6. What should God’s threats lead us to do? Psalm 119:120 Psalm 119:80 God's threats should lead us to fear him and not disobey him.

7. Why does God also attach a promise to his commandments? Luke 1:50 Matthew 3:5ff Deuteronomy 5:29 1 John 2:5 God's promises of mercy and many blessings were added to move us to obey his commandments.

8. What kind of obedience does God demand of us? Deuteronomy 11:26-28,32 Matthew 5:48 James 2:10 God wants us to keep all his commandments perfectly.

9. God’s Word and My Life Agree or disagree? God doesn’t put people in hell, Satan does. Evaluate this statement. If you obey all of God's commands in your life, you will never have any trouble during your life. Show why this statement is true. A person who doesn't want to do God's will isn't a Christian.

10. THREATPROMISE anger death hell mercy blessings I will not disobey. tremble in fear I will obey. move us to obey

11. God wants _______ commandment kept ___________. perfectly every

12. What does God want to impress on us by both a promise and a threat in the conclusion to the commandments? The combination of God’s threats and promises impresses on us that he wants every one of his commandments kept perfectly.