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Q: What is the law of God stated in the Ten Commandments?
A: You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below—you shall not bow down to them or worship them. 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.
Why did God give us the law? Does he simply expect us to follow a set of rules? God is our creator and he intimately knows exactly what we need to flourish. When He gave us the law, He revealed to us his character. To break the commandments is to go against the very nature of God. And because we were made in God’s image, when we break the law, we go against our own nature. The first four commandments are vital to our relationship with God. The last six are vital to our relationship with each other. Because we are sinful in Adam, we cannot help but break the law of God. But because Christ redeems us, we are made perfect in him. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 states, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Since the Spirit is within us, we are free from bondage to sin and given exactly what we need to trust our Father’s wisdom; ie to keep the commandments.
This is week 8 of 52 catechism readings from New City Catechism. Christ Community is reciting an entry from the catechism each Sunday in 2013.
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